Even though he’s too nice to admit it, I’m sure my husband has wondered why he ever bought me the sewing machine I begged him for!  I would do an occasional project, but for the most part, it sat unused on my craft table for months at a time.  But not anymore!  I have found a ton of easy summer sewing patterns online.  Plus, I heard through flickr that WalMart is getting rid of their fabric departments so there will be lots of fabric sales this summer.  Anyway, here is a run down of some patterns that should be simple enough for sewing novices like me!

Turn a men’s shirt into a cute fitted cap-sleeve top with the help of this tutorial on craftster.org.  I haven’t tried this one yet, but I raided my husband’s old clothes and have a shirt to use for it.

Another one on Craftster that uses a men’s shirt is this adorable button down shirt into a toddler dress tutorial.  This one I have done, and my daughter loves it!  I was able to do the whole thing during her naptime.  I took a couple of quick photos of her this morning:

Here’s another one that I want to try as soon as I get some grosgrain ribbon to match my fabric…this easy circle skirt tutorial.

This last one might be a little bit more complicated (at least, it will be for me!) but I definitely want to try it.  There is a tutorial for making a shirred top for yourself and a shirred sundress for a little girl.

I think the best part about finding these tutorials online is the fact that so many people leave helpful hints and discussions in the comments.  I am NOT good at sewing, not at all, so these tutorials are much easier to understand than patterns!