From Aprons to Oven Mitts: 50 Free Sewing Patterns
Does your kitchen need a makeover? Sew one with your favorite fabric! Easy projects like microwave bowl cozies, fat quarter tea towels, aprons, and holiday potholders will make your kitchen extra special.
All of the 50 sewing patterns in this list have easy step-by-step instructions and free templates if needed to get you started. Sew a beautiful kitchen today!
Apron from one yard of fabric
Perfect for beginners, the One Yard Magic Apron tutorial comes with a pattern template. It has drawstring ties and a pocket.
Bowl Cozy
Everyone needs a soup bowl cozy to keep hot bowls from the microwave from burning their fingers! My kids eat ramen noodles daily and always use a cozy soup bowl, so I like having lots on hand. You can also use it to keep the cold from your ice cream in the bowl.
Christmas Tree Potholder or Trivet
Put some cute Christmas in your kitchen with my festive holiday potholder pattern. It’s fat-quarter-friendly! These easy-to-sew hot pads make great gifts for teachers, neighbors, friends, and relatives.
Cotton Flannel Tea Towel
Flannel is so soft and absorbent, two important characteristics for a towel! Learn how to make fast and easy tea towels in this easy tutorial from Orange Bettie. You can make two generously sized towels with a yard of fabric.
Fat Quarter Friendly Tea Towels
Tea towels made with fat quarters can be embellished with hand or machine stitching. These are something that I feel good about using up and renewing from time to time.
Tie-Top Dish Towel
Sew a classic tie on a dish towel. You can make quite a few from one bath towel and some cotton fabric. This never goes out of style (maybe because they’re SO practical).
Simple 30-Minute Hot Pad
Use squares of fabric and insulated batting to make a super easy 30-Minute Hot Pad. This tutorial is perfect for beginners because it’s so straightforward and simple.
Stay Put Dish Towels
These DIY embellished towels were sewn from inexpensive bar towels, plus 1/4 yard of fabric each. You’ll love how easy they are to sew, and how nicely they coordinate with your other kitchen accessories.
Folded Fabric Coasters
Sew up some cute folded fabric coasters to protect your furniture and use up fabric scraps. This project is perfectly suited to beginners.
Folded Fabric Potholders to Match
Who says you can’t have a beautifully coordinated kitchen (or give thoughtfully coordinated gifts)? The folded potholder is easy to make with this free fabric potholder pattern.
Quilted Heart Potholder
Put some love in your kitchen with my quilted heart potholder pattern. It’s fat-quarter-friendly. These easy-to-sew hot pads make great gifts for teachers, neighbors, friends, and your Valentine!
Hanging Wall Organizer
Is mail taking over your kitchen? Do you need a central spot for keys and other important items? Sew a DIY hang-up organizer to help contain the clutter. A bonus is that this pattern uses just one yard of fabric! This easy-to-make organizer has five pockets to help you keep everything right where you need it. A large eyelet is installed at the top, so you can hang it anywhere with a simple command hook.
Patchwork Potholders
Use a free sewing pattern to sew a cute new potholder! This clever design has pockets so your fingers will never get burned. Learn how to sew patchwork potholders.
Log Cabin Hexi Potholder
These hexagon potholders/trivets are the perfect way to use up fabric and batting scraps and practice quilting. When done, you’ll have a beautiful and useful item. See the free Log Cabin Hexi Potholder sewing pattern.
Quilted Oven Mitt Pattern
When sewing kitchen accessories, you’ll never go wrong with a basic quilted oven mitt pattern. This pattern is easy to customize for any season of the year or for holidays. You could use applique or machine embroidery for a personal touch.
Mini Oven Mitts
This easy-to-make oven mitt pattern uses cotton fabric and insulated batting to make oven mitts that are as beautiful as they are functional.
Casserole Dish Sized Trivet or Potholder
This casserole hot pad is extra large and is great for use as a trivet on your table. This easy tutorial will show you how to make a quilted hot pad with fun prints. These make an awesome gift, and they come together so quickly.
Casserole Carrier
This insulated pouch to carry a baking dish is especially easy. Will you sew a casserole carrier to take to your next picnic or to give as a hostess gift?
Sweet Modern Apron
Make a scrappy patchwork pocket apron to keep busy in the kitchen!
Jelly Roll Apron
Sew an easy and fun apron using jelly roll strips! This free Mile-a-Minute Apron Pattern is fast to sew and makes a great gift (if you can bear to part with it).
BBQ Apron
Your apron doesn’t have to be plain. This BBQ Apron uses 3 half yards of fabric for a fun patchwork look. There’s a loop at the waist to hang the tongs.
