And Miss July and Miss August, too!
Look what was on my front stoop today (besides the poop-green moss that I'm just noticing now). The 2011 Sewing Calendar from Accord Publishing. It contains 100+ detailed instructions for sewing tutorials from (mostly) bloggers around the web. Including, well, me!
Here I am with the book sling in late June (oh, yes. a perfect project for late June):
And here's my T-shirt tote bag in July (because in July the pits of your shirts get all yellow and sweaty so you might as well cut them off and make a bag... or something like that) ...
By August, you simply must sew your family some reusable sandwich bags (this is actually on my current to-do list) ...
And to keep your head and neck cool during all that hard work, how about making yourself a headband?
That's my head! In a calendar!
The editor (Megan Smith) contacted me last year about this and I was honored to be part of it. I just flipped through it quickly today, but it looks like there are some great projects in there. Each tutorial covers three calendar days. The sheets open up for full, detailed instructions.
Here are a couple other projects included:
Sweet little love letters from LucyKateCrafts ...
A darling Christmas garland from sadieandlance.blogspot.com ...
And these oh-so-cute bunny bowling pins from The Long Thread ...
The good people at Accord Publishing sent me two copies of the calendar, so why don't we make this the prize for one random participant in the Back-to-School Sew Along? Sound good?
Full details on the sew along coming soon. And remember--you don't have to sew a whole dress or a boy's shirt and necktie to be part of it. Even barrettes, sandwich bags and other small projects will do.
Is anyone else in the calendar? I haven't looked closely yet.
Yeah for you!
Posted by: emily | July 29, 2010 at 08:34 PM
Thanks, Emily. :)
Posted by: Megan | July 29, 2010 at 09:31 PM
love the february and april ones!
Posted by: sarah | July 29, 2010 at 10:38 PM
Thats so great Megan!! This looks like a fun calendar, how can we order one?
Posted by: Dena | July 30, 2010 at 04:52 AM
Wow, wish my head was in a calandar! You can tell everyone your a pin-up ;)
Posted by: Heather | July 30, 2010 at 08:12 AM
You're famous!! Wow! Congratulations! :)
Posted by: kate | July 30, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Thanks, guys! I don't know about famous, but it's fun to see my projects sitting in such good company.
Dena, you can order the calendar here:
http://www.amazon.com/Sewing-2011-Day---Day-Calendar/dp/0740797077/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280451100&sr=1-1
Posted by: Megan | August 02, 2010 at 01:00 PM
I totally ordered this calendar for the shop! I saw last years and was impressed. Now the book sling!!! What a great idea for those of us that loooooovee to sew!
Posted by: Carrie | August 03, 2010 at 08:13 PM