Introducing: The 12 Days of Christmas

November 08, 2013

About six weeks ago, I was calculating how far away Christmas was and, since I am often thinking about sewing, I was thinking that around this time (now), many sewer/bloggers would start thinking about what special outfits they might make their child/children for Christmas. I love Christmas and for the past few years, I have sewn my daughters a new dress to wear on Christmas day. I thought it would be fun to start a series that invited bloggers to share their Christmas creations in one central space over the 12 days of Christmas, the 1-12 December.

So, I got to work emailing some blogging friends and also some bloggers I really liked but didn't yet know well. Nearly everyone was keen and free. Yay! I then decided to branch out and ask one of my guests who I didn't know well to co-host the series with me. I asked the lovely Laura of Craftstorming who blogs from England about sewing and baking. Her stuff is awesome, and I knew if she said yes, we would have a successful series. Well, she did...and The 12 Days of Christmas was born!! All going well, we plan to host The 12 Days of Christmas annually.

So from the 1-12 December, Laura and I will host 22 bloggers (plus ourselves) and will share what we have made for our children as well as how we spend Christmas now and also share some of our favourite childhood Christmas memories. We will synchronise our posts to publish at 9pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time over these days.

Sound good? Now...who are the guests?

Laura and I thought a lot about who to invite as we wanted to include a range of blogs - from small to large from different parts of the world. On our list are bloggers from Australia, England, America, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal and Canada (with a hint of Russian from one of our bloggers too). To our pleasant surprise, some of our guests are from different religious backgrounds, being Jewish and Buddhist. These religions do not celebrate Christmas officially but they still enjoy the festive season and we are excited to hear how people's stories differ. Some blogs have less than 100 followers, while some have over 1000. Here is the guest list....

You can hover and click on any of the blog names on this calendar to visit that blog (thanks to Laura's excellent tech skills!). (When you click on the link, it will open in the same window).

We have also created a flickr group if you would like to share what you have made for your child/children for Christmas (clothing only). Laura and I will do a round up on December 19th of any sewers who would like to sew along and share in the group! Feel free to join the flickr group whenever you like. And if you would like to spread the word about this series, feel free to use the sew along button below and link back to this post...

We have also created a pinterest board you can follow If you would like to see what guests are pinning and perhaps be inspired to sew something festive too. If that wasn't motivation enough Santa has a special message for you...

We are excited!! And we hope you are excited too and would love you to sew along and tune in here at sewpony and at Craftstorming from the 1-12 December!!