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Thank you so much for the suggestion, I will try binding the piping seam allowance.

😃 @jwo until you’ve tried to intubate a rabbit, you know nothing of difficult airways!
I’d find all of that fascinating!

@lightningmcstitch, I’m sure you are!!💪🏻💪🏻 I’m going for a conference but with a bit of imagination there could be something in it for you:
“The difficult airway: no larynx in view, now what do I do?”; “obstructive sleep apnea and ambulatory surgery”; “problems in geriatric anesthesia”; and “anaesthetic neurotoxicity: can we reduce the…[Read more]

Sounds good😀

I also looked at the date and thought May 🙂
Feb is great, it gives me my favourite sewing month.

@jwo I’m very strong and good at carrying bags! 💪😃

For a second there I was thinking… “Wow! We’ve got until May!!! I can go all out with this one!”

Then I realised it was just a dating convention difference.

2/5 is 2nd of May to a New Zealander. But 5th February is fine for an end date too. 🙂

I’m going to NYC for a week in mid-December although I imagine I will have to rely on your recommendations for great shops. I love Purl Soho and the garment district and can’t wait to look for the button shop Sarvi mentioned…

Mash-up challenge:

“Reveal date”: 2/5/16?
Flickr tag: “oliverandsmashup” ?

Any other rules/parameters?

Although we want something new, should we go back and tag old stuff, like my jumprope with library sleeves, because so many of us have mashed up without thinking of it that way?

Once we set them up, I will start a new thread!

I’ve hosted a few NYC shopping trips in my time. Would love to do it again someday if there’s enough interest!

I have been almost exactly where you are. I used pre-made binding as the armhole facing for an unlined dress for myself once and it was so scratchy and uncomfortable that I couldn’t wear it.

Could you cut some cotton lawn or silk on the bias (or some of the fabric you used for the blouse) and hand stitch it to the seam allowances of the piping? I…[Read more]

@cybele727, @lightningmcstitch? Any suggestions as to type of challenge and start/ finish date? It’s pretty busy here at the moment but I should be able to squeeze in some time for another challenge between now and February (in amongst harvest, Christmas, first birthday and school prep). But then I would imagine you guys in the northern hemisphere…[Read more]

I think it would be a good idea to have an end date for the next challenge that is in January or February. We are coming to the end of the school year here in the Southern Hemisphere and there is always lots going on with that as well as Christmas preparation.

I’m happy to do whatever and whenever though. 🙂

Pattern mash up/hack, yes please!
One of my favourite type’s of sewing 🙂

Pattern mash-up sounds quite challenging. I know that when I did the jumprope and had to mash up Library dress sleeves with the jumprope sleeve head I was quite satisfied when it turned out loverly.

I do know that that type of work takes more time, and we are approaching the holiday hectic season… at least here in the states, you have…[Read more]

@mmollett here’s a link to a blog post right here on Oliver + S where I’ve shown how to do a placket just like that one.
http://oliverands.com/community/blog/2015/02/hide-and-seekcinema-dress-front-placket-tutorial.html I used the Hide and Seek dress, but you could do it to almost any dress. The playtime is probably the closest to your inspiration…[Read more]