Dress pockets sewing ideas

In this tutorial, I'll be showing you how to add inseam pockets to a dress, but you can do this with any garment.

Trying to find a dress with pockets is sometimes like trying to find a needle in a haystack. But with our easy-to-follow tutorial, How to Sew Pockets + 8 Free Pocket Patterns, you can transform your handmade garments, or even your off-the-rack clothes, into fully functional outfits! As a woman, one of the most frustrating experiences of going shopping is being unable to find clothing that has actual, usable pockets. Most jeans or dress pants have either false pockets that exist purely for…

Have a dress (or skirt) you love but wish it had pockets? Learn how to add pockets to a dress with our easy-to-follow, step-by-step tutorial.

Briefly interrupting the Elisalex Dress Sewalong to bring you a quick and easy tutorial on how to add side seam pockets - not only to the Elisalex Dress, but also to just about anything with a side seam! I think we can all agree that the addition of pockets significantly ups the convenience of almost any garment - and

Olga | Crafty Olga on Instagram: "I will die on this hill 🫡 I’ve been using this pattern for all my skirts and dress for literally years now, and I cannot tell you how often people ask me about my pockets! Normal inseam pockets are a sad droopy half moon shape, but this one is square at the top! It gets mostly sewn the same, with the notable differences being that the top gets sewn into the waistband of the garment, and the sides need to be closed up slightly. Now the reason this is…

My idea for the Tinny pattern was to have three pocket options. But as I was writing the instructions, I […]

How to Sew Pockets: Learn how to add pockets to a garment with a free pattern to use for DIY side seam pockets

In my last post, I previewed View A of the Jump Rope Dress. Now it’s time for the second version of the pattern, View B.This version is a simple, clean A-line dress with a hem that hits at or…