{"id":20868,"date":"2015-10-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=20868"},"modified":"2015-10-01T07:39:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T12:39:57","slug":"i-was-a-sewing-judge-it-was-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/i-was-a-sewing-judge-it-was-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"I was a sewing judge &#8211; it was hard!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20869 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/challenge.jpg\" alt=\"challenge\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/challenge.jpg 550w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/challenge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/challenge-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/challenge-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/550;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20869\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/challenge.jpg\" alt=\"challenge\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/challenge.jpg 550w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/challenge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/challenge-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/challenge-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I was asked this year to be a judge in <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fabricmartfabrics.com\/2015\/09\/fashion-challenge-week-3-sewing.html\" target=\"_blank\">round 3 of the Fabric Mart Fashion Challenge<\/a>. Each year Fabric Mart run this great contest where sewers have a week to complete a challenge and get votes or risk being knocked out for the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Round 3 opened on 30th Sept and is a subject close to my heart &#8211; writing a sewing tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>The 4 contestants at this stage of the game had to write a tutorial on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to sew a French Seam<\/li>\n<li>Tips for working with chiffon<\/li>\n<li>How to hem pants<\/li>\n<li>Tips for working with ITY knits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All challenging subjects in their own way. \u00a0How far would each contestant go? \u00a0Would they complete the challenge, or would they exceed expectations with the greatest blog article ever written?! \u00a0Or somewhere in between.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fabricmartfabrics.com\/2015\/09\/fashion-challenge-week-3-sewing.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20871 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995.png\" alt=\"blogheader Nov2012 995\" width=\"990\" height=\"100\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995.png 990w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995-500x51.png 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995-768x78.png 768w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995-150x15.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 990px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 990\/100;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20871\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995.png\" alt=\"blogheader Nov2012 995\" width=\"990\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995.png 990w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995-500x51.png 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995-768x78.png 768w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blogheader-Nov2012-995-150x15.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow, it was hard to be a judge. \u00a0I read and re-read all of the tutorials over and over, checked again and again what the judging criteria and instructions were and eventually had to give my points.<\/p>\n<p>I won't spoil it here with my votes &#8211; but I'd be really interested to hear what you think both of the challenge and the tutorials above. \u00a0Which of these bloggers and tutorials is your favorite?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20872 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fabric-mart-2.jpg\" alt=\"fabric mart 2\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fabric-mart-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fabric-mart-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fabric-mart-2-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fabric-mart-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/550;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20872\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fabric-mart-2.jpg\" alt=\"fabric mart 2\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fabric-mart-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fabric-mart-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fabric-mart-2-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fabric-mart-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Maybe I should invite one of them to write an article for So Sew Easy &#8211; which one would you choose?<\/p>\n<p>Click on through to the Fabric Mart blog to see all of the entries and to also check out the entries in the earlier rounds. \u00a0These are some very talented ladies here this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked this year to be a judge in round 3 of the Fabric Mart Fashion Challenge. Each year Fabric Mart run this great contest where sewers have a week to complete a challenge and get votes or risk being knocked out for the next round. Round 3 opened \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/i-was-a-sewing-judge-it-was-hard\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}