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Sewing Challenge 2020 – Week 3

This weeks challenge: Headwear
Accepted/Rejected: Accepted

I have had these two bucket hats sitting here for a little while now and the kids have been super patient waiting for them to be done, so I thought this week would be the perfect time to get them finished.

The kids were super excited that their hats were finally finished and couldn’t wait to wear them.

Now if only I could get around to finishing all the other half finished projects sitting on my sewing desk. How many unfinished projects do you have?

Happy Sewing
xx Gail

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Sewing Challenge 2020 – Week 2

This weeks challenge: Back to school/ library charity
Accepted/Rejected: Accepted (kind of)

So this week isn’t a new sew. I made this Bazinga Backpack quite awhile ago now and it has been used almost daily since then so is starting to show some signs of wear and tear. My kid isn’t the most gentle with his things, so I am surprised at how well it has held up.

The issue with it was the webbing from one of the straps had all but come out and was only just holding on.

It was a pretty quick fix and I made sure to seal the webbing really well before sewing it back in to hopefully stop the same thing from happening again.

Repairs are my least favourite part of sewing, do you like repairs or do you leave them far longer than you should like I do?

Happy Sewing
xx Gail

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Sewing Challenge 2020 – Week 1

Oh my gosh I can’t believe it’s 2020 already! This year I thought I’d have another go at the 52 Week Sewing Challenge, its a great motivator to try and sew something each week.

If you want to join ion too you can find the Facebook Groups for the Aussie Group here, and the US Group here. Both follow the same concept but the tasks for each week are slightly different, I will be following the Australian group since I’m in Australia, because the tasks align better with the seasons here.

This weeks challenge: Clean your sewing space
Accepted/Rejected: Accepted

I decided to do something a little different this week and make a video you can find it on the Flosstyle Patterns Facebook page here. Want to see what I made and how far I got last year? You can find all the my past 52 Week Challenge Post here.

Will you be joining in the challenge this year? I’d love to see what you make over in the Flosstyle Fair.

Happy Sewing

xx Gail

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52 Week Sewing Challenge – Week 16


This weeks Challenge: Sew a bathing suit or undergarment (Rejected)

It’s beginning to get too cold for swimming here so I decided to reject this weeks challenge and leave the swimmers until next summer. Instead I made some warm clothes for Mr 3.

I used the Sprouts Twigs Pattern for the pants and the still in development long sleeve version of the Ventura (the lite version is free with the code in the Flosstyle Fair Group on facebook). Mr 3 was most impressed he had a lion pocket on the shirt.

What have you sewn this week? I’d love to see.

Happy Sewing
x Gail

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52 Week Sewing Challenge – Week 1

Challenge: Organise your Sewing Space (Accepted)

Wow! I can’t believe the first week of 2019 is already over. It’s been a crazy busy week at our place with lots of cleaning and organising.

We decided to move my fabric table out to the carport to give the inside sewing/computer area more space, now that it’s finished it’s amazing, I even managed to fit two extra cupboards in for some more storage.

I also managed to sew a cover for my sewing machine to stop little monsters trying to play with it while I’m not sewing. Now to make one for the other machines too.

Are you joining the 52 Week Sewing Challenge this year? It’s not too late for more info about how you can join in read my post here. I hope you have all enjoyed some sewing time over Christmas and would love to see your creations in the Flosstyle Fair Group.

Happy Sewing
x Gail x

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52 Week Sewing Challenge Wrap Up

So I promised myself I’d do a wrap up post at the end of the year so I could track my progress and give me a clear line for improvement for 2019 so here it is. It definitely could have been better but there’s always next year.

I have photos and blogs for 29 of my weekly creations from 2018, links to each blog are in the photo captions.

Week 1 , Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5 and Week 6
Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11 and Week 12.
Week 13, Week 14, Week 15, Week 16, Week 17 and Week 18.
Week 19, Week 20, Week 26, Week 29, Week 30 and Week 37
Week 38, Week 39, Week 40, Week 41 and Week 42.

I think there may be a few that I forgot to photograph or didn’t have time to blog so thats something else to work on for next year as well. Overall though it was great motivation to sew something each week and I loved seeing everyone’s makes as well. Will you be joining the Challenge for 2019?

Happy Sewing
x Gail x