SONP Guest Post! Marissa from Rae Gun Ramblings - Take 2!

Marissa is back again, and this time she's telling us all about Craftsy's Design & Sew an A-Line Skirt Class. Here's Marissa:

I am Marissa from Rae Gun Ramblings and I am super excited to be back for a second time at this year's SONP. I had the pleasure of taking an online pattern drafting class from Craftsy and let me know you I absolutely adored it. I can't wait to share the fun skirts I've made so far and some of the knowledge I gained from this class.

Visit Rae Gun Ramblings for the full post

SONP Guest Post! Nicole from Cicely Ingleside!

Good morning! We're halfway through the last week of SONP. Eep!

My first guest his morning is Nicole from Cicely Ingleside. Have you seen all of the tulle skirts and dresses popping up lately? Nicole is here to gve us the lowdown on this trend. Here she is:

Hello from the foggy and windy island of Newfoundland, off the east coast of Canada! As our tourism posters say, we are so far east we have our own time zone (which is a bizarre half hour ahead of Atlantic Time). My name is Nicole, and my blog is called Cicely Ingleside, and I post about things that I have made for myself and my kids, and my home. A lot of it is sewing-related, with some embroidery, felting and other DIY stuff, including home projects like refinishing furniture.

I’d like to thank Marigold for the opportunity to contribute a post to the Summer of No Pants. When I contacted her with my ideas about making a tulle this and a taffeta that, with some ostrich feathers and brocade thrown in, she suggested a round-up of materials like tulle and taffeta, which I thought was a great idea. I had tried to make my own tulle skirt last year and struggled with how to pull it off, and I wish I had seen some of these tutorials and patterns then.

So, are you scared of tulle? Do you think it’s only for ballerinas? If so, come on over to my blog, and I’ll show you some inspiration photos and ideas, including tutorials and patterns, to inspire you to up your tulle quotient, and pretty-up your summer sewing. You will be all ready to attend those 5 weddings you have to go to over the summer (don’t we all?), or just to feel pretty on a normal day.

Visit Cicely Ingleside to read the full post

SONP Guest Post! Bethany from The Glamorous Housewife: Part 2!

I had to laugh when I saw the teaser image from Bethany below. She's already shared the first part of her experience of making a dress with us, and today she's showing us how it's going. Here's Bethany:

About a week and a half ago I mentioned I was sewing a dress from scratch for the first time in 15 years. It is part of the Summer Of No Pants project going on over at Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky!. In part one I had made a muslin bodice and had repatterned the bodice cups. I had planned on finishing the dress and modeling it for you this week, but unfortunately I ran into a few issues. It turns out making a dress from scratch is really difficult!

Jump over to The Glamourous Housewife to read the full post

SONP Guest Post! Jess from Me Sew Crazy!

Good morning, No-Pantsers! I think you're going to love this next guest post! She was one of the finalists in the Project Sewn competition, which she finished off with a beautiful dress made from Liberty of London fabric that was gifted to her by her husband on Valentine's Day (What?! Who has a husband like that?!). I'm so lucky to have actually met Jess in person a couple of times. I'm inspired by her drive an passion, not to mention her considerable talent and skills! I'm thrilled to introduce her here today! Here's Jess:

Hi, I'm Jess Abbott the Sewing Rabbit, author behind the Me Sew Crazy sewing blog. I was so excited to meet Marigold at Alt Summit last year, and was even more excited when we had the chance to room together over Fabric Weekend a few weeks ago! I pretty much think she rocks, and am honored to be able to guest post for her Summer of No Pants Series! After all, only Marigold could get me to take my pants off for a blog post...ummm...ha! Thanks for allowing me to be here today, and hop on over to the blog for the full post!

SONP Giveaway! Five $20 Gift Certificates to Pink Chalk Fabrics!

It's the last week of The Summer of No Pants sewing challenge and time for one last big fabric giveaway! The lovely folks at Pink Chalk Fabrics will be giving five (yes FIVE!) of you each $20 to spend on their online fabric store. Good luck!
 a Rafflecopter giveaway

SONP Guest Post! Mie from Sewing Like Mad!

