Patterns and Postcards Swap – How it works
List it: You have till the end of September 2012 to scan/ photograph everything you’d like to swap (might be a good idea to break it up into separate posts as all that scanning can get tedious after a while) and post it on your blog (if you have one) or as a Flickr/ Picassa set or Thinglink image.
Make it accessible: If you’re on Flick/ ThinkLink/ Picassa or any other image hosting site, check that you’ve set viewing access to be public so that everyone can see your swapfest goodies.
Claim it: A lot of people have expressed concerns about dibsies, so as of today there is is no official deadline for dibsies, if you like something, leave a comment/ send a message/ tweet/ email stating what you like with a link to the post/ picture set of stuff you’ve listed for swap so your swapee can choose something for themselves (and decide whether they want to swap).
Tag it: If something from your list has been spoken for, edit your post/ listing to mark it as taken (or delete it from the listing) so that you don’t get multiple dibs on the same item.
Mail it: It would be great to have things decided on and mailed by the end of October so recipients receive them early to mid November (which leaves everyone free for focusing solely on holiday/ family/ shopping stresses without having to worry about swaps etc).
Keep it social: Send your swap partner a quick email or blog comment as soon as you receive your parcel. Not only is this the polite (read, humane) thing to do, it’s great for senders to know that the goodies have arrived safely and aren’t languishing unclaimed in a customs hold up somewhere. And now on to the good stuff.
List of participants
Participants |
Patterns and Postcards Swapables |
Beata |
Tatulinka’s Tales (Part I, Vintage sewing magazines) |
Nothy Lane |
Aft Agley Vintage and Contemporary Envelope Patterns |
Katrina |
Weft Vintage and Contemporary Envelope Patterns for Adults and Young’uns. |
Moi! |
Part I ~ A smattering of vintage patternsPart II ~ Contemporary pattern magazinesPart III ~ TBA |
soisewedthis |
Part I ~ Contemporary and vintage patternsPart II ~ More contemporary and vintage patternsPart III ~ TBA |
Also, last chance to vote for my Sail Pants pattern entry at the yourstylerocks pants contest. The Sail pants are currently neck and neck (a massive thank you to everyone that has already voted!) with a pair of pedal pushers. While I have nothing against pedal pushers (I wore them daily back when I was four and actually still have a pair kicking around somewhere)- I just feel there are enough commercial patterns out there for that style and would prefer to have a free pants pattern for something a little different. So if you want a German drafted, multi-sized, free pattern for the Sail pants please vote now! Get your mum and dad and grandma to vote (it is multi-sized)!
Coming up: Patterns Magazines and Books for Swap
Let the swapfest commence!
I am so bummed your pants aren’t winning. Like we need another peddle-pusher pattern. I thought about registering more than once so I could vote for you again. I didn’t–but I thought about it. Perhaps that could be a “blow by blow” design tutorial on theperfectnose, if you don’t win?
Hahahaha it is what it is. I got very suspicious when I noticed that every time my votes increased above the pedal pushers, the pedal pushers votes would increase to just one or two above mine. And it happened repeatedly over the last two weeks (perhaps it happened before but I just wasn’t paying attention). Apparently it’s not too hard to check on stuff like that but knowing that there was dodgy stuff involved isn’t going to help in any way. Yea I might try to draft them myself someday but I’m just too bogged down with real life at the moment and when I do start drafting I’ll have to work my way up to pants. I’m working (very slowly) on computer drafting using simple drawing programs with scalability. I’ve kinda got the first top in the Kamakura Shobo drafting series (still haven’t successfully scaled it). So there’s still work to be done, but it’s great idea though, so thanks for that, I’ll keep it in mind.
I also noticed that happening about 2 weeks ago when my work slacked off, and I could go back to the sewing sites I read. Then I started checking every day or two on YourStyleRocks–I saw exactly what you describe. It may have been occuring the first half of August, too, but I was so swamped with work I never checked. This wouldn’t be the first sewing contest/challenge I noticed weirdness. Sorry you didn’t win, your pants really do rock! And it sounds like you’ve been having fun while I was away.
Hey, I have just uploaded my first items for swapping, here.
More to come!
As a proponent of clothing in motion, I absolutely love theperfectnose Sail Pants idea and illustration. To visualize riding my bike, standing up, full-speed-ahead and straight into the wind wearing the Sail Pants is Fantastic!
Or, even just strolling around in an art museum or library – the sail pants would come to life.
Hi there,
I put two more lists up and I’ll look through my Burda magazines later this week.
My second list of patterns is here.
My third list of patterns is here.
This is such fun. Thanks so much for putting it together.
Thank you for participating! I’ve added your recent posts to the master list here.
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What a great idea for a swap! I’m totally in. Just sorting through my patterns now.
I’ve put up a post of the first bunch I have for swaps here.
My part II is up now, part III and maybe more to come this week!!
I have 3 more swap posts up! (That should be the last of them!!)
Here, here and here.
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