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Liesl has a number of fitting posts on the Lisette site.

finding your sewing pattern size

book recommendation: fit for real people

how Lisette sewing patterns are developed

Great tip, thank you Robin!

Great tip, thank you Robin!

Needlewoman, your version looks adorable! Think I’ll try it without the sleeves next time!

Just to clarify, I did not have a problem with putting over the head — just getting arms into the sleeves….which I think would be solved by using a fabric with more stretch.

I love Oliver + S designs and find the instructions so far superior to…[Read more]

Liesl and co patterns should match your ready to wear size. Other patterns may not. Here’s the blog post from Liesl about sizing….

finding your correct pattern size

No Bedtime Story in the larger size or I would have been enabled:-).

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Easter 2011 … https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1797128120446&l=462bc0d9aa

Easter 2015… easter cascarones video

first day of pre-K, 2012: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4088836051712&l=da6f4ce24f

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easter cascarones video

Never send a man to measure:

We have an outdoor play set whose plastic canvas roof shred after about 8 years. Hubby measured and said the dimensions are 90x 39 and 45x 39. I added 4 inches to each for finishing the edges. So in terms of length where it mattered 94 + 49= 11.8 feet. I bought 4 yards of outdoor canvas. It is literally straight…[Read more]

Never send a man to measure:

We have an outdoor play set whose plastic canvas roof shred after about 8 years. Hubby measured and said the dimensions are 90x 39 and 45x 39. I added 4 inches to each for finishing the edges. So in terms of length where it mattered 94 + 49= 11.8 feet. I bought 4 yards of outdoor canvas. It is literally straight…[Read more]

Hi Sarvi, I like to end my darts about an 1″ to 1 1/2″ from my apex. I think the larger your bust the further back you end the dart.

Such a lovely name! Congrats!!

Such a lovely name! Congrats!!

Can you attach it to a post as an attachment? I am attaching a picture of a pancake to this post to check if it works.

I am dying to see the gallery with an FBA, because if that looks good, I need to make a million of them to wear to work. It’s a wear to work type shirt, right? Like, with a pencil skirt if you need to look like a high school…[Read more]

Can you attach it to a post as an attachment? I am attaching a picture of a pancake to this post to check if it works.

I am dying to see the gallery with an FBA, because if that looks good, I need to make a million of them to wear to work. It’s a wear to work type shirt, right? Like, with a pencil skirt if you need to look like a high school…[Read more]

Can you attach it to a post as an attachment? I am attaching a picture of a pancake to this post to check if it works.

I am dying to see the gallery with an FBA, because if that looks good, I need to make a million of them to wear to work. It’s a wear to work type shirt, right? Like, with a pencil skirt if you need to look like a high school teacher?

Hallo Missy! 🙂