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Hey y'all, after the black mesh challenge and white scorpion challenge brought out some amazing makes we're changing it up and opening up even more possibilities! You can vote by commenting the name of the sewist in the comments on this blog entry, in the Facebook album or on TikTok! Not only is it going to be difficult to choose this round, I'm saving like all of these as inspiration for my future makes! How does it work? This time, instead of choosing a specific fabric, we've opened it up to any make that combines a solid fabric and a striped fabric! Participating sewists have made something that shows off the fun of mixing and color blocking you get to vote for the sewist who's make you want to win! How Do We Vote? There are three places you can vote - and yes, you can vote on all 3 platforms! ALD Facebook Group ALD TikTok and in the comments section of this blog post! Let's see the entries! Wendy Patterns for Pirates Tie up Top and Made for Mermaids Alana Lauren Made for Mermaids Eloise and Puperita Whoosh Cardigan Petrichor Sinclair Patterns Iris Daisy Amelia Lane Designs Not So Cold Shoulder Sweater Jessica Jalie Drop Pocket cardigan and modified Misusu Piper Tank Have questions about how to play? Ask in the ALD Facebook group or email Social@amelialanedesigns.com ! Otherwise, get ready to cast your vote by commenting below the name of the sewist you want to vote for! Here's a recap of the entries! and PS if any of these makes inspired you, I think you know where to pick up the fabric! AmeliaLaneDesigns.com

Have you ever bought those tie dye kits at craft stores? Have you ever used the little squeezy bottles? Have you ever noticed they say "permanent on natural fabrics"? What if you want to tie dye man-made (synthetic) fabrics? Well have no fear! We've got you covered. When the latest challenge was announced and I saw it was white scorpion, I immediately started looking into alternative dyeing methods. The method I used works quite well and I'm excited to share it with you. I made 3 fanny packs and 3 items of clothing, using different colors and different fabric bases. You'll need a large pot (I suggest stainless steel), a thermometer, rubber bands, dish soap, tongs or a slotted spoon, and your dye. I got my dye from three different places: Joann Fabrics, Hobby Lobby, and Amazon. I used Rit DyeMore Synthetic. Look for the "synthetic", that is important. I used Smoky Blue for the clothes and Super Pink, Royal Purple, and Tropical Teal for the fanny packs. You'll want to start with pre-washed fabric. You can sew your items first, or dye your fabric and then sew. If you are planning to sew a large item, I suggest sewing first. I dyed the fanny pack fabric before sewing since they were small items and I used iron-on stabilizer. Get your dye bath going. To really make your colors stick and be vibrant you need to use heat. Rit suggests 3 gallons of water for every pound of fabric. My large pot holds 2 gallons of water and I put in more than a pound of fabric and it was fine. You'll add 1 teaspoon of dish soap and about half a bottle of dye to you large pot of water. Heat your mix to about 200 degrees F. While your mix is heating up, tie your fabric. I used the swirl and the scrunch (my personal favorite). There are tons of instructions online for how to fold. Once your mix reaches 200 degrees, wet your fabric, and then place in dye bath. Maintaining temperature, let sit for at least 30 minutes. I tested leaving different pieces in the bath longer but it didn't make much of a difference in color. After the 30 minutes, remove from dye bath and rinse until water runs clear. Wash items in your washing machine as you would normally. Tank: White Scorpion, twirl tied, Made for Mermaid's Tella Crop and Top Shorts: White Swim, scrunch tied, Rad Pattern's Afterglow Leggings Hoodie: White Dots Pointelle, scrunch tied, Ellie and Mac's Oversized Tee Fanny Packs: White Scorpion (pink), White Pointelle (purple), White Swim (teal), Petite Stitchery Co.'s Frost Fanny Pack If you want a lot of color saturation, go with the white swim. As you can see, it absorbed the most dye, being mostly nylon. The white pointelle didn't keep the distinction of the ties very well but still gives a tie-dyed look. My personal favorite is the white scorpion. It kept vibrant colors without over-saturating. If you want a lot of white, tie it tight. If you want more color, tie loosely. I tied the tank quite tight and wasn't super happy with the amount of white, so dyed it a second time, this time tying more loosely. It turned out pretty amazingly. This process is actually quite simple and easy. I encourage you to give it a try, but beware, you might find yourself wanting to tie dye everything.

