Thank you 2023 from the Sew Over It team
| We have been absolutely blown away by the response to The Big Sew Off this year. Thanks to all your donations we managed to raise a whopping £14,300 for mental health charity Mind! |
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| A huge thank you to everyone who donated. Mind means a lot to us and we are so proud to contribute such a substantial amount to help people get the mental health support they need. |
| If you missed any of the action from our 24-hour sewathon, you can still find all of our Instagram lives on @thebigsewoff Instagram page. We connected with lots of exciting sewists and sewing businesses throughout the day and night. |
| Keep following The Big Sew Off on Instagram so you’ll be ready to hear about our plans for next year! |
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| Everyone who donated to our JustGiving page in aid of Mind was entered into a prize draw for a chance to win one of over 50 sewing prizes. We’ll be picking the winners at random and getting in touch directly very soon 🥳 |
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| Thank you so much to every single person that got involved with The Big Sew Off this year. We couldn’t have done it without your support, enthusiasm and donations and we are feeling incredibly proud of the sewing community and what we managed to achieve together ❤️ |
The Big SewOff is back again. Join Sew Over It and the sewing community on Monday 4th September 2023 for a 24-hour sewathon to raise money for charity!
Friday 18 August 2023: Alma discusses all the details for this year’s Big SewOff.
The Big Sew Off is coming back in September 2023. After the success of last year’s sewing marathon which raised £10k for mental health charity Mind, we’re going to do it all again! The Sew Over It team will be sewing for 24-hours non-stop, along with other exciting sewing businesses and personalities. The Big Sew Off this year will be hosted by the wonderful New Craft House in East London!
Mind is a charity very close to our hearts at Sew Over It, they provide help and support to anyone experiencing mental health problems in the UK. The last few years have been really tough on everyone’s mental health, and sewing has been a big help for many. We’re excited to put our sewing skills to work for a great cause and we hope you’ll join us!
IG account: https://www.instagram.com/thebigsewoff/
Website: https://thebigsewoff.com/
JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/page/sew-over-it-mind
Highlights vlog from 2022 BSO: https://youtu.be/bmeuQwAgpgU
SewOver50 and Sew Organised Style podcast is thrilled to again partner with Sew Over It and all this year’s The Big SewOff partners.
How can get involved?
We’d love you to get involved in The Big Sew Off in your sewing communities, wherever you are in the world. Whether you sew along from home, organise a sewing fundraising, or donate to spur us on, you can help us raise funds for Mind, a charity providing mental health support for anyone in need. DONATE NOW
The Sew Over It team and other sewing businesses and personalities will be sewing for 24 hours non-stop from 10am on Monday 4th, to 10am on Tuesday 5th September 2023 from The Big Sew Off HQ at The New Craft House in London. Sponsor us using the Donate button or sew along from home and ask your friends and family to sponsor you! Sew on your own, in your sewing group or look out for your local sewing shops to see if they have an event in your area! There are already four hubs that you could join in the UK:
Birmingham Hub
Dunfermline Hub
Brentwood Hub
Glasgow Hub
There will be a live YouTube feed from the central hub on the Sew Over It channel and lots of chats and lives on Instagram coming from throughout the 24 hours from The Big Sew Off HQ. Join us on the day and sew along with us. Don’t worry, you are not expected to sew for 24 hours, just sew for as long as you can to help fundraise for two amazing charities!
Follow us on Instagram @thebigsewoff and @sewoveritlondon and use the hashtag #thebigsewoff to tell us about what you’re doing to join The Big Sew Off!
Whatever you do, you can make a real difference in helping us to support a great charity through your love of sewing! DONATE WHAT YOU’VE RAISED
Big Sew Off Labels
The Big SewOff has partnered up with Sew Anonymous to create exclusive Big Sew Off labels that you can add to what you make during our sewathon as a reminder of your participation in this amazing cause. All profits from the sale of these labels will be donated to mental health charity Mind!
Tuesday 15 August 2023: Janene – ooobop on Instagram – will be participating from her home sewing studio for this year’s Big SewOff.
Last year Janene was in awe of the sewing efforts by the Sew Over It team during their 24 hour sewing marathon to raise funds for Mind Charity.
This year Janene is road testing her patterns to see how many well-made garments she can sew for charity in a 24 hour period.
What are you doing to support this sewing charity event?
The inaugural Big SewOff in 2022
Tuesday 10 May 2022: Alma of Sew Over It talked about The Big SewOff – a 24 hour sewing marathon on 12 May 2022 to raise money for Mind in the UK.
This inaugural 24-hour sewathon has so far raised £7,070 for Mind.
Who’s involved so far? By Hand London, Guthrie and Ghani, Kate from the Foldline and Sew Essential plus some Great British Sewing Bee including Rumana (@thelittlepomigranate) and last year’s winner Serena (@sernasews_)
Here’s how to find out more about The Big Sew Off.
The Big Sew Off website: https://thebigsewoff.com/
Justgiving donate page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bigsewoff
How to get involved: https://thebigsewoff.com/fundraise-with-us/
Sew Over It YouTube channel where The Big Sew Off will be live streamed from 10am Thursday 12th May to 10am Friday 13th May: https://www.youtube.com/user/SewOverIt
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