killer kitsch sew-a-long – Killer Kitsch Designs

The most spooktacular time of the year! Halloween oh how I love thee! For the entire month of October, we are going to have a Halloween-a-long! Let’s make some vintage style Halloween themed garments! I will leave the style of vintage type garment up to you, the only catch is it must be Halloween themed. You can do this with colours, material patterns, by adding adornments or show us the costume you are making! I plan on making a few Halloween themed circle skirts! Show us your spooktacular creations!

To join in all of the fun, please join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/killerkitschvintagewips/

If you post photos on Instagram, please tag me @killerkitsch13 and use hashtags, #killerkitschsewalong #halloweenalong

We are starting on October 1st and will do the SAL for the month of October!

Everyone is welcome to join!

I need to get a move on and make my spring and summer garments, but somehow, for some reason, something keeps distracting me! I need to find my motivation again. I noticed that as soon as I started the Killer Kitsch Designs Vintage Knit-a-long last year, I became extremely motivated to knit as many garments as I could. Before I would occasionally knit something for myself, but generally I was knitting for others. I realized it was time to fill up my wardrobe with knits from all of the vintage patterns I’ve been collecting. Now… how do I do the same for sewing.

My sewing machine has been calling to me.

My sewing machine is now yelling at me!

January 1st, 2017 I made a promise to myself to only purchase vintage, thrifted items or make my own clothes. As a curvy girl I was tired of always being frustrated by off the rack clothes and as a consumer, I was upset about the shoddy quality of anything I purchased from retail stores. As a lover of movies from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s I realized we needed to take a step back to a time where you actually cared about the quality of your clothes and when you couldn’t buy something, you refashioned or mended and made due!

Now… how do I get back my sewing mojo? By starting vintage sew-a-longs.

I’m by no means someone who can give instructions on sewing. I’m not a trained sewist and have learned sewing from my Mother, home ec and years of creating my own garments. These sew-a-longs aren’t tutorials in any way. What they are, is a group of like-minded sewists, creating vintage-inspired outfits together. The sew-a-longs will range from easy (like the circle skirt) to a bit more challenging, just like the knit-a-longs.

I have always loved sewing. When I was a kid I would design and hand sew outfits for dolls. I learned how to sew garments on my great grandmother’s Raymond Treadle machine (1898), alongside my mother. (I’ve since inherited the machine) I was inspired to learn sewing because my mother used to make all of our clothes. On Instagram, I follow many vintage accounts and their dedication to remaking vintage patterns is what has motivated me to start sew-a-longs.

If this is something you also want to do, please join our group on Facebook. If you share your photos on Instagram, please tag me @killerkitsch13 and use hashtag #killerkitschvintagesewalong.

We are starting on May 16th and will do the sew-a-long for the last two weeks of May!