Hello and welcome to the first annual Dress Up Party! If you like bag-making and are familiar with my Purse Palooza event, this is that but with garment sewing! I’m so interested in seeing women’s clothing made up and patterns being reviewed, and there a ton of garment sewing bloggers that are going to help me get this party started!
Here’s how it works:
1. Every weekday from May 4th – May 29th, I have 2 amazing guest bloggers scheduled to share with you a garment sewing pattern review. The review will contain detailed information about what they thought about the sewing pattern, modifications they made, and more! Get inspired!
2. Even more exciting…THERE WILL BE A GIVEAWAY EVERY WEEKDAY DURING THE EVENT! That’s right, 20 GIVEAWAYS!
3. At the end of the event, you will get a chance to show me your own garment sewing in order to win some amazing prizes! Of course, international entries are welcome too!
Schedule
May 4 – Idle Fancy – Simplicity 1873
May 5 – True Bias – Tessuti ‘Alice Top’
. Cashmerette – Tilly and the Buttons ‘Coco’
May 6 – Dreaming of Avonlea – Simplicity 2444
. Very Kerry Berry – McCalls 6747
May 7 – Sew Caroline – Sew to Grow ‘Flatter Me Frock’
. Ozzy Blackbeard – Tilly and the Buttons ‘Lilou Dress’
May 8 – Peneloping – Grainline ‘Linden Sweatshirt’
. Moore Approved – Simplicity 6213
May 11 – Jesy – By Hand London ‘Polly Top’
May 12 – Crinkle Dreams – Butterick 6168
. Young Texan Mama – Simplicity 6048
May 13 – Handmade by Heather B – Colette ‘Hawthorn Dress’
. Crafty Planner – Christine Haynes ‘Emery Dress’
May 14 – House of Pinheiro – Brasilia Dress
. Melissa – Stitch Upon a Time ‘Scrundlewear’
May 15 – Lower Your Presser Foot – Simplicity 2724
. Mrs. Crafty Chick – Simplicity 1161
May 18 – Miss Crayola Creepy – Colette ‘Violet Blouse’
. Scruffy Badger Time – Jalie 3351
May 19 – Busy Lizzie in Brizzy – McCalls 6713
. Shari – Sewaholic ‘Lonsdale Dress’
May 20 – Fashion and Fishing – Kzjo Studio ‘ Genevieve
. Cut Cut Sew – Pauline Alice ‘Turia Dungarees’
May 21 – Goodbye Valentino – Vogue 9109
. A Stitching Odyssey – Deer and Doe ‘Belladone Dress’
May 25 – A Fashionable Stitch
. Ladulsatina – Waffle Patterns ‘Marmelade Jacket’
May 26 – See Kate Sew – Stylish Dress Book
. Oh She Dabbles – Burda 115
May 27 – Nancy – Patterns for Pirates ‘Everyday Elegance Shirt’
. Sew Sweetness – Made with Moxie ‘Prefontaine Shorts’
May 28 – Almond Rock – Sewaholic ‘Cambie Dress’
. Stars and Sunshine – Colette ‘Crepe Dress’
May 29 – Lucky Lucille – Butterick 6094
. Adventures of a Young Seamstress – ‘Smooth Sailing Trousers’
Contest Rules
1. Check out all the garment pattern reviews throughout the month and get inspired to sew up a garment of your own!
2. Link up your completed garment right at the bottom of this post BETWEEN MAY 4th AND JUNE 16th. Your garment must be created and photographed between those dates; purses made prior to May 4, 2015 will be disqualified. The garment may be self-drafted or made from any women’s garment sewing pattern. You can link from Flickr, your blog post, Instagram, or wherever else you host your photos.
3. There is no limit to how many garments you may enter, as long as they were made between May 4th and June 16th. Only one link-up per garment please.
Prizes
I will have a guest judge narrow down to 20 favorites out of the entry pool, and we’ll have voting to get to our top 3! Also, a randomly-drawn winner out of all those who submit a finished garment will be chosen for 4th prize – giving everyone an extra chance to win!
First Prize – $250 value!
-$50 gift certificate to Lady Belle Fabric
-$25 gift certificate to Indie Sew
-Four brand new Butterick Lisette sewing patterns
-Four brand new Liesl + Co. patterns (releasing May 11th!)
-$50 gift certificate to Connecting Threads
Second Prize – $180 value!
-$50 gift certificate to Premium Sewing Outlet
-$40 gift certificate to Pink Castle Fabrics
-$25 gift certificate to Indie Sew
-Two brand new Butterick Lisette sewing patterns
-Two brand new Liesl + Co. patterns (releasing May 11th!)
Third Prize – $115 value!
-$25 gift certificate to Gotcha Covered Quilting
-$25 gift certificate to Sew Me A Song
-Two brand new Butterick Lisette sewing patterns
-Two brand new Liesl + Co. patterns (releasing May 11th!)
Randomly-drawn winner
-$25 gift certificate to Gotham Quilts
Thank you so much to ALL of the sponsors, and the sponsors of the daily giveaways this year!
Itch to Stitch – Paprika Patterns – Waffle Patterns – Salme Sewing Patterns – Seamster Patterns –
Jennifer Lauren Vintage – Serendipity Studio – Victory Patterns – Sew Chic Patterns – Megan Nielsen –
Jamie Christina – Christine Haynes – Seamingly Smitten Sewing Patterns – Sew Over It – Colette Patterns –
Bluegingerdoll Patterns – Selvage Designs – Closet Case Files – Mouse House Creations – Blank Slate Patterns – Sew Caroline
How to enter your completed garment
You may link up a garment completed by you between May 4, 2015 and June 16, 2015. You may link up as many garments as you make during this time. Please link a photo from Flickr, your blog, Instagram, or other photo-sharing site.
I am really looking forward to this! Thank you so much for inviting me to be a part of this 🙂
Yippee! Sounds like fun!
This is such a fun idea and the kick in the butt I need to get my second emery made but this time sleeveless! Look forward to checking out all of these amazing posts!
This sounds like fun! What a great round up of bloggers!
What a fun idea!!! I have some dresses in mind that I want to make for summer – hopefully this is the push I need to get them actually done instead of just thought about! 🙂
Dette høres morsomt ut.Gleder meg til å se mønstrene dine.
Looking forward to this!
https://sewrebeccasew.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/sew-caroline-kimono-jacket/
Is this only for current patterns or can we make one up?
Hehe. Sorry I re-read the directions. Haha.
This will be fun!
l would love to but l do not have a blog, flickr etc. l only post on fb, am l still able to have fun and sew and enter?
Whoops! I entered my garment, Vogue 9091 but it was made before the 4th so please just disregard it for the contest! This looks like fun and I hope to complete a garment to officially enter!
So did the link to upload a garment disappear? I cannot find it anymore. I also used to be able to see the entries at the bottom of this post, but now I cant see those anymore either.
Ah, it came back, maybe a loading issue!
I don’t understand how to enter the contest. How do I “link up?” Do I put my link here in the comments or on the facebook page or instagram or on some Flickr page or something??
What a great idea! Here is my submission: http://sarajoliesews.blogspot.com/2015/06/red-pencil-skirt.html
https://instagram.com/p/3r6EqhDaZl/ Oh dear… my dia de los Muertos Emery Dress got cropped into nothingness… eek! I don’t know if this matters at this point, but here’s the instagram link for the full view. 🙂