Getting this off the ground

[holyschist]

So, in the interest of making this community a more active place, I've been thinking about some ideas. I'm going to start posting discussion-ish questions once a week or so (I expect to eventually run out of ideas for these, so if you have a topic of discussion relevant to historical clothing that you think would be interesting...go for it!).

Would there be any interest in any of the following:

• Community challenges (e.g. "Over the next three months, make a hat" or "Add embroidery to a garment", stuff like that)?


• A yearly contest, where people post pictures of their favorite outfit made that year and the community votes, possibly with a small prize?


• A gift exchange, where people make small dress items or accessories for each other?


• Resource posts (I'm thinking the top-level post would be a topic, like "Italy, 1500s" and then people would post their favorite resources in the comments)?

What would you guys like to see happen here? What would encourage you to post and participate more?