Round two peer reviews

I would have had this up earlier but I was on vacation. I think the list is identical to last round but if I missed anyone, give me a gentle poke.

Rule reminders:

1. No flaming. Duh. "I hate it" is not helpful to someone. Try to keep all comments helpful to the sewer.

2. To that end, for every negative thing you say, try to add something about what you liked about the outfit

3. This is all experimental and we hope it'll go well so we can do it again!

4. You can do these in a judge style the way we do, or not - totally your choice.

Gomunk
Fin
Allicapri
Sewingmama
Curiouser
jchappa
heritage4
Holley
prncssme
Stellakelly
Seaflower
numberonekitty



If you weren't included in the above list but would like to be, you can comment below or email us and we'll edit it in (it's totally okay even if you miss the deadline; it just means you'll be added later).

Round one peer reviews

The following are links to the outfits from round one that folks want peer reviews on. Just a couple of ground rules:

1. No flaming. Duh. "I hate it" is not helpful to someone. Try to keep all comments helpful to the sewer.

2. To that end, for every negative thing you say, try to add something about what you liked about the outfit

3. This is all experimental and we hope it'll go well so we can do it again!

4. You can do these in a judge style the way we do, or not - totally your choice.

Without further ado, here are the posts for review:

Lindsey's Volunteer Outfit by Gomunk
Lanie's garden outfit by Fin
Chrissa's Winter Outfit by Allicapri
Sonali's Mix and Match by sewingmama
Lanie's Boston Sports Teams 2-in-1 by curiouser
Marisol's folklorico dress by jchappa
Marisol's Folklorico outfit by Heritage4.
Mia's warmups by Holley
Sonali's Pattu lehenga by prncssme
Mia's Sugarplum Fairy Skating Outfit by Stellakelly
Kailey's Ocean Outfit by Seaflower
Nicki's tiered dress by numberonekitty



If you weren't included in the above list but would like to be, you can comment below or email us and we'll edit it in (it's totally okay even if you miss the deadline; it just means you'll be added later in this case).

Note that if you emailed me and told me you wanted to be included, but didn't specify for which round, I'll assume it was both one and two unless you let me know otherwise.

Peer reviews

Christine and I (Mars) were discussing this past challenge with someone privately, and it was really interesting to hear what a non-judge, someone voting who was able to split her votes, looked for in the entries she voted for, and to see how people reacted when they could split their votes and when they weren't part of making up the challenge with preconceived notions. And it occurred to me that in the discussion posts, there really isn't a whole lot of talk about what people like or didn't like about different outfits.

So we thought it would be really fun to have a peer review thread here on the blog, where YOU can be the judge. It will go up after the voting results are announced and people can explain why they did or didn't vote for a design This is entirely OPTIONAL for designers to participate in. To that end, in the future when submitting your design please let us know (by email!) whether you want to be involved in the peer reviews. If you'd like to be involved in peer reviewing for the first round, let us know by Saturday at midnight PST (so the same time as the next round is due).

When we post the thread, we'll post a link to all of the outfits that have been submitted to peer review, along with a few basic guidelines.

There are no points for this; it's just for fun/improvement/curiousity.