THE BIG REVEAL!!! - Mad Men III

If you stop and listen carefully you might be able to hear it. A faint high pitched squeal that's not dissimilar to the sound a jacket potato makes when you put in the oven to bake and forget to poke holes in it (really creepy if you've ever experienced it). It's the sound of me squealing with excitement all the way from Melbourne, Australia. Why?

It's MADMEN III REVEAL TIME!

EEEEEEeeeeeEEEEEeeeeEEEE!!!

If you've been following on Instagram you may have already seen me reveal a few gems.
But now it's time for the whole ENCHILADA!

So sit down, put on some red lipstick and enjoy!

Click on the buttons below to see all your inspired creations for each character:

Is your outfit missing? Please email me if your outfit is not showing!

Stay tuned for next week's blog post; we have some fabulous vintage brooches from Ruemiraldi to give away. 

It is FREAKING ME OUT how awesome these creations are! This is always my favourite time of the year and I'm continuously inspired by this community. Thanks to everyone who took part in the challenge; you all look fabulous!

MAD MEN Challenge 3 - You IN?

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE CHALLENGE RESULTS!

Ladies and gentleman of the sewing world ... it's Mad Men time!

The TV series that we have been swooning over for the last six seasons will be airing part 1 of it's FINAL season this April.  That means another season of fabulous and give-it-to-me-now vintage fashions for us to indulge ourselves with. And for those of us in the sewing world, we know what this means ...

MADMEN CHALLENGE III

Can I get an amen?

Challenge:      

Recreate a Mad Men dress that you love. It doesn't have to be an exact copy, you can just be inspired by the style of the 50's, 60's and early 70's.

Why take part:

I love this sewing community and group challenges are a great way to meet other like minded vintage lovers. It's so rewarding to set yourself a sewing goal, and we all get to be inspired by the beautiful creations that people make.

What's more it's a great way to discover new blogs to follow and to get yours out there. Don't have a blog? No worries! You don't need to have one to be part of the fun.

What you need to do:

Make your garment and then if you have a website do a blog post about it. Then ...

Email me at julia(at)juliabobbin(dot)com the following:

• A photo of you wearing the garment that you made
• A photo of the inspiration dress/character - remember it doesn't have to be a copy it can just be inspired by a dress/character
• A link to your blog post showing your finished dress. Make sure you blog about your garment before you send me the images so that I have a blog post to reference. Don't have a blog? No worries! You only need to provide your blog details if you want to. Plenty of people took part in past challenges that didn't have a blog.
• Your name (or alter-ego) and your blog name.

Once I have received the above information I will respond with a confirmation within three days that it has been received.

Got any questions? Still not sure what you have to do? Just send me an email!

Shout it from the rooftops!

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For those of you who want to let people know they are taking part in the challenge, here is a button you can proudly post on your blog:

Due By:

Send the above details to me by Tuesday, April 1st – that gives us about six weeks to create a masterpiece!

The Big Reveal:

I will then post up everyone’s photos and blog links on Sunday, April 6th 

Need Inspiration?

• Check out the Mad Men challenge from 2013 and 2012. It'll blow your mind!
• Head over to my Mad Men pinterest board for lots of pics of fabulous get-ups from the show.
• Check out my previous Mad Men dresses below:

So ... You in? Say yes yes yes!! (will also accept just one yes).

Mad Men Challenge 2 - THE BIG REVEAL!!

Ladies and gentleman, the results of the Mad Men Challenge are here and I am overwhelmed with the number of entrants and the quality of all the creations submitted. You guys look so amazing it hurts my head!

Now let the drooling begin!!

Click on the buttons below to see all your inspired creations for each character:

Is your outfit missing? Please email me at   julia[at]juliabobbin[dot]com   if your outfit is not showing!

Some fun facts:

122 Outfits

Joan with 32% , Betty with 26% and Megan with 13%

Most inspired garment: This beautiful Betty dress was made 5 times

GIVEAWAYS

Congratulations to the following entrants who were randomly selected using www.random.org and have won the following prize:

Rachel from Layer Stitch Repeat has won a $25 gift voucher to buy stunning vintage patterns from Patterns From the Past www.oldpatterns.com

Rachel from House of Pinheiro has won this beautiful vintage brooch below from the vintage Ruemiraldi store

Alimcfadian from The key to sudden madness has won this beautiful vintage brooch below from the vintage Ruemiraldi store

Sew Lonnie from Sew Lonnie has won this awesome Butterick pattern #5603 curtesy of the very lovely Majella from NSW, Australia.

I will be in touch with you individually by email in the coming week to organise delivery of your prize!

A big thank you to Patterns from the Past, Ruemiraldi and Majella for these fabulous giveaways!

