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10 Ways to Customize the Zadie Jumpsuit for Me-Made-May

For the third year in a row, Spoonflower is participating in Me-Made-May with an extra special employee sew along! Remember when we made Zeena dresses and Stasia dresses? This year Spoonflower employees chose to stitch up a versatile recent favorite in the sewing community, the Zadie jumpsuit! Truly making it their own with wild pattern hacks and a wide variety of Marketplace designs, all stitched up in a variety of 12 different Spoonflower fabric types between them (with one stand out fabric that was the clear favorite among all the sewists!).

Top row, left to right: Ace: Operations – Silky Faille (retired), Allie: Home Decor – Longleaf Sateen Grand, Gina: Product Engineering – Modern Jersey, Jasmine: Operations – Cotton Poplin, Anjana: Engineering – Modern Jersey, Beckie: Sewing Team – Velvet and Poly Crepe de Chine, Brigitta: Customer Support – Poly Crepe de Chine, Stephanie: Print Operations, Organic Cotton Sateen, Katie: Sewing Team – Organic Sweet Pea Gauze –  Middle Row, left to right: Sue: Operations – Lightweight Cotton Twill, Nicole: Marketing — Organic Sweet Pea Gauze, Liz: Floor Operations – Lightweight Cotton Twill, Fran: Sewing Team – Linen Cotton Canvas, Amy: Graphic Design – Petal Signature Cotton. Bottom row, left to right: Maria: DE Marketing – Organic Sweet Pea Gauze, Megan: Product & Procurement team – Organic Cotton Sateen, Sarah: Sewing Team – Linen Cotton Canvas, Stephanie: Print Operations Team – Organic Cotton Sateen, Tamika: Sewing Team – Silky Faille (retired), Michelle: DE Customer Support – Organic Sweet Pea Gauze, Megan: Floor Operations – Perennial Sateen Grand, Anitha: Sewing Team – Perennial Sateen Grand, Beckie: Product Merchandising Team – Longleaf Sateen Grand. Featured Designs
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10 Ways to Customize the Zeena Dress for Me Made May

While many claim December to be “the most wonderful time of the year”, the sewing community will argue that May is easily their favorite time of the year for one very special reason — Me-Made-May! This month-long challenge  is “designed to encourage people who make their own clothes to develop a better relationship with their handmade wardrobe.” What started as a personal challenge for maker Zoe Edwards, Me-Made-May is now in its eighth year and is an invitation to the entire sewing community to make a me-made pledge throughout the month. Whether it’s wearing only handmade for the entire month, reviewing your wardrobe and seeing where you need to fill the gaps, or even wearing the handmade dress that’s gotten buried in the back of your closet, there’s something for everyone.

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Seven DIY Projects from Our Favorite Crafty Brits

We love seeing what our creative community around the world is making and our friends in the UK never disappoint. Here’s a look at seven incredible DIYs whipped up using Spoonflower fabrics (printed and shipped from our factory in Berlin!) by a handful of our favorite British crafters and just in time for Me Made May.  

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Meet the Maker Behind Me-Made-May

Do you ever find yourself scrolling through your Instagram feed “oohing and ahhing” at all of the photos of handmade garments stitched up by sewists around the world?  This month, all eyes are on Me-Made-May (#mmmay17), a challenge designed to encourage people who sew/knit/crochet/refashion/upcycle garments for themselves to wear and love them more. Today, Zoe Edwards, the maker behind this social challenge and author of “So Zo…What Do You Know,” stops by the blog to give us an inside scoop on the hashtag that is inspiring us all!

Just a few of the many #mmmay17 photos taking over our instagram feeds this month! Photos by : @boylandknitworks, @charlottesews, @lisacomfort, @sasha_secondopiano, @avfkw, @lladybird, @rosabellaangelica, @moipon3

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