Fall has officially arrived here in Connecticut according to the weather if not the calendar. My thoughts are turning to pumpkins, colored leaves, mums and hot cider! That also means fall sewing and so its time for another round-up of free sewing and stitching patterns for your creative endeavors! Check out my previous round up posts of Free Fall Designs and Pumpkins to Stitch and Sew, and follow my Fall Sewing Pinterest Board for even more inspiration! As always, let's start

Adding smocking to the Sweet Little Kisses sewing pattern to sew a quick simple knit dress for baby or toddler. Free smocking designs.

This summer I had the joy of teaching a young gal from our church how to sew. K's desire was to make her own dress, so together we set out to do just that. When we started, K didn't know how to sew on the machine or how to hand sew. This post will explain how she went from no experience to successful sewist of both her own tote bag and dress in 5 lessons! We met 5 times for 2 hours each time. 2 hours was the perfect amount of time - it was enough for us to accomplish quite a