Free Sewing Patterns

I am all about free. I love About.com. This website has gone through all the trouble of sorting these projects by difficulty even! A lot of Pinterest links back to this site, and this is no exception.

I am a beginner-intermediate sewer and I don't have a lot of room nor money to store all the stuff that it takes to be a serious sewer. But I have time and fabric occasionally and even better, I have a specific project in mind. When I do, I don't want to flip through packets of patterns like we did when I was little and Mom took us to TG&Y, although I did love looking through the catalogs. Oh and spinning on the stools! I can hear her talking through her teeth at us to behave, "MeliGiRhoDa...whichever you are! Would you stoppit?!" Being the youngest of four girls had its disadvantages at times, and when you're getting scolded was one of them. It turned into roll-call. I digress.

My bestie asked me to sew her some curtains for her classroom. The conversation when like this:
K- Can you make curtains for my classroom or do you want me to ask __________ again? Wanted to ask you first.
Me- I can. Buy the fabric.
K- About to. But it's chevron...lmbo


I give her a hard time about her chevron addiction. It has passed obsession a few months ago. She has DT's without those zig zags. It might be because the perfect lines set well with her OCD. I digressed again.


Meanwhile, back at the ranch. My bestie needed curtains so I went a-lookin' for a free pattern. I stumbled upon this site and then clicked and clicked some more and voila! This link! Free Sewing Patterns sorted by difficulty for your browsing pleasure. I suggest bookmarking it.

Snippets

Recently, my daughter had a tonsillectomy. Therefore, I had to have copious amounts of Jello on hand, and with my fridge, there was no room for several bowls of Jello. I had a Newton moment and started dragging out my fruit jars. These bad boys can hang out in the door and take up no room at all and my girl can get her Jello fix all day long.

Jello in Mason jars.

It's slightly a misnomer. I didn't mix the Jello in the jar. I didn't take photo's of working on it. Yeah, I know. But I promise I can talk you through how to do it without photos.

You will need:
A bowl with a pour spout (Pampered Chef has a fabulous one! Can't live without mine.)
Metal 1 cup measuring cup (seems redundant to me)
Spoon
Pitcher of Iced water (as many cups of water as you have packets of Jello)
Pot of boiling water (as many cups of water, hey this sounds familiar.)
Mason jars
Jello

Okay, this is the only part that is specific. The small boxes of Jello will fill the pint jars and the large boxes the quart jars.

I lined up the clean jars on the counter and then opened my boxes of Jello. I dipped out one cup (the large package calls for 2 c of water for each temperature) of hot water and poured it into my bowl, and then dissolved the Jello into the hot water. Make sure you don't slack on this step or you will get some tough Jello. Then pour in one cup of cold water and stir for a minute or so. When it is completely combined, pour this into the jar. If you're changing flavors, rinse the bowl between flavors and repeat until you've made as many boxes as you need. Allow them to cool completely before putting a lid on them. You aren't wanting to seal them, after all. :0)

Here's some Jello recipes just for fun!