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The holiday season is AWESOME for learning a new skill, especially sewing. Maybe somebody gives you a sewing machine for Christmas. Maybe somebody you can take advantage of gets one. Either way, sewing for kids is easy (they’re such straight little noodles that fitting is a breeze), quick (kids are little, and so is their stuff), forgiving (kids? They look good in ANYTHING), and inspirational (Oh, and kids? They love stuff).

One of my favorite places for sewing is Burdastyle, an open-source, copyright-free community of people who love to create and use sewing patterns. Out of their entire site, here are my favorite of their easy-peasy freesie patterns for kids:

Who’s getting a sewing machine for Christmas? You are!!!

Maybe. As for me, I want a serger (You reading this, Matt?).  But let’s say you’re getting a sewing machine for your holiday gift. Perhaps you’re new to sewing, or just need a little time to get up to speed on your awesome, new-to-you machine. Then pop on over to one of my favorite sewing hangouts, Burdastyle. You can browse the tutorials and forums of this open-source sewing enterprise at your leisure, but if you sign up (free!) you’ll also be able to print out their community-made open-source sewing patterns (free!), including these easy-peasy ones perfect for beginners: