July’s Sewing Challenges

We’re halfway through the year already!

July’s Monthly Challenge

Spread some Sewing Mamas love


This month’s challenge is all about SEWING MAMAS! One of the things I loved this weekend is how willing everyone was to share. As we looked through the collection of treasures from our fabric shopping on Friday, comments of “Oh, I love that!” were often replied to with, “Do you want some? Here, take some.”
So, in that spirit I give you this month’s challenge.
Do one of the following:
1) Create an item and give it to another Sewing Mama. If you want to do this as a surprise, you can PM me and let me know who you want to send to and I’ll contact them to see if they will give up their address. :)
2) Send a sewing related surprise to a Sewing Mama. This could be fabric, an assortment of notions, a neat gadget, etc. You get the idea.
3) Create a tutorial for Sewing Mamas to share your knowledge. If you sew, you know something that’s worth sharing! A new sewist needs to see even techniques you may consider basic. And if you’ve come up with a pattern of your own that you will share, that’s great, too.

July’s Christmas Challenge

Cards or Gift Tags

I got some really cute sewn cards this weekend. Aren’t they great? Kathleen made them, I forgot to include that when I originally published this post. Sorry!


And I was thinking – how cute would a whole set of these be for the holidays? And if you don’t send out holiday cards, what about just winter themed cards to write little notes? I know I’m certainly never organized well enough to send out holiday cards. Having a bunch of cards ready for whatever would be great. A thank you to a teacher, a note to a friend, little things that perk up someone’s day.
If you don’t have a use for cards, you could also decorate some blank 4×6 or 3×5 note cards to use as gift tags.
Once you’re done creating, don’t forget to share your projects on our Runway!

Happy Sewing!
Kelly