Colour blocking July challenge

Get ready for the July challenge from Sewover50 – #SewColourBlocking #SewColorBlocking

It’s a great way to add fun to your wardrobe, use up remnants, refashion unworn garments and simply have fun being creative. You can most certainly put up a new post about an older garment #so50reworn

Guidelines

• open to all sewists
• plain colours only (no patterned prints)
• the challenge runs from July 1 to July 31
• garments only
• a new post of your make – it can be #So50reworn
• use either tag – #SewColourBlocking #SewColorBlocking

What will your colours be? vibrant? monochromatic? tonal? subtle?

Why not add some pattern ideas to help us out on the SewOver50 Instagram account.

Check out the SewOver50 stories for more examples. You do know all SewOver50 instagram stories run 24/7.

Make sure you welcome aboard and thank Judy @judywillementross who will be managing this challenge. You can find Judy’s podcasts here.

SewOver50 celebrated 40K

Friday 11 March 2022: Celebrate SewOver50 reaching 40,000 followers this weekend with a fun contest.

SewOver50 on Instagram has gone from their humble beginnings in August 2018 when Judith (@JudithRosalind the founder) asked “is there a need for a group for older sewists? to now being the largest active sewing community on Instagram. In the words of Helen Reddy, we’re “in numbers too big to ignore!”  

On the SewOver50 post published on Friday 11 March 2022 UK time, describe your “sewing style” in three descriptors in the comments.
This was a fun contest that ended on Sunday 13 March 2022.

Show your personal support by sharing your sewing style descriptors in a post or story on your Instagram account and let everyone know that being SewOver50 does not mean invisible. 

Special mentions: Gillian of Craftingarainbow or Gilliancrafts, Susan Young of SusanYoungsewing and Tree of Stitchless_tv

2022 podcasts

	Click on the names below to hear their podcast
21 June	Bernadette of @littlemissdressco
14 June	Lou’s experience in regaining her instagram account
26 May	Wis_g from Gent
24 May	Lindy of Stokx Patterns and her SewOver50 supporters
19 May	Love Binti background information
17 May	Judy’s Op Shop rules
12 May	Camilla’s encore podcast
10 May	The Big Sew Off
5 May	Steven of arealheller encore podcast – men who sew series
3 May	Threaded Together AZ
28 April	‘Sewing Machine Magic‘ project with Love Binti
26 April	Making fuller bust adjustments with Lindsie of Sew Busty
21 April	Molly of MikeandMollysHouse
19 April	Judy of judywillimentross
14 April	Clive for #boyssewtoo
12 April	Lisa of Gizagiza.gorogoro
7 April	Lindy of Stokx patterns
5 April	Janine of Janineerm
31 March	Byrd of Yogabyrdsews
29 March	Camilla of frck.lindberg – sewing for men
24 March	Steven of arealheller – men who sew series
22 March	Bra sewing chat with Helga and Nicole
17 March	Alison of Alibobs_sews – breast cancer series
15 March	Teresa of Desewtropia and Ukraine digital Etsy craft sellers
11 March	SewOver50 celebrates 40k fun contest
10 March	Pam of Sewnonthemap
8 March	Helga and Nicole’s sewing plans – sewing friends
4 March	Kate Sekules
3 March	Sewing friends – Helga and Nicole
1 March	Robyn of fourpatchtextiles
25 February	#mendmarch
24 February	Dawna Tierney is Spoolriversewing
22 February	Tracy Davis is Sewing4therapy
17 February	Vintage Tina
15 February	Yolanda Woodland is so_sew_mardest
10 February	Jeanette Hayes – NZsews
8 February	Nikksinclair
3 February	Visible mending journey Sarah Pondevie
2 February	Angie’s 2022 plans
1 February	Angie Hinksman is back
27 January	#Sewingcpd
25 January	Curvy pattern database with Sarah Thomas
20 January	Julie and Gabriele’s 2022 plans
18 January	Sewing friends: Gabriele and Julie
13 January	Uthando Project with Anne Vivers
11 January	About Mimi Jackson

Dawna

Thursday 24 February 2022: @spoolriversewing is how we all know and admire Dawna’s sewing skills and she’s now a SewOver50 podcast guest as well.

Dawna is a rivertown gal from St Paul, Minnesota, situated on the Mississippi River. She lives a stone’s throw away from the banks of this mighty river and she walks by it every day. Dawna is an English major and at university she read ‘Spoonriver Anthology’ which is a collection of poems about rural life in America. It’s essentially a tapestry of life and her sewing life is definitely a tapestry of her life as well.

You can find Dawn on her blog and on instagram.

Dawna has a very long sewing career and her daughters have also attended sewing camp. You’ll love listening to her sewing reflections.

Tracy Davis

Tuesday 22 February 2022: Tracy’s sewing style reflects her Instagram name sewing4therapy.

Vintage Tina

Thursday 17 February 2022: Tina Watts has now created the Vintage clothes she enjoys wearing.

Her instagram account provides her with the file of the clothes she can choose from, in true vintage style.