Christmas Challenge and Junior Christmas Challenge

For the Christmas and Junior Christmas Challenge there are no restrictions

• Anything christmas related may be entered (even if it doesn't look 'in theme'. eg if you sew/hand make a gift to give at christmas)

• You may enter as many times as you like

The dates for this challenge are from November 1st til December 15th @ 10pm.

Please upload any photo's and explanations directly to the sew wat facebook wall.

There will be 3 prizes awarded.

And the Judges are 

Louise from The Oz Material Girls  

Sandy from Wrapped in Fabric 

and Sew Wat

(this challenge is not open to voting).

For the Junior Challenge

• Anything christmas related may be entered 

1. even if it was made at school
2. even if its not sewn but hand crafted

The dates for this challenge are from November 1st til December 10th @ 3pm. (qld time

All entrants will receive a certificate of participation in the mail ✄

CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE

✄CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE ✄ 

There is no real challenge here,

i can assume that most of us intend on sewing 

(knitting or crocheting) something this christmas 

- outfits, decorations or gifts.....

sew to enter, (and you can enter as many times as you 

like!) Please post pictures and descriptions onto the Sew 

Wat Facebook wall. Dates for this challenge are from 

November 1st to December 15th 

with Voting after that ✄ 

(prize to be advised)

tonights sewing!

these little goodies are part of present! I recently made a reversible apron for the personal challenge and i whipped up this hanging tea towel and cupcake oven mitt tonight to add to the gift.... What do we think?

Holiday Preparation!

My Family is taking a little holiday! and in preparation for this trip i have been busy!! here are the tutorials that i followed to create goodies... 

Many of you will remember my upcycle challenge piece - Vaishali's skirt. Here she is wearing it with the gorgeous little top that i purchased from Alex&Grace Designs - https://www.facebook.com/pages/AlexGrace-Designs/178540368840754

this is a loose translation of the tutorial that i used for this skirt...

http://sewingin-nomansland.blogspot.com/2010/08/taking-notes-skirt-tutorial.html

A travel car mat was a necessity for 'quiet time'!
http://punkinpattern.blogspot.com/2010/07/car-roll-and-mat-with-riley-blake.html

And this is my take on the magnetic fishing game...

http://leafytreetopspot.blogspot.com/2011/03/featured-on-made-fishing-hole-roll.html

Sew... i need a bag, right? The lovely Salome from Retrocentricity (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Retrocentricity/113798922044813)  sent me this awesome fabric and i made this bag and document wallet (no tutorial on document wallet - i winged it!)

http://artsycraftybabe.typepad.com/tutorials/pleated_tote_pattern.pdf

My Hubby is a little vertically challenged, and for years i'd just pin up his jeans, but i came across this tutorial for taking up jeans and thought - too easy! i can do that - and i did!!

http://narioka.blogspot.com/2010/02/tutorial-taking-up-jeans-and-retaining.html

My hubby is also a retired chef and on our Holiday he is taking his knives to be sharpened - hence the knife roll 

 (no tutorial - winged this one too...)

The final (at this time, i still have 5 sleeps till we go...) item i through together for quiet play on our holiday is a travel art buddy
http://www.cookcleancraft.com/2011/09/travel-drawing-kit.html

i'd also love to mention that a couple of these pieces from Wee Tackers  (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wee-Tackers/16465892690760) are also packed to go!

Challenge Ended, Voting Begun

The Sew Wat Personal Challenge has ended now and the winning entry lies in your hands -

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.269431746408008.74277.205824502768733

check out the album and vote for your Fav by commenting on just one entry!

CHALLENGE NUMBER 2!

I just sewed my first ever zipper and i'm sew excited that i was thinking the next challenge - should be just that - a challenge. 


Entrants can choose something (anything!!!) to Sew that is personally challenging


Requirements for this competition will be:-  
* an end photo  
* little story (50 words or less)
* dates to complete will be the 5th of September to the 26th of September (with voting time after)
* there are no restrictions on use of materials and embellishments




who's in? ✄


Sew Wat 

needing a challenge?

Sew Wat is looking for ideas for our next challenge or competition. what is something you have always wanted to make but needed a little motivation like a reward, a prize, complements or just the competition!!! if you have any ideas PLEASE let us know by commenting below!

Sew Wat

WINNER OF THE UPCYCLE CHALLENGE

The WINNER OF THE SEW WAT UPCYCLE CHALLENGE IS 

MEREDITH KAIN

Meredith will receive a $20 voucher from 

The Oz Material Girls 

✄CONGRATULATIONS!! ✄

a ROUGH tutorial

this is what i started with. this size 8 ladies jumper was only a $1 at a local 2nd hand store and i knew exactly what i wanted to do with it as soon as i seen it. one dollar people!

So this is the final result and i have been asked to write a tutorial.  I'm not great with words so it'll be a rough  step by step

firstly i unpicked the hood and put aside for later. then i measured my little one from shoulder to chest - where i wanted the high waist to drop from. i cut off the 'skirt' here.  then i took one of her dresses and folded it in half and drew around it with a generous seam allowance. this is the pattern piece on the jumper

i thought this would be a good time to photograph the massacre 

i sewed up the shoulders and side seams then i fiddled with the hood and cut an inch off before sewing it back on. then i took the sleeves and got miss v to put them on and i resized them by making them narrower and i cut them to the right length. MAKE SURE YOU TURN THE SLEEVE THE RIGHT WAY NOW (i didn't the first time and it's really HARD to unpick this fabric!) next i poked the sleeve in through the arm hole (so it will look like the finished arm in a min) from the inside i then stitched the arm in place. if either the arm or the hole is larger at this point you could do a little gathering to fake your way through (not real professional here, lol)
 then i took the 'skirt' and spun it around so that the back would be the front. i unpicked the pockets (and never ended up putting them back on)

i then made some pleats in the skirt - again not at all professionally,  i just guessed where to put them and how large to make them. basically i just wanted the skirt side seams to meet the top side seams. i did a little tacking to keep them in place.  next i placed the finished top on the skirt so that both raw edges and right sides were together and i pinned only the front and sewed together

i flipped it over and roughly (obviously the seam isn't exactly center) figured out where the back seam would lye and i sewed it up leaving that little ribbing band at the bottom open - no reason why i just did. then i turned the whole garment inside out and sewed up the back of the high waist.

TA DA this is the end product - easy peasy! i've probably missed some vital piece of info here so please feel free to ask any questions! this project took me 3 hours but in that time i also made some pop corn for my aspiring model! thanks sew much for reading!
meg

Upcycle Challenge

Hi followers!
can every one who is interested in participating please comment below, thanks sew much!

Sew Wat

this is the 'before' photo for Sew Wat in the upcyle challenge

Upcycle Challenge

Upcycling is to transform discarded or second-hand resources into a new or altered item"

Participates are required to take one or more pre existing items  (clothing or other fabric item) and turn it into a new and useful item (clothing or otherwise)

Rules:

1. up to 1/2m (only) of purchased fabric can be incorporated into finished item

2. unlimited embellishments, buttons, bias tape, interfacing etc can be used

3. at least 2 photographs must be supplied with entry (before and after)

4. item must be made within the time frame 

5. because of facebooks competition guidelines, once you have entered the competition all communication will be done through an external blog page

An album will be set up with the final photographs.  To determine a winner, viewers will be asked to comment on their favorite entrant, the most comments wins