Have you checked out the fancy new Add-On for The Marina yet? This fun, open back, add-on is the perfect way to add a little extra flair to your Marina Tank! It's one of my favorite ways to show off all my super pretty under garments too, without feeling too exposed (or sometimes I wear a plain one to show off the open back instead). The Marina below is mini dress length (not adjusted for my 5' 2' height) in Zari DBP. I love wearing it with this black racerback sports bra or my red one. Along with the new Add-Oh, the original pattern also got an update: the pattern is opened up so you can cut flat or on the fold! Read all the way to the end of this post for an important announcement that is specific to projector users like me. Now, if you've watched me for a while you know that I'm a sucker for a good hack, so after I'd made a couple un-altered Marinas with the Add-On I got to thinking about how I could fancy it up a little more. It didn't take long for me to decide what to do: make a single side slit maxi! And I knew just what fabric to use for it too: the 190 GSM Persimmon ABP. This is one of my favorite "everything" athletic bases and weights! It's not too heavy or stiff for things like tops and flowy dresses and it works great for bottoms too! This is such a simple and fun hack, I can't wait to do it again: it is the perfect summertime maxi dress for me (and before the Marina originally came out I didn't even like maxis, so that's saying a lot). The only big precautions I needed to take was cutting out from the slit down: I hadn't decided which side I wanted the slit on yet. To overcome that dilemma I cut the front and bottom back pieces at the furthest out lines, combining the slit and simple skirt options together. I used pins to mark lines from the pattern while cutting for shifting the fabric since my projection area wasn't quite long enough for my pattern pieces. The collage below shows part of of my cutting process, using both pages of the non-inverted files so you can see how they behave on this lighter fabric. I don't often use projector files with black backgrounds because they trigger a headache, but sometimes they're necessary for easy and quick cutting. Having them on separate pages of the same file is wonderful for switching back and forth easily without having to adjust Adobe settings! Next I needed to decide which side to put the slit on and adjust the bottom of both sides of the dress so I could get sewing. I placed both pieces together (if you cut on the fold, open them up). It doesn't matter if you do right sides together or wrong sides together, as long as you don't place right sides to wrong sides the slit side will be on correct side for both pieces. After the pieces are together pick which side will have the slit and trim the bottom curve off, for the other side trim the notched out section that is for hemming the slit. The collage below shows trimming off the excess for both sides. From here I cut out the rest of my pieces and followed the tutorial for sewing together until I got to the hemming. If you are using a heavy or really drape-y fabric for your open back Marina you may wish to sew clear elastic into the binding when attaching to prevent gaping. I personally haven't needed it for any of mine: I have used DBP, 190 ABP and Jersey Moss (found in the Athletics Collection), all from ALD for mine and haven't experienced gaping. For hemming I used my sewing machine to baste around the hem line, starting at the top of the slit and ending at the top on the other side. I pinned in place and sewed around close to the raw edge. I started and stopped in the side seam. Then I just needed to put it on and show it off! Now for the announcement for projector users: The Marina Add-On will be available for purchase individually or as a bundle with the original Marina. The add-on is a supplement to the original and you will need to own that in order to have all the pattern pieces required to complete your sew. For paper pattern users this is not necessarily an inconvenience because after you've printed your pattern you have access to all the pieces in one spot (as long as you're not like me and misplace that one piece you need every time, haha). For projector users that don't own the Marina already, when you purchase the bundle you'll have both patterns combined into one projector pattern so you don't need to switch back and forth every time you want to sew up one with the add-on. But if you already own the Marina you will have to open both files as well as switch back and forth. This may be ok for some, but for others this may be super frustrating. The bosses have come up with a solution to this dilemma and want to help! You can, of course, opt to buy the bundle or use software like Affinity (paid software) to combine the files... or you can send an email with your order number for both pattern purchases to the team and you will be emailed the complete file. How cool is that!? I just searched my email and it only took a few seconds to find my original Marina purchase and the order number is in the subject line so I don't even need to open it. You can also find your oder number in the "My Orders" section of your ALD account if you have one, and were logged in when you ordered. Once you have both order numbers send an email to hello@amelialanedesigns.com so the Mya or Colleen can confirm your orders and send the combined projector file to you!

