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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Hope I’m not too late to join in – I need to make a few things for Summer
count me in. spring summer clothes for me here though :)
Im joining in too. Its coming into spring here in Australia and my littlest has outgrown everything! my son needs pjs too. Will be good motivation.
I’m in! My little guy is so tall it’s hard to find him pants with elastic, and he finds zippers and snaps too tricky for school with his motor delays.
Me too, please! This may be the kick I need to get some sewing done ;-)
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I’m in too! I’ve got 4 kids, so lots of sewing to do! Thanks for hosting! :)
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oh.. thank you…this is just what i need!
Well, I’m moving this month, so I don’t know how realistic it is of me to want to participate, but I really want to, so here’s my name, count me in! At least until I go crazy from packing, anyway!
I’m in! I missed the Spring session completely and this is just what I need to dust off the projects I set aside earlier in the summer.
I’m game!
I’m so in! My two boys need some cute clothes for the fall. Now, I just need to decide what to make for them…
So in, but I will have to sew my outfit by hand and it will have to be a summer instead of fall theme since I am currently living in the middle east and there is no need for fall or winter gear here.
I’m in!
I’m in
yaa! Im in.
This is just what I need! I’ll make a birthday shirt for my daughter, pj pants for the boys. Maybe a redondo skirt for a little friends, too. :)
I’m in, can’t wait to see what everyone makes.
I’m in! I promised my sister in law I would make my nieces Halloween costume and was planning on sewing it this week anyways. This will be great motivation to make sure it gets done. :)
I am in. No blog posting on flickr
Count me in! My mom is coming to visit next week, so I might actually have time to knit & sew for my two little boys.
I would love to do this. i think i can do an hour a day for a week. I can’t wait.
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what a great way to force me into action on my son’s winter coat. I found brown fabric with tiny rainbows that I have been dying to make his fall ensemble out of!
And if halloween costumes count, I might work that in too… he’s going to be a goldfish.