Thursday 5 June 2014

KCW is coming!

kid's clothes week

OK, so I'm more than a bit excited about the upcoming Kid's Clothes Week. That's right, me who hasn't sewn a thing for my kids in seemingly ages (what's with all this selfish sewing, huh?) is getting my kid sewing mojo back.

To be honest, they don't need any more clothes. Not that I'll be put off by such technicalities. If I had got my head around Twitter/Instagram and all things hashtagged then I would definitely be playing along with Made For Kid's Month. Between Liesl's Oliver + S patterns and Rae's Flashback Skinny T I would have a picture of each kid for every day of the month.

I just want to sew along because it's Kid's Clothes Week. There's a great theme again. Last time it was mini-me (and I got to dress my daughter in brown, yay!), this time around it's Kid Art


As I'm typing this post, the glue is drying on some rubber stamps we made so that P can stamp gold stars all over some stretchy, polyester leftovers and I can make him some flared Nature Walk disco pants for a friend's birthday party on Saturday. We are on theme!

Not that you need to sew along with the theme. Sometimes you make some really straight up outfits and then the kids learn to dress themselves and every day is like another surrealist painting. All the right elements are there but in a completely unexpected place!

I'm super, super excited because this time round I'll be contributing to the Kid's Clothes Week blog. (stuck my hand up, and hey, look what happened!)

Check out my co-contributors at their blogs:
Sophie from C'est La Vie *
Kristi from SweetKM
Julie from Our Chez Nous
*I love a blog that combines sewing inspiration with French homework practice!

Amazingly stylish, talented women, right?! I decided my talents lie not in knowing what's on trend, being abreast of patterns, fashions, or fabrics, but in getting completely and utterly carried away with the inspiration. Sounds like fun to me.

Check out all the other participants here then come and sign up by clicking on the banner below.

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6 comments:

  1. Fantastic! Looking forward to reading your KCW contributions. Like yours, my kids aren't in desperate need of more clothes - but having just bought two new pattern books, I will, of course, be sewing some things regardless :)

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    1. Oooh, which pattern books? I'm so hung up on sewing for myself at the moment that it will take all my willpower to only sew for the kids for 7 days straight! Maybe new pattern books are what I need .... :)

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  2. Oooh, good for you!! It remains to be seen whether I will be able to sew along this time, after missing the last two. Hopefully!

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    1. I'm very excited (and nervous, and already behind schedule!). I love that it's always there, you can dip a toe in one time and then dive right in another time

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  3. How exciting- I look forward to your posts! And maybe this summer I should try to coordinate my daughter's preschool camp week with Kid's Clothes Week to up my productivity!

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    1. Woah, you ship your prechooler off to camp for a week?! How awesome is that. I mean, what a great experience for your child! ;)
      Yep, I'd sew like a crazy lady if I had an empty house.

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