Thank you to this AMAZING sewing community who took part in the challenge. I was inspired by every email that found its way to my inbox. You are such clever, and ridiculously well dressed ladies!

Tube skirt, a bump and a group challenge coming soon

Hello 2013 you sexy thing you!

Here's me at 38 weeks and 4 days pregnant (but who's counting) and looking it.

Recent Project

 

I'm wearing a tube skirt I knocked together with a stretch knit from Tessuti fabrics that I bought a long while back. Aren't I a good girl using fabric in my stash instead of buying more?!! I'm so good at sticking to New Years resolutions ... in the first week of January ... whatever.

This skirt took about ten glorious minutes. I measured the widest part of my lower body (good Lord the circumference of my bottom is what? WHAT?!!!) and then cut out the fabric in one big square, doubling the width. I then stitched the one seam line down with the overlocker, and hey-presto I have a new skirt to cover my my cankles. Though they are so swollen at the moment they look more like two necks. But hey, it's all worth it :)

Group challenges on the horizon

Start thinking gorgeous Mad Men dresses, as there is a Mad Men Group Challenge 2 coming soon!

Last years Mad Men challenge introduced us to some amazing vintage dresses with clothes inspired by some of our favourite small screen sirens such as Joan, Betty and Peggy.

I am so excited to see what we come up with this year!

Click here to see all the amazing contributions from last years challenge.

Julia Bobbin in Germany
(well ... sort of ...)

Wait a second, who's that cheeky young seamstress lurking in the corner of the magazine there...

Oh Hay! It's just me, hanging out in the German BurdaStyle magazine issue 1/2013. No big deal...

Ever seen a 38 week pregnant woman trying to do cartwheels? It aint pretty (our lounge room will never be the same).
In this little snippet I'm wearing Burda pattern #7494 and you can see the blog post about the dress here.

Good way to start the year don't you think!?!

A special thank you to Esther and Inges who spotted me in the BurdaStyle magazine and sent me pictures!  My poor husband, I am going to be impossible to live with now :)

Baby Watching

Seeing as I'm only a week and a bit off my due date, baby could come any day now. Or baby might set up camp and not come for another four weeks! Cheeky little thing.

If I am suddenly MIA in the blogging world you'll know that I have met my little bundle of joy and am thoroughly distracted by cuteness. Once things settle down I'll be back in action.

Here's a few sneaky little shots of some baby clothes that I have made.

 

simplicity 2264 - silk dupion and organza, zipper closure

 

kwik sew 3946 - cotton, button closure

We don't know if it's going to be a boy or a girl so I've made both types of clothes. Clearly I've gone a little crazy with girl clothes, but they're just so pretty! The embroidered H is the first initial of our family surname.  I like my baby clothes extra cheesy :)

kwik sew 3901  - cotton, button closer

simplicity 2264 - cotton, zipper closure

Thank you to everyone for your kind words and well wishes. I'm so excited it's ridiculous!

Mad Men Dress Challenge - The Big REVEAL!

Ladies and gentleman,

I hope you have your fire-alarms turned off because this post is SMOKING!

I am so super impressed with the participants in this challenge that it makes me want to high-five strangers and throw bags of dollar bills off the top floor of a building.


Some of the dresses below are direct copies from characters, some are inspired by characters and some are just inspired by the show Mad Men.

Vintage Pattern Give Away

To help celebrate the awesomeness that is Mad Men and vintage sewing, the wonderful Michelle from Patterns From the Past is giving away to one lucky reader a $25 gift voucher to spend at her online vintage pattern store! Check out her website here at http://oldpatterns.com/ for great vintage inspiration!

One lucky person will be randomly selected as the winner.

Entries are open to everyone from anywhere in the world.

Entries close on April 6, 2012 Australian EST

One random winner will announced in my next blog post on April 8th, 2012.

To be in the winning simply comment on this post

Let the awesomeness begin ...

Joan

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(Note: not all participants have blogs)

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 Is your Mad Men dress missing? Email me and let me know!

 Betty

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Is your Mad Men dress missing? Email me and let me know!  

Peggy

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 Is your Mad Men dress missing? Email me and let me know! 

Megan

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 Is your Mad Men dress missing? Email me and let me know!

Trudy

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 Is your Mad Men dress missing? Email me and let me know!

Jane

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 Is your Mad Men dress missing? Email me and let me know!

 Rachel

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 Is your Mad Men dress missing? Email me and let me know!

Mad Men inspired

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      Is your Mad Men dress missing? Email me and let me know! 

Wowee! What a fantastic effort everyone! I really enjoyed being part of a group challenge and I am looking forward to the next one.

Well done us!