Doll Days! Dress Contest
It’s time for a design challenge! A Doll Days! and Riley Blake sponsored doll dress design challenge.
To Enter:
- Sew a dress using the Vintage Party Dress pattern from Doll Days! Sew an Everyday Wardrobe for 18″ Dolls (get the eBook here)
- Embellish or modify to create your own style, or sew it as written for any of the 3 views given in book or the 2 additional views given during the blog tour (Dear Stella post and Avery Lane Sewing post) A complete list of participating blogs and add-on patterns can be found in this post.
- Take photos of your completed dress and email them to Erin @ AveryLaneSewing .com or AveryLaneDesigns [at] Comcast [dot] net
- Choose up to 5 photos to enter by email into the contest. Be sure to include any close-up photos of craftsmanship or design details to help us in choosing the winners.
You can take and share more than 5 photos on social media! Remember to tag me and use the hashtag #DollDays
- Share photos on Instagram and tag me @AveryLaneSewing
- Share photos on Facebook and tag me @AveryLaneDesigns
- Share photos on Twitter @AveryLaneDesign
You can enter more than one design. Each entry needs to be emailed separately–in other words, photograph and treat each dress as an individual entry. But you can only win one prize.
Judges
After the deadline (August 19), a panel of judges will vote for their top 2 designs. The designs with the most votes will win the prizes 🙂
Judging Criteria:
- Creative use of fabric and embellishments (both store-bought and handmade details)
- Craftsmanship
- Use of color
- Overall appearance, presentation, and design style
Bonus Judge: Instagram viewers choice! The 2 dress designs with the 2 highest number of hearts on instagram get an extra vote each. #DollDaysDesignChallenge
Get the social media vote by posting pics on Instagram (use hashtag #DollDaysDesignChallenge)
If your instagram pic(s) get the most hearts, you get the social media judge vote 🙂 You can post more pictures of the same design, but please choose only one to use the special hashtag for the social media vote. Just tag me or use the hashtag #DollDays for all extra pictures posted on Instagram.
Prizes:
1st Place: Backyard Roses Fat Quarter Bundle by Nadra Ridgeway for Riley Blake Fabrics and trims, valued over $80 retail
2nd Place: Teddy Bear’s Picnic Fat Quarter Bundle by Melly & Me for Riley Blake Fabrics and trims, valued at over $60 retail
All entries will receive a FREE PDF pattern of your choice from the Avery Lane Etsy shop
Deadline for Entries:
August 19, 2016
Winners will be announced August 26. Winners will have a week to contact me with their mailing information.
Fine Print:
Open to US addresses only. Prizes will only be mailed within the United States. Must 18 or older to enter. The 1st and 2nd prizes must be 2 different people. In the event that one person designs get the first and second highest highest number of votes, then the 2nd prize will go to the dress design with the 3rd highest number of votes from the judges.
Good luck! I can’t wait to see all your designs!