kids clothes week challenge
April 19th, 2010
One of the most popular post here on elsie marley is kid clothes week. I was inspired by this post from Soulemama where Amanda sewed one garment a night for a week for her daughter’s summer wardrobe. The goal I set for myself was just one hour a night (or day) spent in my studio working on summer clothes for my kids. It’s the getting started part that’s always been hard for me, so after that first hour was over I usually stayed another and by the end of the week I had a bunch of clothes for my kids. The momentum actually lasted for the next week and the one after too (I hoped it would continue through the summer, but evening cocktails on the deck killed it, oh well).
Now for the Challenge!
On the second week of May (May 10-17) I challenge you to spend an hour each day working on clothes for your kid’s–or kids’–summer wardrobe. This challenge is great for those new to sewing and seasoned seamstresses alike–we all have trouble getting off the couch (or off the computer). Summer clothes are super easy and don’t take much time or fabric, so you might have a whole wardrobe by the time the week is up! edit to add: Sorry I didn’t mean to leave you southern hemisphere folks out–fall clothes are cute and easy too! You have three weeks to daydream about what to make and then after a lovely Mother’s Day where your children are beautiful and well behaved and give you very cute presents, you can sew some shorts or skirts or dresses or tank tops with some of that ridiculously cute fabric you have been saving.
If you are interested in playing along (sewing along?) just leave a comment or drop me an email. I will write up a big list of participants and their blogs–though, of course, you don’t need a blog to play along. I’ll try to make a button too, so you can show everyone you are in the kid clothes week challenge. From now until the second week in May I will post some tutorials for kid’s clothes that I’ve used or that I really like. So what do you think, sound good? Are you in?
this sounds like a lot of fun!!!
sounds fun – i’d like to try! thanks!
giving it a go for my 2 yr old gal!
Me! I’m in!
i’d like to give it a go….thanks for organizing and motivating!
I’m in!!
Which may result in me failing my Me-Made-May challenge, or I will be a sewing dynamo for the entire month of May and everyone (excepting Hubby) will be decked out in handmade goodness!
count me in :)
Yes! This is just the thing I’ve needed to motivate me to do some more sewing.
Sounds like fun, count me in…
sounds great! count me in!
Okay, I really really want to do this-my son is all set for summer clothes, but my daughter…not so much. And I have a ton of patterns that I’ve meaning to use. Great motivation!
I’m in! I find it so easy to make cute stuff for my friends’ daughters, and not so easy to make cute stuff for my own 10 month old son… I believe some fun summer pants for him are in order.
I am so in. Yay!
I’m in! Maybe it will move me from the list stage to the actual sewing stage…
I started early, but I’ll keep up the momentum until and through May 17th! Great, inspiring, idea!!!
I may fail, but I’m in. I can do this with a 5 week old baby, right? Right.
I’m in. I have a few patterns I’ve been wanting to try for a few weeks, and now I’ll have motivation!
Yay, count me in! I’ll be sewing the autumn/winter clothes so may have to have a handicap of a couple hours each night to get the same result, as lovely light and simple summer clothes are so much faster! Will be fun to see what I can get done.
I will try. I will try my best.
This is totally what I need to get around to sewing all those cute little things I’ve been meaning to sew.
Yippee! I’m in. Now I just need to hold myself back until May. That’s going to be difficult.
Count me in.
Oooh, I’m in! This sounds like lots of fun. And my little girl could definitely benefit from Mama’s dedicated sewing time.
…like the countless others – I’m in too!
Sounds like a real challenge! I need to get some sewing done so maybe the group momentum will spur me along.