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Fashion Challenge Contestants Announced!

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Congratulations to the following contestants and
thank you to all of you wonderful seamstresses who submitted entries!
We enjoyed looking at your blogs and work!
 Audrey from Sewtawdry
 Kathy from Kathy Sews
 Meghan from Made by Meg
 Shannon from Shanni Loves
 Sharon from Communing with Fabric
 Tanya from Mrs. Hughes
Tina designer of Glamspoon
Diane from Gator Bunny Sews
 
Are you ready to sew?!
 
First Challenge: Recycled Challenge
You have one week to complete this challenge.
 
The challenge: Make a garment out of recycled materials or materials that would have otherwise been thrown away, such as scraps from your sewing room or grocery bags. You can reconstruct a garment to make it more fashion forward and utilize unconventional items to add accessories and embellishments. Be creative!
 
This challenge will be judged first by the Fabricistas on creativity, functionality, personality, and fit.
Then our readers will get a chance to vote for their favorite design.
 
The winner will receive a pair of Mundial (right/left handed) scissor set.
 
 
Get Ready, Get Set, Sew!
 


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  1. tanyamaileSeptember 9, 2013 at 9:28 AM

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  2. pegsewerSeptember 9, 2013 at 9:41 AM

    Thanks so much for sponsoring this and choosing me. Let the fun begin!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2013 at 10:29 AM

    Yee haw!! I'm ready! Thanks, guys!

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  4. ShannonSeptember 9, 2013 at 10:35 AM

    So excited to get started! Good luck to everyone!

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  5. shamsSeptember 9, 2013 at 11:31 AM

    I'm ready! (Well, maybe not, but I have a mountain of scraps.) I'm stoked!

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  6. Carolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic)September 9, 2013 at 12:22 PM

    Congratulations to those chosen to participate! This should be fun to watch and interesting to see how each sewist responds to the challenges!!!

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  7. MegSeptember 9, 2013 at 1:10 PM

    I'm excited to get started, and with such lovely ladies!

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  8. SuzySeptember 9, 2013 at 4:47 PM

    Congratulations to the contestants! Looking forward to following you all in this competition.

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  9. UnknownSeptember 9, 2013 at 5:02 PM

    Let's do this!

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2013 at 9:05 AM

    Howdy this is kind of of off topic but I was wondering if blogs use WYSIWYG editors or
    if you have to manually code with HTML. I'm starting a blog soon but have no coding know-how so I wanted to get
    guidance from someone with experience. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


    Here is my website; sexy black dress

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    1. Fabric MartSeptember 10, 2013 at 9:51 AM

      Please email us at fabricmartblog@gmail.com and we can try to answer your questions. Thank you!

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  11. RobynSeptember 13, 2013 at 11:17 PM

    I'm loving this! I can sew along in the privacy of my own sewing room, I can root for ALL my favorite bloggers, and I've found new blogs to follow. This is great, thanks Fabric Mart!

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