# Sew It Simple

> Beginner sewing patterns with cut sizes, yardage and honest difficulty

Author: June Hartley — Twelve years sewing, four years teaching beginner classes; every pattern on the site opened and checked for seam allowance, piece count and fabric requirements before it is recommended.
Topics: beginner sewing patterns, bags and pouches, quilting basics, PDF pattern printing
Contact: https://sewitsimple.com/contact/
What we offer: Free beginner sewing pattern guides covering bags and pouches, quilting basics and PDF pattern printing, with cut sizes, yardage and honest difficulty ratings
Not this site: Not a fabric store or sewing machine seller: no fabric, notions, machines or finished items are sold, only guidance for sewing projects yourself
Facts: Twelve years sewing and four years teaching beginner classes; every pattern is opened and checked for seam allowance, piece count and fabric requirements before it is recommended
Ask us about: What to sew first as a beginner, how much fabric a pattern needs, how to print and assemble a PDF pattern at the right scale, which project can be finished in one day

## Guides
- [24 Letter Cross Stitch Patterns with Mini Motifs](https://sewitsimple.com/24-letter-cross-stitch-patterns-with-mini-motifs/): A letter cross stitch pattern with a mini motif is only easy when the motif is smaller than the letter. These 24 ideas pair every
- [Bucket Bag Pattern: 14 Ideas & Inspiration](https://sewitsimple.com/bucket-bag-pattern-14-ideas-inspiration/): Fourteen bucket bags you can sew, sorted by how the bottom is built and how the top closes: a drawstring bag that sews in an
- [Messenger Bag Patterns: 15 Ideas & Inspiration](https://sewitsimple.com/messenger-bag-patterns-15-ideas-inspiration/): Fifteen messenger bags you can sew, sorted by what you put in them: a notebook and a phone, a wallet and a paperback, or a
- [Crossbody Bag Pattern: 14 Ideas & Inspiration](https://sewitsimple.com/crossbody-bag-pattern-14-ideas-inspiration/): Fourteen crossbody bags you can sew, sorted by what you carry in them: a phone and a few cards, an everyday wallet-and-keys bag, or a
- [15 Inspiring Backpack Pattern Ideas](https://sewitsimple.com/backpack-pattern-15-ideas-inspiration/): A backpack lasts as long as its strap seam, so pick the pattern by the load it carries before you pick it by looks. These
- [10 Canvas Tote Bag Patterns by Size and Bottom](https://sewitsimple.com/canvas-tote-bag-pattern-4-ideas-inspiration/): A canvas tote bag pattern comes down to three choices: the weight of the cloth, the size of the bag and how the bottom is
- [10 Shopping Bag Sewing Patterns by What You Carry](https://sewitsimple.com/shopping-bag-sewing-pattern/): Most shopping bag sewing patterns fail before the first cut, because the size was never matched to what the bag will carry. I pick the
- [Doll Dress Sewing Patterns: Sized to the Doll You Own](https://sewitsimple.com/doll-dress-sewing-patterns-sized-to-the-doll-you-own/): A doll dress pattern is sized to a named toy doll — 18 inch American Girl type, Baby Alive, preemie, or similar — not to
- [10 Inspiring Doll Sewing Patterns Ideas](https://sewitsimple.com/doll-sewing-patterns-with-seam-allowance-marked-on-every-piece/): A doll pattern without a stated seam allowance gives you a dress that is a size too small. These 10 doll sewing patterns each show
- [17 Inspiring Easy Sewing Gift Ideas](https://sewitsimple.com/easy-sewing-gifts/): Seventeen gifts you can sew from rectangles and straight seams, each with the cut size written out and the minutes it takes at the machine
- [10 Inspiring Easy Quilt Pattern Ideas](https://sewitsimple.com/easy-quilt-patterns/): An easy quilt is only easy if the seam allowance is right, and a scant quarter inch decides that before any pattern does. You will
- [Baby Sewing Patterns: 12 With the Finished Size Written in Inches](https://sewitsimple.com/baby-sewing-patterns/): Newborn sewing patterns and baby clothes patterns are labelled by age, but a baby is not an age, so the label tells you almost nothing
- [Small Sewing Projects: 14 That Take Less Than a Yard of Fabric](https://sewitsimple.com/small-sewing-projects/): Fourteen projects that fit in under a yard of fabric, each one with the piece it needs and the time it takes. Sorted by how
- [20 Inspiring Easy Dress Sewing Patterns Ideas](https://sewitsimple.com/easy-dress-sewing-patterns/): Easy dress sewing patterns get sorted here by how much fitting each shape actually asks of you, from a dress that fits at one measurement
- [Makeup Bag Sewing Pattern: 10 With the Lining Method Named Before You Cut](https://sewitsimple.com/makeup-bag-sewing-pattern/): Ten makeup bag patterns, each one naming which of the four lining methods it uses before you cut. The step that loses people is never
- [11 Inspiring Zipper Pouch Pattern Ideas With the Zip Length Named](https://sewitsimple.com/zipper-pouch-pattern/): Most zipper pouch tutorials skip one number: the zip length. These 11 zipper pouch patterns each name the cut size, the zip length and where
- [11 Inspiring Things to Sew for Beginners: Easy Project Ideas](https://sewitsimple.com/things-to-sew-for-beginners/): Most beginners want to sew clothes, and clothes are exactly where you stall. These 11 things to sew for beginners add one new skill each,

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