Today I realized that my oldest son starts 1st grade in 6 weeks. SIX WEEKS! And that means my middle child is right behind in kindergarten a couple weeks later. Sadness. There are 6 decades left in the Sew Through the Decades Challenge.
We’re just gonna have a change of plans is what we’re gonna do! Because I’m all grown up now and can do these types of things :).
I’d like to enjoy the rest of my summer with my kids as much as I can. If you’ve already completed your 50’s decade, that’s wonderful! Please post it in the flickr group and when we start again I’ll be sure to feature your items. Promise.
So the dates for the challenge are changing as follows:
September 12th-18th: 1950-1959
September 19th-25th: 1960-1969
September 26th-October 2nd: 1970-1979
October 3rd-9th: 1980-1989
October 10th-16th: 1990-1999
October 17th-23rd: 2000-2010
I’m hoping that this will help those of you participating as well. I will do some sewing this week, but only for a simple baby gift and cousin birthday gift. There might be a tutorial or two during the next six weeks, but really I just want to be making memories with my family!
I hope you are all enjoying your summer!
I’ll still be blogging. But I’ll also be a little more sane.
Go and have fun with your kids for the rest of the summer! I for one is thankful for the changed dates. I just found out I’m going to be gone on vacation for three weeks in August, so was wondering how I was going to finish the challenge. Works out fine for me. =)
Thank you, thank you! I can not sew for the challenge right now, since we are on holiday. So, now I will have time to catch up :)
I fully support this decision :) I can’t believe we only have 6 weeks left of summer break!
Sounds like a plan. I might even be able to catch a decade now. Enjoy your kidlets and have a great time.
I love that you decided that. My oldest starts kindergarten this fall. I’m in denial about it, but also trying to savor the time with her this summer… which for me means a lot less sewing too.
I am so happy you did this! I was just thinking today that I could spend the day making a poodle skirt, or I could play with my kids… and I thought I will just have to post the 1950’s when I get to it.
You are totally on the same page with us out here in blog land. We jump into things with both feet, and when we realize we’re in too deep, we should be able to say so.
Hooray for you!
Bless you! I have been so sad that I haven’t been able to participate. I will definitely continue with you when we start back up!!! Enjoy the summertime, I know I am!
I give this a big thumbs up.
i just finished my challenge (i just picked one decade to work on instead of doing all of them), so i’m going to go ahead and post it. thanks for the fun…now enjoy your summer!
http://marlagrace.blogspot.com/2010/07/sewing-through-decades-challenge.html
Oh goody! I REALLY wanted to participate and I believe I left a comment saying that I would but these past several weeks have flown by so fast that I recently realized it is halfway over and I haven’t sewn a single item! This timeline will allow me to participate now since summer tends to be such a crazy, busy time of year. Thank you for changing it up. :)
Oh yea!!!!
Summer is just soooooo crazy! I will definitely be participating in these!
Summers are too short, and kids grow too fast… good for you for making the best decision for you and your family. : )