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Quick & Easy Vacation Romper Hacks

If I had to pick my favorite thing about sewing clothes for my family, it’s probably the fact that I can alter patterns and fit in numerous ways. So, once I get a pattern I love, I like to play wit...

Summer Dress Pattern Tutorial

It’s finally summer time!!! This is my favorite time of year because it means no school, swimming, margaritas, and summer dresses. I’m a teacher, so by the time June rolls around, I am just itchin...

Wild Wide Leg Pants Pattern Sew Along

This time I wanted to work on a pair of the Wild Wide Pants (affiliate link) for my daughter. I know this is considered a boy’s pattern, but someone was a little jealous after I made a pair for her...

Get Your Swim On With This Easy Hack

Hello everyone, my name is Maggie. I am a stay at home mom and have the sweetest, smart, fun (I’m sure all parents say that about their kids) 4 year old daughter. I absolutely love sewing for her....

Pattern Mixing Made Sew Easy

I am here to talk about this scary thing called “Pattern Mixing.” I love to express myself through clothing, and pattern mixing is such a fun way to do so, but I, like many others, don’t really w...

Mother's Day Week Celebration Giveaway

When thinking about Mother's Day, I am flooded with emotion. I think of what it meant to have my first baby girl and how I have loved watching her grow into an amazing woman! She is one of my bes...

Easy Hem Foot Tutorial - Create Perfect Hemlines With No Stress or Tears

Hemming has to be my least favorite part of sewing. I would rather gather a waist than to hem the bottom. To sew a perfect hem, requires lots of time, which I currently don’t have a lot of. As I wa...

Upcycle Sewing For Boys

As a boy mom I find sewing and shopping for boys hard and sometimes lacking fun. Our poor boys don’t get much to choose from and finding fabrics for them can also be a difficult task as well. Don’t...

Easy Costume Creations Using Ellie and Mac Sewing Patterns

Do you have a little girl that loves to dress up as her favorite characters? Me too! Baby Girl absolutely loves to play dress up. Well, today you are in luck. Here are some simple little girls out...

Insider Scoop Into The Testing Process At Ellie and Mac Sewing Patterns

PDF sewing patterns are so easy to use and fit so well. Do you ever wonder just how they are created? I made this fun video to share with you...

How To Download Patterns On Your Mobile Device

Having trouble opening your downloads on your phone or tablet? Watch the videos in this post to see how...

Ellie and Mac Relaunch Giveaway!

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Fabric Giveaway

Do you love fabric as much as I do? I love walking up and down the isles of the fabric store and running my fingers along the brightly colored bolts of fabric as I take in the textures and my mind...

Photography Tips and Tricks From A Pro

Welcome my good friend Pam of Pam Maulden Photography. She is here to share some photography tips to help you get the most out of your photo...

Dreams Imagined

Hi, it's me, Lindsey Essary. I am the designer/owner of Ellie and Mac Sewing Patterns. As you might have noticed by browsing my pattern store, I am all about encouraging girls and women to realize...

Wacky Wednesday Sale

Do you love opening that store flyer you get in the mail to see which of the pattern companies will be the featured $1 sale patterns at your local fabric store? I do! I wanted to pass on that exc...

The Aubrey Twirl Dress: An Update Story

The Aubrey Twirl Dress Sewing Pattern was one of my very first designs. I named it lovingly after my first born daughter who just turned 16 this year! I am still reeling from how fast the time has...

Nursing Hack for Be Graceful Maxi Dress

Nursing moms love wearing stylish dresses as well and no longer want to be contained to wearing frumpy blouses or HAVING to wear nursing aprons, so they don't expose themselves to the world. That's...