Sewing Challenges 2018

So this year I thought I would take part in a few sewing  challenges to up my sewing skills and work with some different fabrics I have not tried before. Some of the challenges have set patterns and some you can choose yourself. There are also prizes to be won.  The ones I have chosen to participate in are sewmystyle2018 and  # and #2018makenine.

The sew my style challenge has a different pattern choice to make every month for the whole year. The items are posted on instagram monthly and a random winner is selected to win a prize.



This is my first make for the challenge.


It is the sunny top from Friday Pattern Co and is a knit t shirt.  I found the pattern and instructions hard to follow so ended up re-drafting the top half from another pattern I had and looking at tutorials on working with knit fabrics on line. In the end it turned out fine for my first time sewing with knit fabric.  Looking forward to the next pattern which is a full length winter coat so that will be a challenge.

The next one I decided to take part in is the #2018sewnine.  In this one you pick your own 9 patterns to sew up by the end of the year and post in instagram.  I happen to have 9 Colette patterns that I have had for several years so have decided to make a mini capsule wardrobe from them.  There is 1 coat, 1 jacket, 1 shift dress, 1 slim leg trouser, 1 wide leg trouser, 3 blouses and 1 shirt.  I plan to try and co-ordinate them to mix and match into a mini wardrobe of going out clothes - dressy but casual.  I will start with choosing a colour pallette  and fabrics then making muslins of all the patterns before sewing them up.

I will post pictures of my progress for both challenges throughout the year. I may or  may not complete them but we will see how far I get.