kids clothes week challenge: fall 2010
September 7th, 2010
After the resounding sucess of last spring’s kids clothes week challenge there was a call to have another when the temperatures cooled off a bit and I am glad to oblige. The challenge will stay the same:
For one hour each day the week of September 20-26 work on making clothes for kids.
I’m going to soup it up a bit with a giveaway or two and maybe even a tutorial (if my camera is fixed by then). Mostly, though, it should be just like last time with scads of people sewing like crazy for their kids. If you didn’t participate last time or are on the fence this time, imagine what it would be like to have 200 people cheering you on and well, that’s what it felt like in the spring. Just by working a little each day for one week you could have a beautiful winter coat made or all the christmas pajamas done or finally made something from that cute fabric you have been saving. Doesn’t that sound awesome?
I think most of us focused on sewing (and all the pattern tracing, fabric cutting, pinning, hemming and ironing that go with it) in the spring, but I don’t see why knitting and crocheting can’t count–though they are much slower going, so you can’t really be sure you will have a finished product at the end of the week, but then again, maybe the sewers can’t either! Warmer clothes can be a little more involved, but really pants are just long shorts–and I know you can make shorts. There was a fine showing of fall fashions from the southern hemisphere last time, so no whining that fall clothes take too long.
O.k. enough of me talking, time to sign up! Leave your name in the comments if you want to play along this fall. Feel free to take a button for your blog (you don’t have to have a blog to participate of course) and spread the word.
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kids clothes week reference:
inspiration and tutorial posts
- fall/winter clothes
- coats and sweaters
- warm things for baby
- hats, mittens and scarves
- halloween costumes
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I’m in!! :)
I’ll do my best… even though i’m not sure my daughter will want to model my work almost everyday !
Have fun everyone !
I’m in — but mysteriously I can’t have the button showing on my blog…
Oh dang!… life is so busy at the moment …. but I just can’t resist the KCWC.. it was so much fun last time around!! So that’s me in. woohoo :)
What a great idea! I have some things I’ve been meaning to get done for the little ones in my life!
I’m in. Do halloween costumes count? Because I have a Wendy, Captain Hook and a Peter Pan to finish…
Sounds like so much fun! I just ordered the fabric for Christmas pajamas, so that’s what I’ll be doing. Maybe I can get all four kids done!
Im in. Baby girl on the way and I need some motivation to sit down and sew. Only six weeks until due date and so many things I want to finish before then.
I am in too. What at wonderful idea :) I have fabric just WAITING to be used for my daughters.
Yes please!
Just the kick up the pants I need… I’m in! An hour a day is definitely do-able.
Add me to the long list of participants!
I’m in, because I have a ton of fabric I need to do something with, and heaven knows I need a kick in the pants :p
I’m in!!!
Hey Meg,
this time I am in.yeah, looking forward to it…
Ane
Sewing for my little girl makes me happy. I’m in!
Hi there,
Count me in too – first time I’ll have made anything for my boys but so looking forward to it – my first sew along too : ) Exciting!
Fay x
I’ll give it a try! Does clothes for little ones that are not my own count? Hope so!
Ooh how fab, can’t wait to get started, defiantly in, but what to make?
I’m in :)
I’m in … can’t wait! I have a PILE of sewing I need to get to.
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Can’t wait!!
Count me in too. I’ve got a stack of fabric I bought last year to make fall clothes for my daughter LAST YEAR. This comes along at just the right time…although most days it’s still upwards of 100 degrees here, I hold hope that cooler weather is going to sneak up on us before the end of October (if we’re lucky)!
Fairly new to sewing, but I always love a challenge. Glad you are including knitting too. I plan to sew one thing and knit something small!