Are you guys as excited as I am to see everyone else’s projects? It’s been such fun seeing everyone’s copycats and getting inspired myself. My to-do list has grown about a foot just seeing everyone’s projects!
A huuuuge thanks and transatlantic hugs to Erin of I<3Fabric for helping me host this thing. This has been so much fun! I can’t believe you did this all while in the midst of planning and attending your wedding! (Go check out her wedding dress that she designed, it’s gorgey!)
Also thanks a bajillion to everyone who participated!! We could never do this without you guys and I get all kinds of warm fuzzies seeing so many seamstresses who are as passionate about sewing from inspiration garments as I am! I definitely hope to do this again!
Finally, giant hugs and thanks to Mood Fabrics, Spotlight and BurdaStyle for helping with our prizes for this challenge. Your support is greatly appreciated to all of us in the sewing community and with your generosity challenges like this are even more exciting to enter and be part of!!
Without further ado, here are all of the entries of the Copycat Challenge!
49. Anna of
Paunnet made this gorgeous and edgy pinafore that I’m absolutely in love with. Check out her
blog post to see how she styled it two ways for two completely different looks!
*Anna’s project submission was accidentally lost in the internets and therefore posted last minute. The Challenge is officially over and we are no longer accepting entrants for this round!
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47. This dress has a lot of history! Jocelyn started it back when she was first learning to sew and decided to finally finish it in time for the challenge.
Original dress / Jocelyn’s version
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46. Maude of MP by Maude is melting my Whovian heart with her Doctor Who inspired copycats. Seriously, I’m dying here. Here is her version of Amy Pond’s outfit in The Angels Take Manhattan.
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45. Lelie of
A Bouquet of Buttons has also caught the
WWZDW bug and made this cute little red dress featured in the New Girl intro!
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43. Joanne of
Zoe Livana has put her own personal touches on this lovely outfit, which was inspired by a
Modnique dress. Looove that skirt!
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42. Kristin of
Sew Classic has made this gorgeous dress inspired from Bel’s dresses from
The Hour. I keep seeing gorgeous costumes from that show and this one is no exception!
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41. Diya of
The Hobby Harbor has been a busy bee and has made yet another submission to the Challenge! Check out this gorgeous color-blocked dress based on one seen in the Burdastyle Handbook. How cute is that bow?
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40. Diya of
The Hobby Harbor has made yet another gorgeous submission in the form of this lovely Polka Dot Dress inspired by a Top Shop dress!
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38. Aninna of
Atelier in the Attic‘s fourth copycat project is an amazing sci-fi maternity dress found in S3E18 of the Fringe!
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37. Melody of
Sew Melodic has made a gorgeously intricate lace dress inspired from Valentino Spring 2011. Look at those sleeves!
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36.
Kelly has made another copycat project from the movie “The Artist”. How gorgeous is that neckline detailing?
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35. Amy of
That’s Sew Amy looks absolutely badass and gorgeous in this
L.A.M.B dress, modeled by Gwen Stefani!
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33. Chanel of
Totally Basted submitted this gorgeous cotton shift dress inspired by an outfit she saw on Pinterest.
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32. Leah of
Leah Baade is tugging at my nautical heartstrings with this gorgeous sailor-esque dress, inspired by a
Sammy Dress via Pinterest.
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31. Margo of
Creating In The Gap has made her own version of this gorgeous skirt she saw on Pinterest.
Check out some of her other skirts too!
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29. Cammie of
Fledglings First has made a lovely copy of this
Asos dress that I’m totally jealous of. I totally might have to copy this copy!
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28. Pratheepa of
Bits of my Creations has created this adorable dress for her daughter, inspired by a dress in a children’s magazine. How cute!
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27.
Kelly made a gorgeous purple version of a dress worn by Reece Witherspoon in Water for Elephants! So fancy and elegant!
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26. Sally of
Charity Shop Chic has created this incredible dress made from tie-dying bed sheets! I’m so impressed with how well her tie-dyeing turned out!!
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25. Nicole of
The Somnolent Dachshund has made this stunning black dress inspired from one worn by Scarlett Johansson at the Milan Fashion Week. What a classically gorgeous silhouette!
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24. Renee has made this adorable skirt from an inspirational photo she found on Etsy. I love the pocket detailing!
Etsy Skirt / Renee’s Skirt
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23. The lovely ladies over at Katy and Laney are basically the cutest people ever. Look at these adorable D&G inspired playsuits they made!!
Here is Katy’s version:
22. And Laney’s:
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21. Ashley of
Craft Sanctuary is cute as a button in this Modcloth-inspired dress! This whole outfit makes me want to pack up a tea party in a picnic basket.
