Free Sewing Patterns

Learning how to sew and finding free sewing patterns has never been easier thanks to the Internet.

If you’re a true beginner, the place you will want to start is the free sewing book at Craft and Fabric Links. This great little ten chapter book will show you all the basics of choosing a pattern, setting up your machine, sewing and more.

Once you’re done learning the basics, check out their free sewing patterns. This page includes projects for pets, holidays, babies, quilts, household items and much more. The patterns provide tons of pictures and really show you how to do all the techniques involved, so it’s great for beginners.

The folks at All Crafts have developed great lists of links that will help you learn how to sew and provide you with just about all the free sewing projects you could ever need.

These free sewing projects come from all over the web. There are fun and easy projects as well as purses, clothes, home décor, baby and child sewing and holiday items.

A similar site that offers free sewing patterns is Craft Freebies. This site collects other sites’ sewing patterns from around the web and makes it easier for you to find what you are looking for.

There are some repeats between the two sites, but it’s worth it to check out both, particularly if you are interested in quick, easy no sew or low-sew fleece patterns.

Another site that offers a collection of free sewing patterns from around the web is Diane’s Crafts. This site has lots of cute little projects like Mason jar covers, checkbook covers, dish towels, easy blankets and more.

If you’re interested in learning more about appliqué, either to make quilt blocs or add an embellishment to a finished project such as a denim shirt or a pillow, the free sewing patterns at Free Appliqué can’t be beat.

These projects mostly involve finished (store-bought) shirts and sweatshirts that are embellished with appliquéd flowers, hearts, stars, animals and more. But you could always take these patterns and appliqué the design on something else. Let your imagination run wild!

All Free Crafts uses a somewhat liberal definition of sewing, as this page includes quilting and sewing projects as well as cross stitch projects.

Still, you will find some good projects here, especially if you are looking for free vintage sewing projects. One of the patterns here, from 1904, suggests filling pillows with clover. It seems like a wonderful idea even today.

Other interesting projects included on this site are a life-size hound dog, a rice “water bottle” and a clothes pin bag.

Voor Nop baby patterns offers free online printable patterns for sewing baby clothes. You'll find patterns for newborns up to toddlers here, and useful suggestions for recycling your own t-shirts and old sweaters by sewing them into comfortable baby clothing.

Coats & Clark, maker of fine thread, offers a handful of free sewing patterns on its website. Most of these are quite easy projects that even beginning sewers could complete.

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