When was it? From March 1st till April 8th 2013 to coincide with Bowie's new album and the opening of the V&A David Bowie Is.....exhibition.
Finished garments gallery:
Check out our finished garments gallery here for lots of pics and info. and links to follow each one of these creative sewists:
Or here are links to each sewists original post with make details and more pics:
What could you have made? Anything you wanted to inspired by Mr Bowie. If this was the very first thing you'd EVER sewn, you were just as welcome as a sewist with decades of costume-making skills. A skirt in a fabric similar to a Bowie look, a shirt or a jumpsuit, a tie, a bag or a dress, you could have made a full suit if you wanted to....unfortunately we didn't get a full-on Jareth the Goblin King costume this time, ah well.
Do I use need to use decade appropriate patterns (60s/70s/80s/90s/00s)? Nope. We're doing this for fun. It only has to be Bowie inspired....but don't let that stop you finding that perfect 70s jumpsuit pattern and making it out of authentic 70's curtains if you really want to.
What do I do once I'm done? Take some photos, post about it on your blog (if you have one) and send me an email with a link and a photo or two (or more) so I can tell the world about it and where they can find more pics and details if you want me too.My email is fanbloomingtastic (AT) gmail (DOT) com
For those of you who like to post plans, progress pics and your completed projects on Flickr (and join in chats and discussions) I've set up Bowie Sew Along Flickr group.
Joining the group isn't compulsory, it's just another bit of fun, but if it's a new thing to you, the wonderful Steph of Sewing CAKE wrote this guide to setting up a Flickr account and joining a group.
More resources, inspiration and pretty things to look at:
The 'A Daily Bit of Bowie' posts:
Each day during the sew along, I posted a Bowie video, or piece of a documentary, or interview, appearances in movies, use of his music by others etc to inspire and/or amuse us all...here's the archive of Daily Bits of Bowie:
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Other Bowie Sew Along posts:
Bowie Sew Along - what you need to know...and buttons!
Stuff to watchalong whilst you're sewingalong - documentaries and Starman
Progress update wk1, a Flickr group and playlist
Progress update wk2 - some finished projects and lots of other stuff coming
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