8 Clothing Patterns to Sew From Linen

I do love linen for spring and summer! The lightweight natural fabric has a lovely texture and is highly breathable, which is important when the days turn warm. It’s a wonderful fabric to sew with – it’s stable and holds a crease easily. Even better, clothes made from linen tend to have simple lines which show off the color and texture of the fabric. We’ve rounded up some beautiful sewing patterns made to be sewn from linen, sure to get you inspired for some spring and summer sewing!

How to Sew a Linen Tank by The Merrythought

Video tutorial showing how you can sew a linen tank. No pattern needed – you can use a shirt that fits you as a guide.

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Andy Dress PDF Sewing Pattern from Sew with Annie on Etsy

Breezy tie back babydoll dress, with options for maxi or mini length. Beginner friendly sewing pattern is available in sizes XXS – XXL.

[photo credit: Sew with Annie)

Womens Full Length Jumpsuit Free Pattern by Life Sew Savory

Loose fit full length jumpsuit has adjustable knotted straps. Available in sizes XS – 3XL.

[photo credit: Life Sew Savory]

Palazzo Pants Sewing Pattern from Boutique Pattern Shop on Etsy

Easy to sew elastic waist palazzo pants. Available in sizes US 2- 14 (EU: 34 – ).

[photo credit: Boutique Pattern Shop]

Agustina — Boxy Top Sewing Pattern (Free PDF) from Fabrics-Store.com

Agustina is simple boxy top with round neckline and cuff sleeves. Available in sizes 0/2 – 28/30. Suitable for beginners.

[photo credit: Fabrics-Store.com

Elastic Waist Linen Shorts – Almost A One Hour Project by So Sew Easy

A yard of linen is all you need to make a pair of elastic waist shorts! Free sewing pattern available in sizes S – XL.

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Aurum Lily kimono blouse from Sewing Habit Patterns on Etsy

Features a shift silhouette and an asymmetrical pleat in the back. Pattern is suitable for and advanced beginner. Pattern includes written instructions as well as a link to a video tutorial. Available in sizes XS – 6L.

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Mona Trapeze Linen Dress and Free Pattern Tutorial from Fabric-Store.com

Sleeveless trapeze dress with pockets. Free pattern available in sizes 0/2 to 12/14, and 16/18 to 28/30.

[photo credit: Fabric-Store.com]

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With summer coming soon in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s a fun time to incorporate activities and crafts with a sunny theme. Take some time to learn about the sun (this post from National Geographic Kids is a good one) and then do some sun activities.

Sun prints are a classic summer activity, and there are lots of ways to do them, from placing objects on construction paper (like in this craft from MomBrite) or by using sun print paper (aka cyanotype paper).

Practice threading, counting, color sorting and other skills with this easy sun threading activity from Taming Little Monsters.

Lessons 4 Little Ones has a great blog post full of ideas for science experiments using the sun, such as melting crayons, looking at shadows, making a sun dial and trying a solar oven. Printables to go with the lessons are available for purchase or you can just talk through the students’ hypotheses about what will happen and draw or otherwise record the results.

This updraft tower from Almost Unschoolers is a cool way to illustrate that the heat of the sun causes an updraft, which makes the pinwheel spin. This is a good one to do inside near a sunny window so you don’t have wind spinning the pinwheel instead.

You’ll want to get out in the sun to try this experiment form Life with Moore Babies to see what kinds of things the sun can melt. Using different kinds of sweets you can see how the sun melts things by itself and how you can concentrate the power of the sun with a magnifying glass.

Playing with shadows is fun for kids of all ages, and you can track a shadow through the day with this experiment from Science Sparks. If you’re working with multiple kids they can each choose an object to shadow (ha!) and at the end of the day you can see how different their shadows looked.

And of course you’ll want to make a sun themed suncatcher craft, right? This one from Fox Farm Home uses all the pretty flowers you collect on your nature walk and puts them in a sun-shaped frame.

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