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Making Clothes

Category: <span>Making Clothes</span>

Express your style by sewing clothes that fit the body and voice your spirit! From simple dresses and beginner clothing patterns to styling your dog in a DIY coat, find projects and how-to tips to make the best use of your fabric when you start stitching.

Browse through all of our clothing project ideas and inspiration, from the basics to wearable art.

Costumes

Wearable Art

Once in a Blue Moon coat

Spotlight: Marijke van Welzen, Wearable Artist

Marijke van Welzen creates wearable art using techniques she developed over the years. Not afraid of experimentation or a challenge, Marijke produces unique art garments that explore a theme or...

Fashion photo of shirt made from old embroidery pieces

Spotlight: Christine Mayer, Fashion Designer

Fashion upcycling pioneer Christine Mayer takes garments and textiles that have a history of use and transforms them into sought-after clothing designs. The new life she gives these textiles comes...

Fashion shot of some of Jenny's designs

Spotlight: Jenny Hill, Hand Felted Wearable Artist

After a southern California life in PR, Jenny Hill wanted to feed her creative side. She discovered felting and never looked back. Jenny immersed herself in organic farming and learned...

Inspiration for Making Your Own Clothes

Showing the finishing of a neckline

Spotlight: Sonya Philip, Garment Designer

Born in the Philippines to creative parents, Sonya Philip has explored the world of art with a multicultural perspective. In addition to the Philippines, her family has lived in San...

Sarah & Julie with their wardrobes

Spotlight: Sarah Gunn and Julie Starr, Sewists

Online sewing friends Sarah Gunn and Julie Starr met one day for lunch and the creative sparks flew! The result was their first successful book proposal, and they have collaborated,...

Fitting garments on mannequins

Spotlight: Steffani Lincecum, Sewing Pattern Maker

From playing with scraps from a sewing factory as a child to pattern making and an MFA in Costume Design, Steffani Lincecum found her calling. She is all about the...

More Making Clothes

Arizona

Spotlight: Sam Barsky, Artistic Knitter

When traveling, most people take photographs or buy postcards of landmarks. Some even mark their visits with selfies. But Sam Barsky takes all of that to an artist's extreme. Before…
Jacobean Crewelwork

Spotlight: Sara Rickards, Embroidery Artist

You can catch a glimpse of Sara Rickards' work anywhere from video tutorials to kits to design to red carpets and the runways of fashion designers. And she does it…
Once in a Blue Moon coat

Spotlight: Marijke van Welzen, Wearable Artist

Marijke van Welzen creates wearable art using techniques she developed over the years. Not afraid of experimentation or a challenge, Marijke produces unique art garments that explore a theme or…
Fitting garments on mannequins

Spotlight: Steffani Lincecum, Sewing Pattern Maker

From playing with scraps from a sewing factory as a child to pattern making and an MFA in Costume Design, Steffani Lincecum found her calling. She is all about the…
Fault Lines vest close up

Spotlight: JoAnn Manzone, Felt Fiber Artist

With nature's inspiration all around her, JoAnn Manzone transforms natural plants, dyes and fibers into one-of-a-kind wearable art. Always a needleworker, she knew she had found her place in the…
Shift dress

Spotlight: Chelsea Rose Bell, Fashion Designer

Chelsea Rose Bell is owner and designer for rosie + belle. The company name comes from the combination of her middle and last names—Rose and Bell. She uses the alternative…
Toyosi Shusi Hometown Glory Collection

Spotlight: Toyosi Shusi, Fashion Designer

Toyosi Shusi chose to study chemical engineering, but her passion for fashion led her to take classes in apparel and fashion design, ultimately winning the Bernina Fashion Fund and a…
Barbara Emodi

Spotlight: Barbara Emodi, Seamstress and Author

Barbara Emodi, like many sewists, has been sewing since childhood and never lost her spark for making clothes. Now she shares her passion with others through classes, her blog, YouTube…
Liana Jeans pattern by Melissa Evans

Spotlight: Melissa Evans, Seamstress and Garment Maker

Melissa Evans is a seamstress and garment maker who creates handcrafted clothing and shares how she does it. She creates to satisfy her desires for color, style, originality and quality.…

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