That right! The Kids Clothes Week Challenge is next week already: October 8-14. I like to have a weeks worth of guest posts before kcwc to get you extra excited and inspired. Last year, I had five talented bloggers sew their version of Rae’s Flashback Skinny Tee. I loved seeing one pattern done so many different ways (see them here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). One of those ladies, Heather from Well Crafted, went on to use the pattern for every. single. one. of her kcwc projects! This fall I thought I’d do the same thing with a different pattern. I have five new phenomenal bloggers who took Dana’s Kid Pants pattern and worked their magic on it. I can’t wait to show you!
But first, last year I asked you to get the word out about kcwc and wow! did you ever get the word out! We had almost 700 participants sewing along dutifully every night for one week! So I’m going to ask you again. There are 250 people signed up already, but I bet you guys can double that in no time.
- If you are on facebook share the fall 2012 kcwc link: http://www.elsiemarley.com/kids-clothes-week-fall-2012.html
- If you are on twitter, slap a hashtag on it #kcwc.
- If you are on instagram, take a picture of your beautiful piles of fabric. Then slap a hashtag on it #kcwc!
- If you are on pinterest, pin patterns, fabric, tutorials. Then, say it with me now, slap a hashtag on it #kcwc!
- If you are on flickr, join the elsiemarley group and get all your flickr friends on board!
- If you have a blog, write up a list of all the things you plan to sew or what patterns you are excited to use.
- Get your friends and your mom (and her friends) on board too!
Let’s make this kcwc super huge! The more people there are sewing next week, the more people there are motivating you, the more you’ll get done!
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- bright blue elbow patches
- dress with purse/pocket
- cozy poncho
- yellow pants and awesome shirt
Are you thinking about kids clothes week, yet? Have you been spending unnecessary hours on Pinterest looking for inspiration? This year I thought we’d try having one huge kcwc community pinterest board. Doesn’t that sound awesome? If you leave your pinterest username in the comments I can invite you! We can fill the board with tutorials, patterns, fabric, awesome kid clothes both handmade and factory made. Pin your sketches! Pin your lists! Pin your piles of laundry! No, not the last one, unless it’s piles of dirty handmade clothes.
So leave your pinterest name in the comments and then go pin all the amazing things you are planning to make.
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Why do I forget how awesome freezer paper stencils are? They are so easy they feel like cheating.
I stenciled this shirt for a just-turned-four year old boy. I stole the design from this shirt, but honestly I like mine more–even if the R did get a little crazy.
1. train bag 2. yellow stripe 3. hot dog shirt 4. color wheel
For your perusing pleasure, here are some freezer paper stencils from the archives .
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Remember how I said there were big changes coming to this little house of ours? This is it! That wall with the beautiful mantel and (very fake) fireplace has been torn down and behind it–surprise!–is a staircase leading to an upstairs! Bet you didn’t see that coming!
Our house is (well was) a duplex and we were living in the ground floor apartment. Preso! Change-o! We now have a two story house with twice as much space! It is crazy and exciting and totally overwhelming. Be prepared for many before and after posts (as soon as I stop sewing for kcwc).
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The temperature has dropped and fall is finally on it’s way! It must be time for another edition of KCWC. Kids Clothes Week Challenge is a bi-annual event here on elsie marley where I challenge you to sew one hour a day, each day for 7 days. The idea is that we all have the urge to sew clothes for our children, but we don’t always give ourselves the time to do it. If you commit to sitting in front of your sewing machine, or tracing patterns, or cutting fabric, for one hour each day, then at the end of the week you will have some very well dressed kids. And a very proud mama too!
If you would like to know more about kcwc you can check out the kcwc faq page. You can also head to the elsie marley flickr group to check out creations from kcwc past or see all my posts on kcwc here.
So what are you waiting for? Sign up! How do you sign up? Just leave a comment on this post telling me that you are in. Then go tell all your friends to sign up too! Spread the word on twitter, instagram, pinterest, tumblr with the #kcwc hashtag. Slap a button on your blog or on your facebook page. Link to this post and try to get all your facebook friends who sew to join too. I bet your mom would like to be invited. Last year I think there we had almost 700 people sign up. Can we make it to 800? 900? Now I’m starting to sound like a politician! Go knock on some doors for kcwc!
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