The Summer of No Pants 2011 is coming together! I've been working with some amazing women who are working hard to present you with tutorials, round-ups and inspiration to get you to shed your pants! (and put on a skirt or dress, of course! :)
All of my guest posters will be visiting Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! on weekdays between May 9-20, and then the four-week sewing challenge will run between May 23-June 17, 2011.
The Line-up!
Guest BloggersAmanda from Ninth Street Notions will be rounding up some maxi dresses.
Andi from Laundry on the Line will show you some options for adding pockets to your skirts.
Candace from Shabby Apple will give you tips on finding the right fit for your body type.
Gia from OnePerfectDay will be doing a round-up of Date Night skirts and dresses (+ an accessory giveaway!).
Kay from Serendipity Studio, author of Sew Serendipity will show us some skirt accents from her book (+ a book giveaway!).
Kris from everywhere orange will review Megan Neilson's pattern for The Rie Dress (+ a pattern giveaway!).
Lissa from Lissa's Fripperies will show you how to make a breezy beach skirt.
The Long Ladies from marie-madeline studio will show you how to take one skirt or dress and wear it multiple ways (+ a pattern and fabric giveaway!).
Marissa from Rae Gun Ramblings will show you how to upcycle an old shirt into a dress
Naomi from One Avian Daemon will show you how to make one of her beautiful skirts (no hemming!).
Nicole from Little Bits of Crunch and Fluff will show you how to make a chevron skirt.
Sara from Sew Sweetness will be reviewing the Meghan Peasant Dress pattern from The Scientific Seamstress (+ a pattern giveaway!).
Shannon from Versus will have a round-up of knit vs. sew skirts.
Stacey from Stacey Winters will present a round-up of vintage and upcycled skirts and dresses.
Susan from Freshly Picked will have a fresh new dress tutorial to share.
Sponsors
Special thanks to the SONP 2011 Sponsors, who will be providing goodies throughout the Summer of No Pants that you can win win win! Please check them out and show some love back!
marie-madeline studio
Megan Nielson
One Perfect Day
Scientific Seamstress
Serendipity Studio
The Sign-up!
Are you up for the challenge? Join the Summer of No Pants 2011 Flickr Pool where you can share the skirts and dresses that you make in the 4-weeks before summer officially starts! The sewing challenge will run between May 23-June 17, 2011.
Are you excited? I'm excited! Just look at all of the exclamation points I've used in this post! Here's another one! And now three more!!! Express your excitement visually by adding a SONP button to your blog!:
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You can find all of the information you need (including different button sizes) on the SONP 2011 page of this blog. See you next week! Exclamation point!
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Good morning!
ReplyDeleteThis has got to be the best idea ever! I think I will tell everyone I know about this. I'm not sure why I'm so excited about it but it just makes sense to me. I've already Tweeted it and made it my FB status as well as my blog post for today {and probably the next few days if it's busy} and have added the button. I know, a little over enthusiastic but I guess I needed this. {Btw, wish you had a PiNk button, too.}
Thank you for thinking of this!
~ Tammy
This sounds really, really fun. I just made my first skirt last month and I was amazed at how easy it was. Now I want an entire new wardrobe of skirts -- so this is perfect for me! I will say I might be still intimidated to try a dress. Maybe you can convince me otherwise.
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for this! For some reason I did not participate last year, so this year I'm stoked! :]
ReplyDeleteSounds like fun! I'm a no-pants girl myself during the summer... (skirts, of course)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait!
ReplyDeleteI'm realy excited about all the skirt sewing to come!
Have you thought about running a second Summer of No Pants in the southern hemisphere's summer, too? Because I'd love to participate, but it's too bloody cold right now!
ReplyDeleteHa! No excuses! Crank up the heat and get sewing!
ReplyDeleteHurrah! I am a no pants in the summer girl, and my kids think I'm crazy! Now, I will be joined by other cool women who love cute skirts!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting to see a series that is for big people, too! Sewing for myself is so much more challenging than sewing for a toddler. I am officially challenged to try more sewing for myself summer! Unfortunately, my line of work is not so pants-free friendly, so maybe I'll throw in some shorts, too.
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