I love to take part in instagram challenges – they’re so inspiring and great to meet like-minded people!
Below you’ll find more than 25 monthly and year-long instagram sewing and historical costuming challenges. I’ll update the list from time to time to keep it up-to-date (updated in 2021).
And I’m also the host of one of the following challenges: #HistoricalApril takes place every April – it’s a historical costuming challenge!
Monthly Instagram Challenges
Most of the following instagram challenges are hosted every year.
January
- January: #georgianjanuary Host: @dames_a_la_mode Historical costumes from the Georgian period (1714-1837) Daily prompts 2021
February
- February: #victorianfebruary Host: @americanduchess Victorian costumes and accessories
- February: #sewstripes and other monthly sewing themes Host: @sewcialists Website with upcoming themes
March
- March: #miymarch18 Hosts: @thatwendyward & @dressmakerssocial “Post a sewing themed photo to your Instagram account everyday in March inspired by the daily topic” Website with challenge details Daily prompts
- March: #sewhappycolor Hosts: @katiekortmanart “Make or wear something with color” Daily prompts
- March: #makermarch2018 Host: @sewalteredstyle “Maker March is a daily photo challenge meant to bring together makers across crafts and across social media platforms” Website with challenge details
- March: #marchmeetthemaker Host: @joannehawker A challenge for small handmade business owners. “But it’s more than just a challenge, it’s a creative community that comes together to show people what they can do.” Website with challenge details
- March: #edwardianspring Host: faces_and_style Edwardian costumes and accessories Daily prompts
- March/ April: #dresslikeyourgrandma Host: @tanyamaile Sewing an outfit inspired by a vintage photograph Website with challenge details
- March-May: #makeyourstash Hosts: @pilar_bear & @timetosew Sew something with fabric from your stash Details
April
- April: #historicalapril Host: @lina_sewhistorically Historical costumes from all periods Daily promps
- April: #crinolineapril2019 Host: @allfine.radosti Victorian costumes Daily prompts
- April: #sewapril2019 Host: @sewing_and_design_school Sewing challenge Daily prompts
May
- May: #thevintagefashionchallenge Host: @tinyangrycrafts, @makethislook & @iliveinmylab Vintage and reproduction clothing Daily prompts
- May: #memademay #memademay2019 Host: @sozoblog “Me-Made-May is a challenge designed to encourage people who make their own clothes to develop a better relationship with their handmade wardrobe. For example, a very common pledge is for a participant to aim to wear one self-stitched or refashioned garment each day for the duration of May.” Website with challenge details
June
- June: #colourmyeveryday Host: @adventuresandteaparties Colorful photos: “It’s an Instagram challenge to help you discover and appreciate colour every day, from outside your home to on your desk, in your kitchen cupboard and at the back of your wardrobe.” (+ a week long challenge in January and October)
- June: #gettoknowahomesteader Hosts: @atablefullinthewoods & @moderndaysoldways Homesteading daily photo challenge Details
July
- July: #summeronthehomestead Host: @essence_homestead Homesteading daily photo challenge Daily prompts
August
- August: #vintagesummerchallenge Host: @faces_and_style and @anneliesvanoverbeek Historical inspired costumes and vintage things – rather for instagram accounts with a large following Daily prompts
September
- September: #sewphotohop Host: @houseofpinheiro Sewing, knitting etc. Daily prompts
- September/ October: #fallforcostume Host: @redthreaded Historical costumes – my favorite historical costuming/ sewing challenge!
November
- November: #bpsewvember Host: @bimbleandpimble Sewing photo a day
Year Long Instagram Challenges
- #yearofmaking2018 Host: @kpwerker Create something every day: Crafting, sewing, baking … Website with challenge details
- #stitchaweek Host: @leahhalliday1 Create a sampler of 50 different embroidery stitches, one a week for the next year Website with challenge details
- #seamlesspledge Host: @elenacresci “No buying new clothes for the duration of your pledge. People who don’t sew can join in too, by pledging to buy second-hand clothing.” Website with challenge details
- #sewmystyle2018 Host: @jessicalorraine01 Sew 12 garments in 12 month with a new theme for each month Website with challenge details
- #projectsewit Host: @petitapetitblog Sew a garment each month – each month a new theme Challenge details
- #themonthlystitch Hosts: @thecuriouskiwi & @1107nikki “The Monthly Stitch is an international ongoing sew-along. Each month we post a new challenge theme and encourage participants all over the world to sew one or more items in that theme.” Website with challenge details
- #wearerealmoms & #lifeofrealmoms Hosts: @beingmammabear and others Details Instagram challenge to connect moms Website with challenge details
- #vintagepledge Host: @stitchodyssey Sewing garments using vintage or reproduction patterns Website with challenge details
Hi. Thank you for linking up to our challenge. Our new challenge is now called Life of Real Moms and you can add our Instagram link – http://www.instagram.com/lifeofrealmoms
Hi, thanks for letting me know! 🙂
FUN! I love instagram don’t you?!? There are SO many creative people out there.
Thanks for stopping by, Laura! I love instagram too!
So fun! Thanks for sharing at Friday Frenzy Link Party! PINNED 🙂
Thanks for pinning!
Instagram has so many cool things going on! I get lost in it for hours!
Thanks for stopping by, Colleen! 🙂
Thanks for sharing. I knew about #smyly and memadeay but the others are new to me. Instagram is a great source of sewing inspiration #mmbc
Thanks, Louisa!
wow, I had no idea there were so many challenges on IG! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Thanks, Jann!