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The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019

Manuela

The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« on: March 28, 2019, 13:00:16 PM »
Welcome to the Posh Frock (or outfit) contest. Do you have a special occasion to celebrate or event to go? Do you need that special outfit to go somewhere nice? Join here and get help and inspiration to get it done.

Here a few rules:
- Sewing starts on April 1st and ends on April 30th
- You can start with preparing, fitting and cutting now
- You can post here about your ideas and progress, but please put a clear submission post up in this thread latest by May 7th
- Please use the template below for your submission post


(your name)'s Entry (indicate the number if you have more than one entry  ;))

What event/occasion is it for

Pattern used (commercial or self-drafted, anything goes)

A short description on how you made it/problems overcome/etc.

Pictures (ideally included in the text, but I can do that for you if needed)


Happy Sewing

DementedFairy

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2019, 18:10:03 PM »
Well I do need my MOB outfit for August...not sure if I have the mojo to crack on with it yet though.  We shall see!
C'est moi!

fajita

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2019, 18:31:17 PM »
I'm not sure. I might just go dress shopping. But I may get tempted.

Bodgeitandscarper

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2019, 19:10:12 PM »
I need a MoG dress...  I may make one...

Helen M

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2019, 19:55:24 PM »
I don't have need of a 'posh' frock. Can I make a 'not quite posh' one? I feel I need the motivation to get started with something.
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Samantha

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2019, 20:36:15 PM »
Well I have a 30th Birthday at the end of April and a jumpsuit pattern I've been itching to make - can I do it in time?!  >:)

Renegade Sewist

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2019, 21:35:44 PM »
 No posh doings around here, so I'm saved from the delusion That I might participate in this one.

But I do like to look at posh stuff, so get cracking Peeps.  :toast:
Hey Bill! Read the manual!  Hehehe.

Manuela

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2019, 05:53:58 AM »
Oooh wonder if my wedding guest dress might work for this. Though I wonder if I'll finish it in one month... I've got to draft the thing from scratch first.

Fabric sample arrived and I've got to get that ordered. Worried it'll go OOS so trying to decide whether it's worth ordering an amount I think is enough or not. 3.5m? Long dress with wide sleeves?

Of course it does....  :)

snoozi soozi

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2019, 08:21:35 AM »
I think p'raps your idea of posh would be different from mine  0_0
But I look forward to seeing entries
Let it sew, let it sew, let it sew

toileandtrouble

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2019, 09:05:45 AM »
If you are going somewhere they don't expect you to do the washing up, that's posh.  0_0
Yarn down:  1000g
Fabric down:  29m

wrenkins

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2019, 10:16:33 AM »
...snigger... posh frock!
People threatened to check for jeans under my wedding dress.  0_0  0_0  0_0
I'm with RS on this one. Crack on ladies. I'm behind you all the way.
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Manuela

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2019, 15:26:55 PM »
Hmm, judging by some of the replies here, I think we should can this contest?  :S
I know I can’t please everybody, but this was one people wanted and wedding season comes up.
If I got the language wrong, I’m sorry. English is my second language, and I didn’t intend to put up a contest people ridicule and snigger about  :(
I may have gotten the whole thing completely wrong. If you want to keep the contest up, please let me know in the comments. If it’s not what you want, I’ll take it down tomorrow and take it off the list.
If there is anything else you don’t like on the list, please let me know - either here or via private message. I won’t have time to create a new list, I will just remove contests you don’t want anymore.

Efemera

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2019, 15:39:41 PM »
I’d like to make a nice dress... a nice shirt dress but I wouldn’t call it posh...I just dont have any need for an ‘occasion’ dress.

Acorn

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2019, 15:44:56 PM »
Nothing wrong with your terminology @Manuela - we really can never tell that English isn't your first language.  I think people are making fun of themselves (we are clearly a scruffy lot!) and not of the contest.

I suspect that in theory quite a few people like the idea of a posh frock competition, but it might be quite difficult to find a specific time of year when enough people want to make their outfit.

I think we all want to watch other people making them though!
I might look as though I'm talking to you, but inside my head I'm sewing.

Manuela

Re: The Posh Frock/Outfit Contest - 1.04. - 30.04.2019
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2019, 15:46:10 PM »
I’d like to make a nice dress... a nice shirt dress but I wouldn’t call it posh...I just dont have any need for an ‘occasion’ dress.
A nice dress is absolutely fine. You wear a nice shirt dress to many occasions.