About r/sewing
In its own words:
Sewing for everybody and every body. This is a community specifically for the hobby of sewing including, but not limited to: machine sewing, hand sewing, embroidery, quilting, mending, garment sewing, fitting/alterations and help/suggestion threads.
Community guide
Looking for r/sewing? This #489 community (about 2.3 million) is sewing for everybody and every body. Collected rules highlight All show-off posts must be flaired Project and include project details; No selling, self-promotion or spam; and Be nice, don't be a jerk, among 8 listed. Activity mix in sample: gallery:210, image:161, text:159, link:8. Busy sample (~84.4 ppd across 539 posts).
Who this sub is for
Readers land here for sewing for everybody and every body. If your post fits a narrower specialist sub better, prefer that room.
Boundaries vs lookalike rooms
General or sibling communities may overlap thematically; r/sewing still enforces its own list—All show-off posts must be flaired Project and include project details; No selling, self-promotion or spam; Be nice, don't be a jerk; Body talk is neutral and focused on sewing. Don’t assume another sub’s norms travel here.
Practical pointers
Busy sample (~84.4 ppd across 539 posts). Mark spoilers/NSFW when required, avoid reposts if banned, and keep promo within policy. Figures above are SubMouse snapshots.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Mar 6, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,012 subscribers (+0.09%). Among the 6 communities on our sewing list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/Paranormal (#488) and ahead of r/Helldivers (#490) in our ranking.
What sets r/sewing apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 37.2 new posts a day per million members, more than 86% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 8.2× as many posts as the quietest (09:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/sewing climbed from 2,258,891 to 2,270,931 subscribers (+12K, +0.53%). That is about 274 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/sewing talks about
We read the titles of 539 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “help”, “machine”, “pattern”, “fabric” and “dress”. Other frequent themes are advice, costume, halloween, skirt, beginner and jacket. Recurring phrases include “halloween costume”, “help finding”, “beginner ish” and “help fixing”. By format, 39% are galleries, 30% are images and 29% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Sewed This (102), Other Question (85), Alter/Mend Question (82), Fabric Question (62), Machine Questions (58), Pattern Question (48).
Activity and best time to post
r/sewing gets about 84 new posts a day. The public archive holds 313,599 posts and 2,962,259 comments in total, about 9.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (102 posts) and the quietest was Monday (62). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/sewing
The moderators of r/sewing list 8 rules. In short:
- All show-off posts must be flaired Project and include project details.
- No selling, self-promotion or spam.
- Be nice, don't be a jerk.
- Body talk is neutral and focused on sewing.
- No flooding posts or comments
- Photos should focus on sewing.
- No children in photos.
- Mod Discretion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/sewing and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does r/sewing have?
r/sewing has 2,270,931 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #489 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 12,040 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/sewing?
r/sewing was created on Mar 6, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/sewing?
Very active: r/sewing gets about 84 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 313,599 posts and 2,962,259 comments. In a sample of 539 recent posts we counted 505 different authors.
When is r/sewing most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/sewing about?
The community describes itself as: “Sewing for everybody and every body. This is a community specifically for the hobby of sewing including, but not limited to: machine sewing, hand sewing, embroidery, quilting, mending, garment sewing, fitting/alteration…” Recent post titles often mention help, machine, pattern, fabric and dress. Most posts are galleries (39%).
Is r/sewing safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/sewing as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/sewing?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/sewing accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “All show-off posts must be flaired Project and include project details.”; “No selling, self-promotion or spam.”; “Be nice, don't be a jerk.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/sewing?
Communities with similar topics include r/somethingimade (3.1M), r/MachineLearning (3.1M), r/booksuggestions (1.4M), r/bodybuilding (3M) and r/progresspics (2.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/sewing.