Sew it All TV Season 5

This class will be available to view on July 01, 2026.
Sew It All Season 5 celebrates creative embellishment, thoughtful construction, and inspired upcycling. You’ll run to your sewing machine full of inspiration after watching all 13 new episodes! Join host Ellen March and make unique fabric jewelry or easy-clean baby bibs. Turn a comforter into a coat or create a purse full of pockets. New guests, such as the legendary Sandra Betzina and Sue Hausmann, vintage fashion maven Brini Maxwell, fabric designer Heather Bailey and more, share their expert advice, tips and tricks for sewing success. Patterns mentioned are available in our Pattern Library and linked in the episode description.  


Episode 1 — Off the Cuff with Tara Rex
See how fabric, yarn, trim, and buttons can be combined to create colorful accessories. This episode covers techniques for embellishing a playful fabric cuff and a custom business card holder, highlighting how to add texture and personality to your designs. 

Episode 2 — To Dye For with Kathy Cano-Murillo
Grab some dyeing gloves and create a fun and easy scarf using upcycled T-shirts and tie dye techniques. Add some fringe and embellishments and you've got a special handmade scarf. Plus, a bonus project making a table runner using the same techniques. 

Episode 3 — Ready-Made Revamp with Sue Hausmann
Sewing expert Sue Hausmann gives tons of tips on how to make over the existing clothes in your closet with creative embellishment techniques. She'll cover thread choices and stabilizer types, free-motion embroidery ideas, transfer pens, and how to open existing shirt sleeves and pants legs to add embroidery by hand or machine.

Episode 4 — The Bib Easy with Heather Bailey
Pamper the little ones in your life with soft and easy-to-sew bibs made from your favorite designer fabrics. Use a variety of fabric combinations and add optional embellishments such as a sweet monster appliqué. 

Episode 5 — Block Party with Mary Fons
Learn beginner-quilting techniques such as piecing and binding corners, while stitching together a quick and easy quilt block to transform into a potholder.

Episode 6 — Shift in Thought with Brini Maxwell
Choose a vintage pattern and create a custom shift dress with couture detailing, such as a pick stitch zipper and cord finished edges, tailored to perfectly fit your personal style. 

Episode 7 — Sew it Seams with Sandra Betzina
Different fabrics call for different hems, sewing tools, and seaming techniques. Learn several seams and seam finishes for different fabrics and applications. Sandra will cover working with shearling, polar fleece, knits, and Lycra, and teach flat felled seams and how to do a Hong Kong finish. 

Episode 8 — Coat of Many Layers with Julie Tierney
Transform a comforter or sleeping bag along with some bias tape and some uniquely placed zippers into a one-of-a-kind coat. And it can be reversible, too! 

Episode 9 — Stabilizer Wise with Sue Hausmann
Sue Hausmann answers the question, "why do we need stabilizers"? Learn about different stabilizer types to use for your project and make a functional organizer. Plus, she shares a great tip for quick full binding. Perfect for machine embroidery beginners!  

Episode 10 — Rock the Tote with Rashida Coleman-Hale
Create a roomy linen tote that has a clever front pocket for easily accessing essentials. Constructed from just rectangles and a curved pocket template, learn how to use interfacing to make a bag that stands up to the test of time.

Episode 11 — Tank Girl with Vanessa Wilson
Fill out your wardrobe with an easy all season basic – a custom-fit tank top. Learn how to draft your own tank pattern from your exact measurements and ensure a great fit from the start. A great introduction to pattern drafting and a perfect beginner garment sewing project.

Episode 12 — Boy's Toys with Angela Yosten
Sew a padded tablet case using a reverse appliqué technique to protect electronics from the elements. You can easily swap out the fabrics and add additional embellishments to suit your own personal style. 

Episode 13 — Faux Fur Fun with Cheryl Kuczek
Conquer your fear of working with faux fur with a designer's secrets for sewing success. Learn the ins and outs of working with faux fur. Plus, a bonus project making a cross-body bag using the same techniques.