Host Larraine

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Challenge One

Challenge Two

Challenge Three

Challenge Four

Challenge Five

Challenge Six

Photo Challenge

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Are you Ready???

Designers...start your sewing machines....

Here we go...

CHALLENGE ONE:  BE A SPORT!

This challenge is sure to have you running a few laps around the internet to research this up and  coming trend.  Fashion forecasters have predicted that this year's Spring designs will favour the sporty look but in a couture way.  Your first challenge is to design an outfit that has a sporty flair but is definitely in the couture realm.  What we are asking here is for couture, not ready to wear, so be careful here to keep your design in the couture realm.  Beginners may use a pattern to "design" their outfit.  Even when using a pattern, Beginners, the judges will expect you to put your own signature into it.  On your marks, get set...GO!!!

Challenge One is due February 19 @ 9:00 pm PST.

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Here are your designers for CDDC 4

CDDC 4

Yes...CDDC 4 is back, starting February 4, 2012.

Once again CDDC will be 6 Challenges with the emphasis on COUTURE. Contestants will again have two weeks to complete a challenge. This time there will be some big changes, some new judges and new categories. Yes after much discussion with judges, I've decided to have three different categories for contestants to compete in.

There will be a Beginner, Intermediate and Professional categories. Beginners being those who have been sewing for two years or less and have only ever used commercial patterns. Intermediates are those who have more than two years experience sewing and have designed their own patterns. Professional speaks for itself. They are the contestants that do this for a living or as a hobby, but often sell their items.

All contestants will compete in the same challenge, but with different expectations. For example if the challenge was to produce a Goth outfit, then Beginners could do so using a pattern while giving it their own personal touches. The other contestants will not be allowed to use commercial patterns, but will have therules geared to their expertise.

There will be room for 10 contestants in each category. But please go ahead and apply everyone, for if by the deadline say 13 contestants have applied for the Beginner, 12 for the Intermediate and 5 for the Professional, then we would go ahead with those numbers. In other words, there will be 30 contestants chosen and will fill up the categories accordingly.

So send us a small blurb about yourself and how long you've been sewing and what you've been doing. Also send 1 to 3 pics of recent items you have done.

If you've competed before in CDDC, you are more than welcome to return again to compete. The only stipulation on that is, last years Winner has to wait a year to compete again.

So let's go, you have until January 27, 2012 at midnight Pacific Standard Time to get your entry in. Send pics and small bio to Larraine at barbigirl@shaw.ca

CDDC will begin with the first challenge on February 4th.

Make it work, designers!!!

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Host Larraine

barbigirl@shaw.ca

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The Prizes:

Our Grand Prize: For the winner of each division, their designs will once again be featured in an upcoming issue of FDQ Magazine. For the Professional division all six designs will be shown. For the Intermediate division three designs(designer's choice) will be shown and for the Beginner division one design will be shown(designer's choice).

PROFESSIONAL DIVISION: From Couture Doll Shops a six month rent free shop on Couture Doll Shops site, this will also include shop set up/website(if the winner does not already have a site). From Tonner Doll Company, Freedom for Fashion Sori Aiko.

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION: From Angelic Dreamz a beautiful Platinum Cami Basic doll.

BEGINNER DIVISION: From Tonner Doll Company, Galadriel.

Best Photography Prize: In Focus: Digital Photography for the Doll Collector by Pat Henry

Each Challenge Winner with receive PDF Pattern of choice from Designs By Jude

 

This year our sponsors are:

Pat Henry - FDQ Magazine

Robert Tonner - Tonner Doll Co.

Dot Festeu - Couture Doll Shops

Tamara Casey - Designs By Jude

George Gonzalez - Angelic Dreamz

 

Here are the Resident and Guest Judges:

Resident Judges:

Hilda Westervelt - Bellissima Couture

Rob Thompson - Robs Dolls

Malinda Zelazo - Doll Collector and Fashion enthusiast

 

Guest Judges:

David Buttry - Integrity Toys

Jim Faraone - IFDC

Dal Lowenbein - Dal's Dolls

Durelle Brown - Chic Indulgence

Tamara Casey - Designs By Jude

Matt Sutton & Matt Trujillo - Custom Designs by Matt Sutton

 

Again this year our fabulous and informative blog will be done by our Blogmeister, Dot Festeu who is also our manager over at our sister site Couture Doll Shops and a sponsor.

The Designers for the fourth edition of Couture Doll Design Challenge are:

 

 

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