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Skirt Week: All Zipped Up

June 24, 2011 By crafterhours 2 Comments

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:




$25 from Twill Tape Guy at TwillTape.com






The tutorial of choice from Birdsongs and Bows




2 ebooks of choice from Whimsy Couture



The Sunny Day Dress & Skirt from the Jamie Christina. 




The two newest patterns from Sew Liberated — the Aurelia Cardigan and the Mariposa Tee




$20 to spend at Hawthorne Threads


A pattern of choice from Fishsticks Designs 




The four Judge’s Choice winners will get a $20 gift certificate for Little Lizard King Patterns

 


 






The four Reader’s Choice winners will receive $25 from Above All Fabric. 





The four Judge’s Choice winners will receive the pattern of their choice from Rae


Each of the children’s category winners will also receive three patterns from Patterns By Figgy’s.

A while after the prizes were announced, Skirt Week began with an article and a handful of how-to’s, like:
Florence of Flossie Teacakes with her thoughts on skirt detail.

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

And Bonnie of Fishsticks Designs with the Upcycled Hemless Tee-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:

Sabra from Sew A Straight Line

Rae of made by rae

Meg of Elsie Marley

Natasha of Little Pink Monster

Amy of Mod Podge Rocks

Jessica of Happy Together

Florence of Flossie Teacakes

Jess of Craftiness Is Not Optional
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 
gold curtain skirt by michael ann     emmaenmona by tweelingmama 


And as the Reader’s Choice Winners for each category were announced, the Judge’s Choice Winners were revealed:
              Nummer 6 by Polkadotjes   Paper Bag for a Picnic by Janica
  The Snowball Skirt by Mandy    Bookworm Skirt by Susan

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.

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Comments

  1. Stacey says

    June 24, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    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.

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  2. Corinnea says

    June 24, 2011 at 10:26 pm

    Thanks for gathering up so much goodness all in one place and for asking me to be a part of it!

    Now go rest!

    Reply

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