Stashbusting Sewalong!



Welcome to EmSewCrazy's homepage to the Stashbusting Sew-a-long Challenge!

The 2013 Stashbusting Sewalong is a casual sewalong whose goal is to encourage us to reduce the size of our stashes. If you've got more fabric than you know what to do with, join Cindy and me as we  systematically purge our stashes by sewing items to fit a series of themes.


Stashbusting Pledge
 "I, _______,commit to using ____ pieces of stash fabric in 2013. Additional option: I also commit to not buying any new fabric/patterns/ notions except for _______ until ______." 
Please include your blog if you have one.

To join or get more details go here or here.


Theme's and Challenges
January: Itty Bits! Sew up those remnants left over from another project, use up some of those tiny scraps that you've been saving...as long as it's less than a yard of fabric, it counts!
   Posts: Cation's Confessions
              EmSewCrazy's Crazy Piles
             Cation's Itty Bits and Mountain Majesties
             Em's Itty Bitty Worlds
             Cation's Link Party!
             Em's January Picks
   
February: THE LOVE CHALLENGE. 
    Challenge Details:
  • Since February is the month of LOVE that's our theme and focus of the challenge. Making things for those you love.
  • Any month that says CHALLENGE means that if you sew along with our theme, you can enter your finished project in a contest! We'll all vote on our favorite makes and you'll get bragging rights and a tiny prize. 
  • Near the end of February, Cation will be hosting another link party for your projects, then all stashbusters can vote for their favorites! We'll announce the winner the first week of March.  
Challenge Rules:
  • Item must be made for someone else, preferably someone you care about.
  • Item must be made primarily from stash fabrics
  • Item must be entered in the  Link Party by March 2nd.
February Pinspiration

 Posts: Cation's Corset
  Em's Sewing Plans
  Em Love Sewing Round One
  Cation's Corset Recipient 
  Em's Stripy Love and Kawaii Stashbusting
  February's Link Party and Challenge participants.
  Em's Cowl Tutorial
  Cation's Chicken Dinner Winner
  Em's Selfish Sewing Roundup

 March: Impending Seasonal Change. Regardless of your hemispherical location, the weather will be changing soon...what will you make? Something fun for the coming spring, or something cozy for fall?



 Our Flickr group

March Link Party! Come see everyone's projects!

 Posts: 
  Cation's March Stashbusting Plans
                Mad Men March
               Empress New Dress
              
  Em's Modest March Plans
          Beastly to Beautiful
          Pink Spring Jacket

April: THE VIBRANT COLOR CHALLENGE. 
This month its all about color! The brighter, richer, deeper, more vibrant, the better!
Challenge Rules
  • All Items entered must be made from a minimum of 75% stash supplies
  • Item must be made within the month of April
  • To enter upload your submission photo to Cation's April pool before the deadline
  • Deadline for entering is the last day of April
  • PS. This might be a given but all items better be full of color! :)

 April Pinspiration

Posts:
  Cation's Stashbusting Commences
                Not a Shellfish Seamstress
                Book Review and Turquoise Dress
                Wide Leg Trousers and April Link Party
                The Last Cat
                The Antisocial Dress
                Vibrant Challenge Winner

  Em's Vibrant Attitude
           Vibrant Tunic Kickoff
           Stashbusting... Yarn!
           Vibrant Pillow Covers
           April Roundup
May: THE KNIT CHALLENGE. 

Show how creative you can be with knits! You can make whatever you please as long as it's made with knit!

CHALlENGE RULES: 
  1. All items entered must be 50-75% made from your stash supplies.
  2. Item must be made within the month of May.
  3. To enter upload your submission photo to the inlinkz photo pool at the end of the month.
  4. Deadline for entering is May 31st. 
May Pinspiration and Em's Knit Tips Board

Posts:
   Cation's:
 
   Em's: May Challenge Details
             Interview with StephC Part 1

June: Containment! Get ready for those long car trips, summer outings or some good old fashioned cleaning and organizing! We're thinking bags, boxes, totes, purses, pouches, you name it; this month is all about making things to put other things in.
July: THE DRESS CHALLENGE 


COMING SOON
More Stashbusting Challenges and Themes

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