theme months

6 min read 2021-06-09 18:00:00

Saying Farewell: Looking back at all the fun

One of the nicest things about Sewcialists (in its most recent incarnation) was the myriad ways that the team came up with over the last three years

4 min read 2021-05-24 18:00:00

Hey! Hey! It’s time for the ROMMMMPER RUUUUUMBLE!!! As in #RomperRumble2021. Both of us made the Shona Romper by Workhorse and Pipedream patterns.

14 min read 2021-05-10 18:00:00

Over on everyone’s favorite Sewstagram, a heated difference of opinions has been brewing: to scoop the crotch, or to leave that little curve alone,

6 min read 2021-05-05 18:00:00

The author, with their beloved Singer 47W40; photo credit Kelly Hogaboom For many years I have been (like most readers here) a Selfish Sewist – I

1 min read 2021-03-08 18:00:00

We need your help choosing our theme month for May! We’ve come up with a few ideas that fit our criteria (easy to join, fun, and inclusive) and

9 min read 2021-02-24 18:00:00

@bashfulleo standing in front of a yellow and blue wall. She is wearing her memade reversible quilted jacket pieced entirely from Ace & Jig

7 min read 2021-02-10 18:00:00

New ‘no waste’ trousers and hair bows passing the test playtime test! Hello Sewialists! I’m very excited to be sharing with you my ‘no

2 min read 2020-07-28 20:07:22

Interested in joining in with #allchestswelcome during August? Below are a few pointers to resources you might find useful. Do share your favourites

5 min read 2020-06-24 18:00:00

As part of our #MayWeRemindYou month we ran a poll to find out about your TNTs (Tried and True patterns). We wanted to see how the picture of TNTs in

1 min read 2020-05-29 18:00:00

TNT month was my FAVOURITE. I loved seeing how people took a pattern and just ran with it. Some people made a heap of the pattern as-is, some people

5 min read 2020-05-20 18:00:40

All the way back in May 2019 I wrote a blog post for the Sew Brave theme month, all about conquering my fear of buttonholes, allowing me to make my

2 min read 2020-05-18 19:00:38

Back in 2018, The Sewcialists celebrated 9 years of Me-Made May and its focus on community building, sustainable sewing, and creating a wearable

4 min read 2020-05-04 18:00:00

We kick off #MAYWeRemindYou month with a revisit of the Sew Stripes theme month. In this revisit, we ask the question: Are stripes the most

3 min read 2020-05-01 18:00:00

In our usual rhythm, May would be a theme month for Sewcialists. But when we started talking about topics and organising, we just weren’t feeling

4 min read 2020-02-26 19:00:00

Denim is pretty high on the list of things to tackle in the sustainable fashion world. Like many places, where I live (The Netherlands) there is a