The Refashioners 2018: Over to you!!!

Right you lot!! NOW, it’s over to you! You have until midnight 31st Oct 2018 (GMT) to share your take on this challenge to be in with a chance of winning the amazing prize package (Now worth over £1300!) We want to see your inspiration image, your before photo, and your final creation. You can use any thrifted/preloved garments, bedding, accessories etc you like. I am drawing a line in the sand here and saying, simply using thrifted yardage (ie fabric that has never been anything else and is just the result of someone destashing there fabric to a local charity shop) doesn’t quite fit the spirit of the challenge. The challenge is reimagining something that was once something else, and turning it into your take on your inspo image. So far we’ve had garments, curtains, quilts bags and shoes/boots as an example. The brief is really open so go for it! (I keep hoping someone will do something with an old wetsuit!!)

UPDATE: 2 prizes have been added since the original prize post:

These beautiful hand finished Japanese shears from Beyond Measure…

And £20 to spend at Like Sew Amazing…

 

You can click here for details of everything in the prize package and here for the full brief.

So that’s it. The end of this blogger element.  And now it’s over to you!!!! The stars of this show. We want to see YOUR #inspiredby refashions! (They’re starting to trickle through already. SO exciting!!) It’s very likely, that this will be the last series of The Refashioners. It’s alot to organise, and part of me feels like we’ve achieved what we set out to do; and also that some things are best finished on a high….rather than milking the life out it until it becomes something….well…not so awesome as it is now. So this may very well be your last chance to enter. If you are one of those people that has watched from afar and thought, “oooh, I’ll enter that one day”….my friends, that day is here. Go for it!!

Mark these dates in your diary and GET REFASHIONING AND GET SHARING :

• Community Challenge: This will run right from 1st Sept to 31st October. There will be the usual phenomenal prize package for our winner(s) at the end. You can share your creations any time between those dates to be entered into the competition. To enter you’ll need to SHARE your refashions (We want to see the inspiration image, the before image(s) of your source garment(s), and the after images of course! Extra kudos given for how closely your “after” images resemble your inspiration images!) Share with us in one of the following ways:
  • On Instagram: Share a pic using the hashtags #therefashioners2018 #inspiredby (if you do not use these hashtags I will not be able to find your entry and it will not count)
  • On Facebook: There is a community board here where you can post your makes (You will need to request an invite to join)

  Only entries shared via the above 2 methods will be entered into the competition. Closing date for entries is 31st October 2018 Midnight GMT.

Check out the AMAZING prizes on offer this year!

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