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Introduction to Indoor Photography

In this opening of a series on indoor photography, I’ll outline future blogs that will aim to help the beginner photographer in producing pleasing images within the challenging environment that is ...

Paperbag Pants Shorts Hack

Hi friends! It’s Lakeisha, and today I am going to show you a few easy modifications I made to the Paperbag Pants pattern in order to make them into shorts. I recently received a yard of scuba fab...

How to Do a Full Bust Adjustment on the Book Club Top

Hey, it's Nellie from Sorry About the Mess. Have you seen the Book Club top? It has this great color-blocked V shape across the front, back, and sleeves. This is a beautiful top, but if you need ...

Diagonal Zipper Hack Tutorial

Hello everyone! My name is Katrina and I have been sewing for as long as I can remember, but in the past year and a half I made a switch from quilting to garment sewing. I am a mother of three an...

Day to Night Top Hack

Hello Fellow Ellie and Mac-ers!!! I’m Elesia Marie with Sew Quirky Couture and I’m proud to be an Ellie & Mac Brand Representative!Today I’m going to show you how to do a “hack n mash” of the ...

Wrapped in Love Dress: the Lace Overlay Hack

Hi, this is Deborah again. When I first saw the testcall for the wrapped in love dress, I immediately saw a great hacking opportunity :) I came across this pinspiration and knew the wrapped in love...

Guidelines for Maximizing Your Time/Money at the Thrift Store

Hi everyone, Cheryl here. I am so excited to be a guest blogger here at Ellie and Mac and I am glad you can join me! I am a stay at home mom of three busy toddlers, a 3 year old son and twin gir...

Sasha’s Perfect Dress: Breezy, Sweetie Pie, Going Home Mash Up with a Modified Single Seam Cowl

Hello fellow Ellie and Mac lovers! My name is Sasha (@sewsosh) and I’m so excited to share my first mashup tutorial with you all. I’ll keep my preamble short and sweet and get right down to brass ...

Everyday T shirt & Tulip Dress Mash Up

I was searching the other day for casual t-shirt dresses on pinterest, and I came across this cute but casual t shirt dress with the exact same skirt than the tulip bodice. I immediately thought: “...

Hack your Hemband

Hi, it’s Lakeisha! I like banded hems on most of my projects, but with a recent make, I was looking to do something a little more. On a whim, I made this up and really liked how it turned out, so I...

How to Hack the Play Date Dress to Have a Matching Bolero

Version 1 A while back, I blogged about the Play Date Dress that I made for the youngest for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. But I haven't shown you the one I made later on for my oldest yet. B...

Sunshine Leggings Colorblock Hack

Here is Lesley alias Frullemieke from the blog https://frullemieke.blogspot.be again. Today I’m gonna show you how to make a little hack on the Kid's Sunshine Legging's. We are gonna make a colo...

How to Add a Crossover Hem to Any Sweater

Hi there! It’s Lakeisha from [Sincerely, Shantelle] and today I’m going to show you how I achieved this super cute crossover hem on the Fall in Love Sweater. A little disclaimer about mine before ...

Block that Hoodie!! - how to colorblock the Gametime Hoodie

Hey Hey Hey my beautiful EAM’ers! Alisha here again! It feels great to be back bringing you another fun hack! There’s no doubt that I love love love my hoodies, and I love to shake them up a bit! N...

How To Colorblock A Sleeve

Hey there, it’s Melissa again and this time I want to talk about the modifications I recently made to the sleeves on the kids’ Discoverer Tee. This pattern is one both of my kids' love. This last t...

It’s a Snap: Adding snaps to a romper

Hi, there! Kim here, again! Today, I’m excited to be sharing how I added snaps to my daughter’s romper! My daughter decided the other day that she wants some dungarees, BUT she does NOT want to get...

How to sew an infinity scarf to complement your outfit

Hello fellow sewists, I’m AnCa from Flaxfieldsewing.I really love deep necklines! Fortunately Ellie & Mac fully meets my wishes with many of their patterns! I made the low neckline variation o...

Our fantastic top 5 adult's patterns of 2019

Now that we’ve looked at the top 5 kid patterns, let’s take a look at the what the top 5 adult ones were. Any guesses? Coming in at number 5...5. Duchess Jacket This glorious woven jacket patter...