How to join a Sew Along

Quiet book sew alongs are a great way to get motivated and actually start making one.

They are held in facebook groups and possibly other online platforms (if you know of others please comment below), and are a great way for busy/stuck at home people to join in on a craft group. It can be difficult to find a craft group that you can attend in person, especially one tailored to a special interest such as quiet books. With an online group, things like the time of day doesn't matter as you can read, post and comment any time of day or night!

I run the Facebook group Quiet Book Sew Along, and aim to have monthly events from February to November. Ten months worth of quiet book pages are enough to make a full book (plus the front and back covers). You can sew enough pages for a book during the year and have December to sew it all together for a present!

Sew alongs are a great way to get inspiration, free patterns, advice and encouragement. I love seeing the variety that comes out of the same template used by different people.

Step 1: Join a Facebook Group that runs Sew-Alongs:

Aims for monthly events - February till November

Has run events in the past - you could join late if you are shy!

A French group

Step 2: Navigate to the Events tab under the group heading

Step 3: Click on the Event you would like to attend

Step 4: Mark yourself as attending the event (and invite your friends to join in)

Step 5: Get started - Print the pattern, ask questions, post progress photos, encourage others, have fun! The separate Event thread enables all of the posts relating to the Event to be separated from the normal group posts - so only those participating are notified etc (although you do need to set your notifications to all as per usual if you want to be notified anytime someone posts something new).

Would love to see you there!

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