Is anyone else participating in Seamwork’s Design Your Wardrobe Challenge this season? I have attempted to follow along twice now but have never actually finished. I figured that sharing my progress on here might keep me accountable. This current round started on August 12th so I’ve had to do a little catch-up.
What is Seamwork?
For those of you who don’t know Seamwork is an online, sewing magazine, youtube channel, private community and learning portal for sewists. They have a $7/month subscription that includes exclusive patterns and monthly credits towards their paid patterns. They have over 150 patterns and there are a ton of hacks to make them more exciting and personalized. I’m not one for monthly bills so I totally avoided joining until their unlimited membership went on sale a few months ago and then I jumped in with both feet.
What is The Design Your Wardrobe Series?
A three-week course that helps you design your own capsule collection that fits into the lifestyle that you live. There are daily Design Your Wardrobe dispatches with tasks to complete to help you focus your seasonal sewing towards the goal of finishing with a cohesive collection. Below I’ve included an overview of my responses to the first week of dispatches. One of the best parts is the Seamwork Community where you can keep up with what other sewists are doing for their Design Your Wardrobe series!
Design Your Wardrobe: Week one – Setting Goals
We started week one by defining our biggest challenges and our goals for the 3-week series.
My Design Your Wardrobe Challenge:
I would say that my biggest challenge right now is that I spend a lot of time in ugly and ragged home clothes that I would want anyone to see me in. I’m guessing that spending so much time in my jammies, probably isn’t helping me to feel good about myself on the day-to-day.
My Design Your Wardrobe Goal:
Having a comfortable and elegant wardrobe would remove daily negativity from my life. Additionally, in December I have plans to visit my family in Scotland and I expect to spend the majority of my time relaxing in family homes (other than a wedding) and would like to feel good about my appearance without being overdressed for board games and TV marathons.
Goal: To have an elegant and comfortable collection to wear in Scotland that I can wear while relaxing in my family’s homes in Scotland with a couple dressier pieces to wear at wedding and Christmas parties.
Inspiration
Next up was a collection of images to help inspire a collection that is meaningful and that ties together several pieces. So I started where any technology addicted sewist would: Pinterest! Here is my full mood board if you feel like having a peek.
Season’s concept:
The Concept of this collection is Cozy, Chic, Elegance.
Visual elements of my collection:
Dramatic collars, black skinny jeans or trousers, high-waisted skirts.
Life contexts of my collection:
- Sightseeing in winter
- Celebrations (Wedding/Christmas/NY)
- Relaxing in someone else’s home and on the plane
Design Your Wardrobe Week 1 Thoughts:
This week was fun and easy to complete. I loved scrolling Pinterest and then looking for common themes that tie everything together. This week made me analyze what I am continually drawn to like solids rather than prints and apparently, I am obsessed with big sunglasses and big collars!
Hi Paula – what a beautiful mood board and a fun read!
You inspire me to continue reading through the DYW materials and make an actual attempt at the challenge.
YAY Pamela! I’m so behind. I need to get started on week 3. I’ve decided that right now is the time. Sorry it took me so long to respond. I got distracted making my dress for Vancouver Frocktails!