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Sewing Challenge 2022 – Week 4

This weeks challenge: Sunshine
Accepted/Rejected: Accepted

Wow, it’s Week 4 already and January is nearly over, I’m not sure when that happened. When I saw the challenge for this week was Sunshine, I knew I had the perfect fabric in my stash to use. I love the colours in this print so much.

It’s probably no surprise that I went with some cute Sprouts Twigs this week, it’s definitely one of my favourite sews when I’m looking for something that sews up quickly ( under 20 mins from start to finish) and I love that I can make them completely on the overlocker.

They looked so cute once they were finished that I decided to make a matching beanie.

How are you going with the challenge so far? I have been loving seeing all the amazing creations each week in The Aussie 52 Week Sewing Challenge Group. It’s so interesting to see all the different ways people are interpreting the challenges.

Happy Sewing
xx Gail

Pattern/s Used: Flosstyle Sprouts in the Twigs Option and Flosstyle Rainbow Hat in the Beanie Option
Fabric Used: Fabric By Missy Rose – Design: Wonder

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Sewing Challenge 2022 – Week 2

This weeks challenge: Staples
Accepted/Rejected: Accepted

If you’ve been a fan of Flosstyle Patterns for a while you would already know that one of my absolute favourite patterns is the Sprouts, they are super quick to sew up and there are so many different ways to change them up or add things to get a completely different look all from the one pattern. So it’s no surprise that my first challenge sews for 2022 would be some Sprouts.

I found this super cute fabric at Spotlight just last week, it was so soft even before being washed, making it perfect for some cute little baby sprouts.

I love the look of the elastic bottom cuff that a lot of ready to wear baby clothes have at the moment so used the trees cuff and threaded elastic through to give the look I was after.

Once they were done I decided they didn’t look finished and needed some bibs to go with them. I used the Hybrid bib pattern to sew up some super cute matching bibs.

I even got adventurous and made another TikTok this week. You can find it here.

Happy Sewing
xx Gail

Pattern/s Used: Flosstyle Sprouts Trees with elastic cuff hack and Flosstyle Hybrid Bib
Fabric Used: Spotlight Twist Cotton

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Sewing Challenge 2022 – Week 1

This weeks challenge: Sewing Space
Accepted/Rejected: Accepted

What a perfect challenge to start off the new year with, I struggle to sew when my sewing space isn’t clean but I’d rather be sewing than cleaning so it often ends up pretty messy before I finally get around to tidying up.

I have just moved my sewing room to a new space and it wasn’t completely unpacked yet either so this challenge gave me the kick up the bum I needed to get it done. Refolding and putting away fabric was very distracting and I now have about 1000 project ideas swirling around in my head.

A new year seemed like the perfect time to start a TikTok too, there’s not much up there just yet but I had some fun this week trying to figure out how it all works and look forward to making more as I get some more sewing done. You can find the Flosstyle TikTok channel here.

Despite the beautiful clean space in the video and the photos, I have already managed to mess it up again but that means I have been sewing and after not getting a lot of sewing time in lately I’m okay with that.

Happy Sewing
xx Gail

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Sewing in 2022

I’m not sure where 2021 disappeared to, some days it felt like it wasn’t ever going to end but now that it’s finished it seems to have zipped past so quickly.

My sewing machines spent a big part of 2021 packed away so I didn’t really get much sewing in for the year, something I am hoping to change for 2022. As a way to keep me motivated and in the hope that I actually get some sewing done I’m going to try and participate in the 52 Week Sewing Challenge again this year.

If you want to join in there are a few groups on facebook depending on where you are, I will be following the weekly challenges in the The Aussie 52 Week Sewing Challenge 2022.

You can find all my past sewing challenge sews here. Fingers crossed the challenge works and motivates me to sew some more.

Happy Sewing
x Gail