Who’s ready to sew a blouse? This lovely blouse has a button front, two sleeve options, and we love it. Designer Liesl ranks this pattern 2/4 scissors of difficulty. The sewalong assumes that you know how to operate your sewing machine and follow a sewing pattern.

Who’s ready to sew a blouse? This lovely blouse has a button front, two sleeve options, and we love it. Designer Liesl ranks this pattern 2/4 scissors of difficulty. The sewalong assumes that you know how to operate your sewing machine and follow a sewing pattern.

We have a really special new product that I am so excited to make available to our customers. They are almost sold out, but the good news is we are working on printing more. What is the story behind these beautiful, whimsical handkerchiefs?

I really love a good greeting card. When traveling (when we used to go places) I always kept an eye open for clever letterpress printed and other beautiful cards.

Spring of 2020 began an unusual time for most of us. The global health crisis and social distancing essentially shut Make It Sew to regular business for several months. During that time, Make It Sew’s staff produced thousands of fabric masks and prepared materials for even more.

The holiday season is upon us and I’ve been talking to some friends and neighbors about how we can celebrate the season of giving and season of light in some collective way without a large gathering. So, we decided to do a Christmas ornament contest.

Although the days are still hot-to-broiling in early September, the nights are starting to have a little nip, a harbinger of the crisp autumn temps just around the corner. It’s the perfect season to sew with cotton corduroy, which easily transitions from summer to fall.

When the weather gets sultry, daydreams drift to beaches on faraway islands, where people wear colorful sarongs in an array of patterns created using the wax-resist technique known as batik.

We all know the sadness of that moment when a favorite piece of clothing, which was getting a little frayed around the edges, finally becomes unwearable. It’s closely related to discovering moths have been feasting on a treasured coat or suddenly hearing a ripping sound when you’re all dressed up and ready to go. Ugh. 

If you stop into Make It Sew with any regularity, you have probably had a conversation with Etta King, our Jill of all trades with the contagious smile!

Nothing sings “summer” like gingham! But the fresh-checked fabrics at Make It Sew go beyond your grandma’s red-and-white picnic cloth to include lovely batiks and other eye-popping options. Through June 30, our ginghams are a breezy 10% off. Come check out our checks because all this month it’s hip to be square!

Ack, ack, ack! Here it is the tail end of May, so it’s now or never to get your floral project going at 10% off! Get up off the bloomin’ couch and get some blooming fabric while the sale is still in flower! (Apologies–we promise to post the June fabric with plenty o’ time for you to take advantage of the discount.)

Just in time for the downtown Lexington Sidewalk Sale this weekend, Make It Sew is premiering its new line of bags! And are they ever fantastic! Made to last a lifetime, these bags feature an exterior of wonderful waxed canvas and a roomy interior lined in natural herringbone denim twill (the light color means you will never lose a tiny item like a seam ripper in the black hole of your bag).

During April, Make It Sew is offering 10% off all Manchester Shirting fabrics! Made of all or nearly all cotton—some weaves feature a touch of lurex/polyster thread for subtle dazzle—Manchester Shirting is the ideal weight for spring and summer dresses, tops, tunics, pants, skirts, pajamas, napkins, tablecloths, etc.