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20. Sunila from
Seams and Stitches has recreated this gorgeous Orvis top in a lovely bold paisley with a totally self-drafted pattern!
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19. Annie of
Nine Stitches made this gorgeous red dress inspired by a Chloe dress from the Spring Summer 2013 collection. How beautiful and fancy!
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18. Here is Annie’s second gorgeous entry, a dress she made earlier in the year from an inspiration
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17. Melody of Sew Melodic looks absolutely stunning in this cape jacket she made, inspired
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16. How beautiful is this DVF inspired Leron made by Lena of
The Sewing Space?? I could never in a million years pull this off but she looks absolutely stunning! :]
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15. Pratheepa from
Bits of My Creations chose a
Modcloth dress as her inspiration, which basically means we are soul mates. The fact that she chose polka dots just seals the deal. :]
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14. Pratheepa from
Bits of My Creations also entered this gorgeous blue floral kurti she made after being inspired by one she saw on
Pinterest. Guys, she hand-embroidered the yoke! I’m so impressed!
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12. Suzy from
Suzy Bee Sews has created this retro Hell Bunny inspiration dress she saw in a
local Brisbane store. With lots of pattern combining she has made the perfect outcome!
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11. Annina of
Atelier in the Attic has an adorable three-year-old who fell in love with a skirt from the
Desigual children’s 2013 spring/summer collection. Luckily her mum was able to recreate it for her! Now excuse me while I go melt over the cuteness.
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10. Annina’s (
Atelier in the Attic) first entry to the challenge is this lovely pencil skirt inspired by a Prada skirt from the April issue of
Vogue 2013. Total bummer about the shrinking issues!
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9. Lookit those adorable cheeks on Aninna’s (of
Atelier in the Attic) daughter, wearing a Retro Child Pinafore she made! It was inspired by the beautiful Richard Scarry books she grew up with and which she now reads with her daughter.
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5. Maude of
Made by Maude made a gorgeous copy of the dress Selena Gomez wears in her music video for “Come and Get It” to wear to her 20th birthday party. I hope it was a lovely one!
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4. Here is
Maude’s version of Eleven’s outfit! The Whovian in me is -ded-. Geronimo!
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Lauren of
Lauren Sews made this gorgeous Marilyn Monroe inspired dress for her graduation. How cute is she in the whole ensemble? (Iloveyourshoes!)
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1. Ami of
Sewing London is the perfect Betty Draper in this blouse! I love everything about this outfit
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And here are the projects we made!
Sadly, I epic-failed at creating any of the three dresses I had picked out for this Challenge. Whoops. Instead, I made this
lace bow dress based on a
Corey Lynn Calter dress worn by Jess on New Girl.
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Erin made this gorgeously classy dressed inspired by one worn by Victoria Beckham.
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This one was Erin’s first Copy Cat Challenge outfit using the BurdaStyle handbook jacket pattern.
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And here is one she made earlier in the year after seeing Rachel’s Colette Laurel.
Thanks again everyone!! The winners will be chosen based on this sort order by a random number generator and announced on both blogs tomorrow (October 2nd)!
Wow, I’m so impressed by everyone’s creations! Outstanding job!
What a cool challenge! Some of these copies are truly amazing! 🙂
I am new to sewing and to your blog, and was very impressed with the entries to your Copycat Challenge. All of the entries are excellent, and some are sensational. This brings me to my reason for commenting. Considering the skill and effort involved in making an entry to your challenge, it seems very wrong to me that the winner will be chosen by a random number generator, rather than by you and your co-sponsor selecting someone on the basis of merit; i.e., similarity to the inspiration piece, precision of fit, quality of construction, level of difficulty, etc.
Hi Ann, thanks so much for your comment. I definitely understand where you’re coming from but I have to say that I disagree. One of my favorite things about blogging is inspiring people new to sewing and I think it would be unfair to choose winners of this sewing challenge solely based on skill level. Were this a sewing competition then I would totally agree, but the point of this challenge was to challenge people to create something inspired by an existing garment, not for each person to create the best, most intricate and identical project possible. Erin and I do have plans to acknowledge entrants who we feel put in extra time, effort, and/or skill, but I do want to stress that we wanted people to have fun with this challenge and to not feel excluded because they may have less experience with sewing. I hope that makes sense and thanks again for your comment!
I must say, many inspired garments look much beter than the originals. Well done everyone, excellent job
This has been a great challenge to follow and be part of. Thanks for running it.
Gorgeous outfits!!! Love them all:) Great to get some new bloggers I don’t have on my radar too 😉 thanks Girls X
Wowzers, these are some seriously cool projects! I’m so impressed!