Hey y'all, the black mesh challenge brought out some amazing makes and fun new ideas and got us all inspired and we wanted to do it again! You can vote by commenting the name of the sewist in the comments on this blog entry, in the Facebook album or on TikTok! White scorpion has just as many possibilities (if not more!) than the black mesh; it's going to be tough to choose! How does it work? Participating sewists have made something that shows off the versatility of the fabric and you get to vote for the sewist who's make you want to win! How Do We Vote? There are three places you can vote - and yes, you can vote on all 3 platforms! ALD Facebook Group ALD TikTok and in the comments section of this blog post! Let's see the entries! Rachel Amelia Lane Designs Core Tee, Compose Tee and Rain City Pattern Company Northlake Tank Jasmine George and Ginger Starstuck Danielle Petite Stitchery Pattern Company Finn Zayna Sonia Estep Designs Lucy Jessica Misusu Piper tank with the petal back and Ellie and Mac Lucy Swing Tank Wendy Pattern Emporium Palazzo Pants Lizzy Made for Mermaids Tella tank and Amelia Lane Designs Cadence bike shorts Michelle Amelia Lane Designs Compose Tee (check out the sewalong Michelle hosted!) Nikki Love Notions Sloane Have questions about how to play? Ask in the ALD Facebook group or email Social@amelialanedesigns.com ! Otherwise, get ready to cast your vote by commenting below the name of the sewist you want to vote for! Here's a recap of the entries! and PS if any of these makes inspired you, White scorpion is on sale for the occasion!

We’re here! Do you like what we did with our dress? I knew I wanted to dye it in some way, but I just didn’t want to do tie dye. Don’t get me wrong. I love tie dye. Possibly too much for the age I am. But I’ve done it a lot so I wanted to do something different this time. I got my inspiration from this YouTube video and am so happy with it. It’s so unique and my little artist is so proud of herself! This is what we love about sewing, right? Making something amazing and perfectly, uniquely, YOU. This is my beautiful daughter, S. While I sewed her dress, she drew all the designs and mixed and painted the colors. It's 100% her! I always tell people she's talented and I'm not just saying that as her mom, it's true! She's talented! So let’s see! Show me your makes! I have had so much fun sewing with you this week and I hope you’ve been having fun too! Rachel's Day 7 We have made it to the end of our sew along, I hope you had as much fun as we did! I am so glad I decided to ask for opinions when having trouble to picking fabrics for my Core Tee. I don’t think I’d have considered the piping without it being brought up! If you sewed along with us please share your sews in the main group with the hashtag #SALWithALD you can use this for all social media if you want, we love seeing ALD tags pop up in our feeds! I will also be making one final post in the main group where you can also show off your Core or Compose to get one more entry for the sew along prize. We will give all day for entries to be made, drawing a winner Wednesday morning at the earliest so if you are behind you still have time. Now let’s see those new tops! If you are just joining in here are previous the entry threads: Day 1: Pattern prep Day 2: Cutting Fabric Day 3: Viennese Seams and Shoulders Day 4: Sleeves and Neckband Day 5: Hem

Michelle's Day 6 Catch up! Did you miss a day this week. I get it! Stuff happens. Life is HARD. And I’ve found you absolutely never know when life will throw a curveball at you. It’s kind of amazing how quickly life can change when the unexpected happens. Several years ago my husband and I, along with our kids (who were 4 and 6 at the time) got into a pretty bad car accident when someone blew through a red light, right into our car. I had to have a surgery that I obviously didn’t plan on having, my daughter had a broken bone and was having trouble doing things like using the bathroom or getting dressed. Things she had been doing unassisted for quite a while now were suddenly difficult for her. And I had broken bones as well and wasn’t much help to her, Frankly I needed the same help she did. My husband had to unexpectedly take time off work to help take care of us. His HR department asked him to please take time off in advance next time he needed to use FMLA, as they had not planned for his absence. He told them that, sure, next time he planned on being in a car accident he would let them know ASAP. So I surely hope nothing as dramatic has happened in your lives, but in case anything did happen unexpected this week, today is your day to catch up with us! And this is an easy top to sew, so hopefully if you did get behind you can take this time to finish. I can’t wait to see everyone’s finished tops tomorrow! Rachel's Day 6 I'm so sorry I am late to adding my part of the blog today! We are preparing for a big, out of state, move and I have been taking advantage of a slow down in packing and doing what I need to for selling our house to spend time with dear friends we're leaving behind and having fun with the kids. These past months have been stressful for us all and taking the downtime has been refreshing and much needed for us all. I hope that you are able to take time away from your stressors to refresh too! Today is our catch up day. If you've fallen behind or haven't had a chance to get started yet, today is your day to catch up! If you don't own the Compose or Core patterns make sure to check out the event Sew Along with ALD - Compose and Core Tees with Michelle and Rachel for discount codes! P.S. there's an in-stockfabric code too. Tomorrow is share day where you can show off your sew along makes to the main wall if you want!

