Are you sewing for the “Dress Like Your Grandma!” Challenge? (Extended!)

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Apr 19

I shared this on social media last month but forgot to post it here--eek! This is a wonderful challenge to get you sewing from your own family tree (or borrow a family tree!). Tanya has extended the deadline to May 15, so there's still time to participate! From Tanya's site:

The Idea

This is a vintage sewing challenge where family history can inspire your wardrobe. Take a photo of your grandma (or your grandpa, great-grandma, mom, aunt, someone else’s grandma — you get the idea!) and re-create an outfit or piece that they are wearing. Many of us don’t have vintage garments to remember our loved ones by or perhaps we can’t fit into what they left behind. Re-create that image with vintage patterns, reproduction patterns or modern patterns. If your style is different from a family member’s or you want to evoke a different era, find a vintage photo with a garment that suits you and re-create that. The idea is to study a vintage photograph (1980’s or earlier) and transform that photo into a garment or outfit that you’ve sewn yourself.

The Details

This is a non-competitive sewing challenge, not a competition. We are not here to compete against each other in a sewing contest, we are here to challenge each other to create something, inspire and share it with others. The challenge begins on March 6, 2017 and ends on April 17, 2017 April 24, 2017 (challenge extended). After the deadline I will gather photos and links to blogs and/or social media in a post on this site. Following the deadline there will be randomly drawn prizes for those who participated in this challenge.