Instant Pot Cover
Here is a tutorial for a round appliance cover. Sometimes it’s nice to keep the dust off of things! I wish I had a whole house cover down here in Florida.
Caravan Toaster Cover
This appliance cover is perfect for your toaster. It’s cute caravan design makes me smile!
Kitchenaid Mixer Cover
Learn how to sew a cute cover for your stand mixer. Here’s a free mixer cover pattern, and it makes a great sewing machine cover, too!
The handmade things to sew for your kitchen keep coming!
Cloth Napkins
Fabric napkins elevate your dining table, even for everyday use. See how to make pretty cloth napkins in two different ways!
Vintage Inspired Dinner Roll Holders
Do you remember these? I played with ours constantly when I was younger. Bring back the dinner roll love, or use it to organize school supplies.
Fabric Roll Warmer
Here’s a smart interpretation of the roll holder above. This bread warmer napkin is a simpler design, but a great way to keep your baskets (and bread) clean and warm.
Wipeable Table Cloth
Laminated fabric makes a beautiful and durable tablecloth that is easy to wipe clean. This tablecloth tutorial makes it fast and easy.
Reusable Sandwich Bags
These reusable sandwich bags are a great alternative to the plastic ones. You can use your scraps for this great sewing project!
Reusable Snack Bags
This pattern for reusable bags is slightly different in that it fully closes. Check it out to see if it’s right for you!
Fabric Bowl Covers
Ditch your plastic wrap and opt for fabric bowl covers instead. Fabric bowl covers are a cute way to store leftovers in your fridge or to bring a dish to picnics. Just stretch the cover over and reuse it again and again!
Fabric Fruit Basket
This adorable fabric basket is perfect for holding produce because it’s easy to move, and beautiful to display!
Easy Little Fabric Baskets
These fabric baskets are fast to sew and beautiful to display. You could set them on your table display flowers, serve napkins and utensils, or store sugar packets.
Fabric Bin
Coordinate colors and use up scraps. Make some nice bins to hold some of the essentials.
- Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine.
Patchwork Placemats
Sew beautiful patchwork placemats for your fall table! This free sewing pattern includes instructions for making half-square triangles, flying geese, and chisel shapes. When you quilt them together, they will make perfect placemats for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any special occasion.
Carrot Mini Quilt
This carrot mini quilt would be so cute hanging in your kitchen. The mini quilt is done with foundation paper piecing. Give it a try!
Sun Mini Quilt
Sunshine, by Jennifer Heynen is an easy project, and good for beginners. You can change up the coloring for a different feel, and then display it on the wall, or use it as a kitchen table topper.
Candygram Mini Quilt
Here’s another mini quilt of a different shape designed by Heidi over at Fabric Mutt. It reminds me of a doll’s table runner, but would hold coffee mugs or cream and sugar just as beautifully.
Tumbling Spools Mini Quilt
Tumbling Spools is a beautiful quilt, and also a delightful way to showcase how much you love sewing!
Dreamsicle Wall Hanging
Don’t you want to go to that party!? Wall hanging or table runner, you’re sure to bring the fun with Dreamsicle.
- Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine.
Dishes Table Topper
Dishes is a table topper or placemat design of ‘broken pieces’ in an asymmetrical frame.
- Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine.
Star of the Table
This table topper is indeed the Star of the Table! I appreciate the smashed hexagon (technical term) shape.
- Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine.
Refreshing Table Topper
One more mini quilt because it would look great on a table, a counter top, or a wall! It’s refreshing to look at, and to sew.
- Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine.
Junk in the Trunk Chair Cushion
This chair cushion looks so comfortable. Sew some up for your kitchen chairs for a nice place to sit after a long day.
Square Shopping Bags
My Japanese Inspired Square Bag would make a great reusable grocery bag. The tutorial is for two sizes!
Reusable Shopping Bag
Here is another tutorial for a grocery bag. This style stands up on its own. Try this pattern out, and consider using pet food bags as the material! It’s super durable, and getting thrown away otherwise.
Reusable Produce Bags
Make some perfect reusable produce bags that are lightweight and durable.
Reusable Produce Bags
Here’s another variation of reusable produce bag by the Zero-Waste Chef. It’s worth a look!
Mesh Produce Bag
Here’s one more design for a reusable produce bag. If you don’t do your own shopping, make some for a friend who does!
Scrappy Quilted Magnets
My refrigerator isn’t magnetic, so I have this little hanging sign for important household notes. You can make cute fabric magnets just like mine with this free sewing pattern.
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