Michelle's Day 5 Today we are hemming the sleeves and bottom hem of your top (or dress, in my case). How do you like to hem? I don’t have a coverstitch, so I always use a double needle. I’ve looked into coverstitch machines, but I don’t know that they would be worth the cost for me. I do hear people rave about them though. If you have one, do you love it? I’ve also found it’s a decent hack to just serge the bottom (if you have a serger) and then use a twin needle over that. I’ve found that doing that makes a super nice hem if you want it to look as professional as possible. Are you getting excited? If you don’t need tomorrow’s catch up day, you’re done my friend! I can't wait to show you my final creation! Rachel's Day 5 Fold up the bottom and sleeve hems by 1/2” and sew with a stretch stitch at 3/8”. It is important to sew close to the raw edge when hemming any garment to prevent the hem from flipping. If you’re using a fabric that you know is prone to flipping it is ok to take a slightly deeper hem. If you have a serger: serging the raw edges of your hems may also help (it also provides a clean looking finish on the wrong side of the garment). For my Scorpion top I took a generous half inch seam allowance and sewed around two lines evenly spaced with a triple stitch on my sewing machine. I do have a coverstitch machine for topstitching, but it is packed because we are in the middle of a big move. For my sleeves I decided I wanted a little more pink in my top so I added bands instead of hemming and I LOVE the result. I measured the sleeve opening: you can do this with a flat ruler and do bands on the fold or double the measurement to cut them opened up or you can measure them around with a soft tape. I prefer to measure them flat and cut my bands on the fold. For sleeve bands I don’t make them much smaller than the sleeve opening: I usually cut them at about 90% of the opening plus seam allowance and 2” wide. I attached the sleeve bands exactly like we did the neckband: sew short ends right sides together, folded in half lengthwise wrong sides together, found my quarter points of both the band and sleeve opening, pinned at quarter points right sides together, sewed around, then pressed and topstitched. Don’t forget to share your progress in the daily entry thread if you’re sewing along! Remember tomorrow is a catchup day and the next day is for sharing so you have plenty of time to catch up if you’re behind or join in if you haven’t started yet! Happy sewing!

Michelle's Day 4 Today we are doing the sleeves and neckband. Usually I strongly prefer to do my sleeves the “cheater” way. I will attach the sleeves to the bodice before I sew the side seams. With this top, there really isn’t a way to do that. However, this is much more low stress than if it were a woven fabric, so it’s going to work out fine. First, you want to sew up the side seams of the sleeve, RST. Then, we’re going to pin or clip the sleeve into the armscye. I did this by lining up the side seam of my sleeve with where a side seam would typically go if your bodice had a side seam. I like to start at the bottom and work my way up each side until I reach the top. It’s certainly not the only right way to accomplish this, it’s just what I have found works the best for me. *TIP* I used to be very confused about how to attach sleeves this way, when the bodice and sleeve were already sewn on the side. I would get confused on how to properly attach them right sides together. I know that might sound odd, but I had a hard time wrapping my brain around how to make it work properly and several times I managed to sew the sleeve in incorrectly, one of the pieces would be inside out when I was finished. I finally figured out if I start with both the sleeve and the bodice RST and start at the armpit from the outside of the bodice, lining up each side seam together, I can always get it right. For some reason this is the only way I can get it right. Which I guess just goes to show there are often many good paths to the correct solution, not just one. Now we’re going to tackle the neckband. First you want to turn your neckband piece into a circle. Do this by pinning or clipping the short sides RST, and sewing them. Now you’re going to quarter your neckband. Do this by: *Starting at the seam you just created, notch or pin on the seam. *Hold your neckband with the seam on one side and pin or notch the opposite side. Basically creating two half points. *Now hold your neckband with the two halves you just pinned opposite each other, but in the middle. Your quarter points will be on the outside points. To quarter your bodice, you are going to line up your shoulder seams together in the middle, with your bodice front and back to each side. Find the middle point of the front and back bodice. Notch or pin these points. *Now you can match your two pins or notches in the middle, and on either side of that, notch or pin those points. Please note this will likely NOT be the should seams. You are wanting to find the exact quarter points and usually the front of your bodice is lower than the back. This means your quarter points will likely be on the front of the bodice, a little below your shoulder seams. Now we are going to match up each quarter point to another, pinning or clipping them together. Remember you will need to gently stretch the neckband to fit the bodice. And we’re done for today. You are doing fabulous! Rachel's Day 4 I hope you’re enjoying sewing along with us! I know sleeves sewn in the round can be intimidating, but they aren’t that bad once you get going. With right sides together sew the straight edges of the sleeves and the short ends of the neckband together. Make sure not to maintain your pattern markings on the sleeves so you don’t make my mistake and sew them in backwards! With your bodice inside out find the quarter points of your sleeve opening and sleeve: I like to use the shoulder and sleeve seams as my first point. If you’re familiar with sewing set in sleeves in the round you can use half points. Being mindful of the fronts of both sleeves and bodice: slide your sleeves into the armscye and pin or clip together at your quarter points. If needed add more pins or clips then sew around. Repeat with the other sleeve. Next find the quarter points of your neckband and neck opening. Pin or clip the neckband in place, adding more around if needed then sew. Press and topstitch the neckband if you want and we’re done for today! If you are doing a skirted of the Compose and have not attached that yet, do so at this time because tomorrow we’re hemming. Share your progress on the post in the Facebook group if you’re sewing along to get your daily entry in. Happy sewing!

