I recently saw this photo in the Oliver + S Flickr group and loved how Cindy modified the 2 + 2 blouse for a completely different look. I asked her if she would share her method with those of you … Continue reading
Labels: 2 + 2, customized
Quite some time ago, I saw the most interesting dress show up in the Oliver + S Flickr group. Jan had used Kona cottons and the Oliver + S Puppet Show pattern to create her daughter a one-of-a-kind Snow White … Continue reading
Labels: customized, puppet show
When I first saw Vivian’s After-School Shirt pop up in our Flickr group, I knew she would be the perfect person to do a tutorial on piping. And sure enough, she jumped right into the project and did a bang-up … Continue reading
Labels: after-school, customized, tutorials
Over at the Lisette blog today I’m making shoelaces as stocking stuffers. Here is a pair I made using the Gingko Toss print from Cape Ann. And speaking of Cape Ann, last week the Jolly Jabber (which is … Continue reading
Note: today we continue our occasional series of seam finishing tutorials written by April Henry. A flat-felled seam is accomplished by sewing two lines of stitching at the seam while simultaneously enclosing the raw edges of the fabric. This seam … Continue reading
Labels: tutorials
I recently wrote a detailed guest post for the nice folks at Janome about using a serger to make a lettuce hem on knits. I used this technique and a Janome 1100D serger (which they’ve generously lent to the Oliver … Continue reading
Labels: hopscotch, nature walk, tutorials
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