Woohoo! We've made it to the last week of the Summer of No Pants sewing challenge! The first day of summer is this Friday, and then those pants come off for the next three months!
To kick off our final week of sewing, my guest today is Mie of Sewing Like Mad. I got to meet Mie during Fabric Weekend 2013 (did you enter the massive giveaway yet?). She was such a joy to be around, and her sense of style really stood out in the crowd! Mie was the Judge's Choice winner of the 2012 Skirt Week Challenge in the A-line Skirt category, and I'm so happy to have her here today. Here's Mie: 

Hi, this is Mie from Sewing Like Mad. I am Danish, have been living in the US for almost 5 years and I have a sewing degree from Denmark. I used to have a very small women apparel company but closed it down when I became pregnant with my first child 6 years ago. I am married and have two girls, aged 3 and 5. When I just started my blog around a year ago I made a pattern drafting tutorial for this full (and a less full version) elastic waist skirt with pockets. And I thought a full sewing tutorial for those skirts would be fitting for SONP.....so head over to my blog and knock yourself out in photos overload. The pockets in the pattern drafting tutorial and the sewing tutorial are different but I will tell you all about that in the post on my blog.

View the full post on Sewing Like Mad.

SONP Guest Post! Aubrey from Homegrown & Healthy!

Today's guest is Aubrey from Homegrown and Healthy, which is a fantastic blog that celebrates healthy eating and the handmade life with simple recipes, tips and projects. Now, if you plan on wearing skirts and dresses allll summer long, you're probably planning on shopping in addition to all that sewing you've been doing these past few weeks. Aubrey is here to show us how plan ahead and avoid some buyer's regret. Here's Aubrey:

Have you ever fallen in love with a dress at a store only to have it sit in your closet for months with the price tag still on it? Look, it's not your fault. Well, actually it is. It all has to do with a lack of preparation. Buuut with just a little bit of guidance and (fun, I promise) homework we can fix it so that it never happens again. Today were gonna talk about an easy way to determine your style and vision ahead of time, preventing impulse buying and unnecessary purchases. Keep reading to find out how to actually have fun prepping for your next shopping trip saving you loads of time, money, and stress when you hit the stores.

View the full post on Homegrown & Healthy

SONP Guest Post! Jenny from The Southern Institute!

My guest today is..how do you say? Ah, yes, Awesomesauce! Jenny is the creative mind behind The Southern Institute, one of Babble's Top 50 Craft Blogs, and just one of the nicest women I have never actually met (someday!). I asked Jenny if she could use her considerable mad skillz to review The Angie dress pattern by the Scientific Seamstress. You'll love what she did with it! Here's Jenny:

Hi, I'm Jenny from The Southern Institute. How excited am I to be a part of the Summer of No Pants Series? I think Marigold is doing the world a great service by putting on this series... I mean, think of how much beauty you all are bringing to summer! I for one love a great summer dress. I think they are way cooler during the hot summer months. Can you say ventilation? So when Marigold asked if I would like to try out The Angie Dress pattern and share the experience with you, I jumped at the chance! Thanks for letting me share with you all today!

Check out the full post on The Southern Institute!

Jenny is also the creator of the Sew Fab ePattern Sale! Which is a bundle of amazing, downloadable patterns by indie designers. The next Sew Fab sale will be a few weeks before Fall Kid's Clothes Week with Meg at elsie marley, just in time for everyone to get ready for back-to-school sewing!

You may also want to check out the Superhero Cape from a T-shirt (one of my favorite, easy cape projects. My kids have five of them :) She also has a genius tutorial for turning a Men's T-shirt to a Ruffle Tank Top, and an Easy Tank Dress if you're looking for that one last project to get you over the SONP finish line!

And we're going to finish this week up with one more giveaway! The Scientific Seamstress would like to give one of you a pattern from her Etsy shop. It can be the Angie, or anything else that strikes your fancy! Personally, I'll be picking up the Tommy and Louie Boxers patterns so my whole family can go pantsless this summer!

a Rafflecopter giveaway