Michelle's Day 3 Today we’re finally getting to the sewing! Yay!! So first up, we are going to sew those Viennese seams. These are the princess looking seams on each side. This is super easy. You’re going to want to make sure you line them up correctly and then pin or clip the first one in place. It doesn’t matter where you start. Once you have that ready, go ahead and sew. When you’ve finished your first seam, pin or clip the next piece into place. Then sew. You are going to do this until the front panel is attached to the left side, then the left side is attached to the back panel, the the back panel is attached to the right side, and then finally you are going to attach the right side to the front panel, so now you have a tube where all the pieces are connected. If you’ve ever sewn a raglan, this reminded me a lot of that. It’s definitely different from how you would regularly construct a garment, but it’s so easy, I promise! Now we’re going to go for the shoulder seams. Line those up, right sides together, pin or clip, and sew. Boom baby! You’re done for today! Tomorrow we will be doing the sleeves and the neckband. Are you glad we saved those parts for later? When I first started sewing I was intimidated by sleeves and super intimidated by neckbands. Now I can breeze right through them! Rachel's Day 3 Today we are sewing the Viennese seams (side panels) and shoulder seams. If you're doing one of the skirt options for the Compose, sew those together today as well. You can attach it to the bodice at this time if desired. Because I am adding piping to my front seams I had a couple extra steps to take. First, I found the center points of the piping pieces and sides of the front bodice. Then I folded the piping in half along the length wrong sides together and pinned to the right side of the bodice side seams. Finally I placed the side panels on the front bodice, sandwiching the piping between bodice and side panel and sewed together. Make sure that you're mindful of your pattern markings! Before moving on press the seams and topstitch if desired. I prefer topstitching because it keeps the seams from flopping. Attach the back bodice to the side panels, press and topstitch if desired. Finally turn the top inside out and sew your shoulder seams and we're done with Day 3! Tips: if your fabrics are slippery, like the White Scorpion, a little washable glue in the seam allowance can keep everything from shifting (I use it at the ends of my seams). Remember when pinning or clipping together that you’re lining up at the stitch line, not the edges. Share a picture of your progress on the daily thread to get your daily entry in.

Michelle's Day 2 Today is our day to cut out fabric. Yesterday we printed our pattern (if you're using a printed copy) and prepped the fabric, so today we're ready to cut! Since I'm using my projector, this is a quick and easy process. I selected my size (well, my 13 year old's size) and got to work. I am fortunate to have a cutting table with a mat for my projector. I always like to use my ruler whenever possible, because it makes my cuts sharper and more accurate. And then, of course, if you've read my blogs before you know I love making that tidy little pile of pieces at the end, haha! So I do that every time. It's just something about it that makes me feel like I have my life together, isn't that the high all millennial chase? I hope you're ready with your sewing clips (or pins) because tomorrow we will be sewing! Rachel's Day 2 Now that our pattern is prepped and fabric picked out it is time to start cutting! My side panels and sleeves I cut in the White Scorpion, the front and back bodice pieces I cut in the Purple, and my piping and neckband in Pink. Because the piping and neckband are similar in length I clipped my piping pieces together to avoid mixing them up later. I decided I wanted slightly wider piping so I cut mine 2" wide by the length of the front curve of the side panel (measured with a soft tape). Laura used 1.5” wide piping for the blog hack and that looked amazing too: it pulled color from the print and really made it pop. Don't forget to transfer your pattern markings! I used pins this time, but a very small snip in the seam allowance or a fabric marking tool work well too! There is nothing worse than having to seam rip your sewing because you accidentally sewed the sleeves in backwards… yes I may have done that before with black fabric and thread. Share a picture of your progress on the post in the main group to get your daily entry in!

