For some reason I feel the need to summarize all of the awesomeness of Skirt Week, even though that makes for one ridiculously long post. A little look back at the week(s) with some sappy melodramatic music playing the the background. Except without the music. There’s a whole lot of linking here so you can jump around and see it all.
Before we really got rolling we checked out the sponsors and the generous prizes they contributed for each of the 8 winners, like:
The tutorial of choice from Birdsongs and Bows
A while after the prizes were announced, Skirt Week began with an article and a handful of how-to’s, like:
Natasha, aka Little Pink Monster, with a fantastic circle skirt tutorial
Corinnea with a bias skirt that isn’t nearly as intimidating to make as one might think
Anna, aka Noodlehead, with the how-to for a vintage inspired skirt
The 8 finalists for each of the 4 categories were chosen by our aaaaahmazing judges. Who are these aaaaaahmazing judges? Glad you asked. They include:
Meg of Elsie Marley
Once the voting began, readers were able to make their choices known! The four Reader’s Choice Award winners, one for each of the four categories, are:
Skirt from Sew Serendipity by Kim Shirred Skirt with Deep Pockets by Jessica
And as the Reader’s Choice Winners for each category were announced, the Judge’s Choice Winners were revealed:
We have a lot of people to thank. First, those of you that entered skirts. The four pools, Full Skirts, A-line Skirts, Straight Skirts and Children’s Skirts started filling with awesomeness the day they were announced. In total there were over 300 skirt entries! There is no skirt week without people making skirts. We had SUCH fun looking at what everyone made. Seriously, that might be the funnest part, talking to each other and our crafty friends about which ones we like most.
The sponsors jumped right in as soon as we asked, and we are so grateful for that. It’s always weird, asking someone you don’t know to give you (okay, a third person) something. THANK YOU for all those yeses.
The judges. The judges not only did the job that we wanted to avoid because it’s HADES-LIKE PRESSURE, but they did it cheerfully and promptly. And made our lives so much easier. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Aaand the readers. Thank you for voting, commenting, offering your feedback. We love to hear when you’re inspired, motivated, creatively nudged. That’s what makes blogging fun– we do a heckuva lot of talking, but we like to listen, too. And converse. Or else we’d just be writing notes to ourselves on paper all the time! Thank you for participating.
And now… a little nap.
Thanks, Crafterhours ladies. This was the best Skirt Week evar. I so enjoyed seeing everyone’s creations. Can’t wait for next year. You know, when I actually don’t have a newborn or nursing baby keeping me up all night, rendering it impossible to actually, physically make the skirt of my dreams.
Thanks for gathering up so much goodness all in one place and for asking me to be a part of it!
Now go rest!