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I am lucky enough to belong to a really interesting and active local sewing guild. At our last meeting before the summer the challenge project for the period until we meet again in the fall was released.
Every year the summer challenges have been very interesting. I always look forward to seeing what other sewers have produced, but this one really spoke to me.
Unlike challenges in the past, which have largely been about technique or design, this one was focused on wardrobing, and that's a topic constantly on my mind.
It also occurred to me that some of you would be interested in the ideas expressed by this challenge so I have decided to share it here.
Credit to the marvellous Leeanne White for dreaming this one up!
CLOSET CREDITS
- ATLANTIC SEWING GUILD SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
Goal:
• To make three
items between now and the Oct meeting that are a credit to your closet (or wardrobe).
• One of the
three items can be hand-knitted
Definitions of Credit (Merriam Webster)
• “something
that adds to one’s reputation”
It should be something that adds to the
overall quality and functionality of your wardrobe.
• “recognition
by name of a person’s contribution to a performance”
It should make a significant contribution to
the performance of your wardrobe.
• “recognition
by a school that a student has fulfilled the requirements of a program”
It should fulfil the following requirements:
1. Must fill a
gap in your wardrobe. Just knowing that you have this item in your closet will give
you joy.
2. Must be a
hard-working addition to your wardrobe. You will reach for this item over and over again.
3. Must go with
several of your existing garments and/or be suitable for many of your lifestyle
requirements. They do not need to go with each other, although that would be a bonus.
➢ We have all made things
that hang in our closet without hardly ever being worn, even though they
may fit, and we truly love them, but ---
▪ they don’t go with anything we own,
▪ they don’t fit our lifestyle
▪ we just don’t feel good wearing them.
This is usually a result of making something because
we love the fabric and/or pattern or there was a sale we couldn’t pass up, but we haven’t really
stopped to consider how the item is going to function as part of our wardrobe.
This challenge will, hopefully, result in items that
DO NOT fit into the above categories.
And those are the only criteria your makes must meet.
The items that will fulfil the requirements of a closet credit will be different for everyone of us.
Pinterest and Instagram are great sources of
inspiration and ideas.
So, come to the October 2018 meeting ready to show us
your Closet Credits and tell us little bit about how your makes met the requirements for your wardrobe.
PS – completing three Closet Credits for the October
meeting is ambitious, so if you manage to get one or two done you have still succeeded and we will want
to see and here about them!!
And most important of all – HAVE FUN!