Hello! Welcome to the first day of the ALD Scorpion Sewalong! I’m Michelle and I’ll be doing a sewalong with our amazing white Scorpion fabric making the Compose pattern and Rachel will be sewing up the Core Tee. Let me give you a quick breakdown of our schedule, so you can know what to expect. Day 1: Print and prep fabric Day 2: Cut fabric Day 3: Viennese seams and shoulder seams Day 4: Sleeves and neckband (plus skirt or peplum if you are using those options) Day 5: Hem Day 6: Catch up Day 7: Share! Since today is Day 1, we are printing the pattern and making sure our fabric is prepped. I always recommend that you prewash and dry your fabric exactly as you plan to care for it in the future. Once you’ve got going on that, we can start looking at getting our pattern ready. I have a projector, so there really isn’t any prep here for me! I hope you do too, projectors are amazing and save SO much prep time. If you don’t, you should get to printing and assembling your pattern so you can be ready to go tomorrow. Are you going to be blending sizes or adding or subtracting height? Make sure to check out this blog where I review that. Now is also a great time to retake measurements. It’s important to do that for yourself when you’re an adult, but I think it’s even more important when you’re sewing for kids. I swear they grow and change so quickly that the measurement you just took last week may not be quite right anymore! And just like adults, kids come in all shapes and sizes too. My son is 11, but quite small. He wears a size 8 in RTW clothes, but is starting to get a little taller. I almost always have to do some size grading and blending when I sew for him. Don’t worry! There are great directions for how to do just that in every ALD pattern. Rachel's Day 1: Prep days are always the easiest and hardest days for me. I use a projector for cutting my patterns, which is the easy part. I just measure myself (or whoever I'm sewing for) and turn off all the sizes I don't need and start cutting. Simple grading I do as I cut, but more elaborate adjustments I make in Inkscape (free) or Affinity Designer (paid). I have more experience with Inkscape so if I'm in a time crunch I use that. I often struggle to pick fabrics, especially for myself: that's the hard part! In fact, this time I created a poll in the ALD Facebook Group to get help. I knew I wanted to pair either the Pink or Purple Scorpions with the White for my top, but I couldn't decide, they all look so great together! Purple won in a landslide, but one commenter suggested I use Laura's Piping Hack to add a splash of pink and I loved that idea. Do you love hacking patterns to get a little bit of a different look? If so check out all the great hacks on the ALD Blog! You can find Core and Compose hacks in the Athleisure Collection section of the blog and use them during the sew along! If you're sewing along with Michelle and I don't forget to check in on our posts in the main group each day and happy sewing! Today's entry post is here. Share a picture of today's progress to get entered in for the prize! You have all week to get entries in.

Hey y'all, we've got a new challenge to bring you! We're always having conversations about how versatile the black square mesh fabric is. It's got amazing stretch and recovery and makes for great airflow on athletic makes like Colleen's: but it's surprisingly not that see-through! I made a dress and didn't even feel weird about wearing it all over last summer. Brainstorming all the ideas for summer made the team realize all their plans for the black mesh! And so why not have a little sewing challenge? How does it work? Participating sewists have made something that shows off the versatility of the fabric and you get to vote for the sewist who's make you want to win! How Do We Vote? There are three places you can vote - and yes, you can vote on all 3 platforms! ALD Facebook Group ALD TikTok and in the comments section of this blog post! Let's see the entries! Amii Love Notions Summer Basics Tank & Dress Amber RockerByeDestash Sporty Skort Brittany Ellie and Mac Adult Nightgown (hacked) Danielle Patterns for Pirates Infinity Daisy Sageville Dahlia Skirt and Thread Theory Arrowsmith Undershirt Lauren RockerByeDestash Candy Pocket Skirt , Petite Stitchery Pothos , George and Ginger Teen Spirit Jasmine Self Drafted Maxi Rachel Amelia Lane Designs Dream Tee hack Wendy Patterns for Pirates Summer Cover Up and Made for Mermaids Tella Tank Queenora Workout top and Bomber Jacket Have questions about how to play? Ask in the ALD Facebook group or email Social@amelialanedesigns.com ! Otherwise, get ready to cast your vote by commenting below the name of the sewist you want to vote for! Here's a recap of the entries! and PS if any of these makes inspired you, Black Square Mesh is on sale for the occasion!