Summer is here friends! And, I for one, am enjoying the heat, even if it comes with high humidity here in Southern Missouri! While I am not sewing as much as normal,  I am still working through stitching up some more intricate woven dresses, like the Pattern Scout Vivi Dress, I just finished a few weekends back. It actually inspired the idea for a casual summer sew-a-long or sewing challenge of sorts! I just wanted a fun way to connect this summer through sewing, and to share our summer goals and sewing projects!  The idea behind the "Sun's Out Sundresses On" Sewing Challenge is to make dresses suitable for summer! While there may be some debate on what defines a sundress, we are going to keep this concept real open and generalize it to any dress that is sleeveless or short sleeved. We all have our own personal preferences and we want to make sure we include as many sewists as possible in this challenge! As we have already established, everything is more fun in company! This is why we are partnering with our fabric shop friends, Bethany of Fluid + Drape, Karleen of Sewing Studio, and Candace of Fab Rick's Fabrics to co-host this challenge! Participating is quite simple. The challenge will run now through August 31st. All you need to do to participate is Make a dress (sleeveless or short sleeve), and Share to Instagram taking care to include the hashtag #sunsoutsundresseson This is how we will be selecting winners for all the wonderful prizes we'll be giving away at the end! We are also adding a fun new element to this sewing challenge including a Discord chat group! We would love for you to join us and to share your project plans, mull over fabric options or ask for pattern suggestions!  We have also acquired some exclusive pattern discounts for participants!  Pattern Scout Vivi Dress, 25% off with code SURGE25, no exp date Tammy Handmade, 15% off dress patterns with code SUMMERSEWING, exp August 31 Les Perlines, 15% off with code SUNSOUT, exp August 31 Sew House 7 Sauvie Sundress, 25% printed and PDF formats with code SH7SUN, exp August 31 Friday Pattern Co, 20% Off PDF patterns with code SUNDRESS20,  Chalk & Notch, 20% PDF patterns with code sundress20, 1 use per customer, exp August 31 True Bias, 20% off dress patterns with code tbsundress, exp August 31 Christine Haynes Verano Tank & Dress PDF pattern, 20% with code SUMMERSUNDRESS, exp Dec 31st, 2024 Styla Patterns/Little Lizard King, 15% off all PDF patterns with code Surge, exp August 31st Helen's Closet, 25% off Lawrence and Reynolds dress patterns with code Sundress2024, exp August 31st We also have quite a few prizes, courtesy of our fellow hosts and sponsors! Here they are so far:  $100 gift card to Surge Fabric Shop  $100 gift card to Fluid + Drape $100 gift card to Sewing Studio $100 gift card to Fab Rick's Fabrics 3 month membership to Cashmerette Club at the Plus Level Cashmerette Premium Package for MyBodyModel Christine Haynes Verano Video Workshop 1 PDF patterns from Michelle Design Co $50 gift card to Little Lizard King/Styla Patterns TomKat Stitchery Print Matching Mini Course 1 PDF Pattern from Helen's Closet 2 PDF Patterns from Jaykaiy A winner will be selected, at random for each prize line item!  We are so excited to see all you make during this challenge and we hope it will be as fun for you as it is for us! 

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