Registration is now open for Liesl’s January 16 School Days Jacket and Coat workshop at Cloth & Bobbin in Narberth, PA. Signing up for the workshop will give you an excuse to visit both a beautiful little town located 10 …
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free holiday mitten ornament
At this time last year, we published a free downloadable pattern for a mitten ornament that can be used either on the Christmas tree or to make a non-traditional advent calendar. Here’s the post from last year where you can …
modern women of sewing at the new york public library
With tongue placed firmly in cheek, here’s the flier (designed by Heather Ross) for next month’s Modern Women of Sewing event at the New York Public Library. We hope to see you there. Bonus points will be awarded to anyone …
boutique sewer profile: Meg Lineberger
We’re pleased to continue our series of posts highlighting participants in the Boutique Sewer Program by sharing a recent discussion with Meg Lineberger from Durham, NC. Meg sells her work through her boutique sewing business, Nora’s Room, which is named …
trunk show in st. paul
Live in the Twin Cities area? Chances are that you’re already a customer of one of our favorite independent fabric shops–Treadle Yard Goods. Treadle is currently hosting a special Oliver + S trunk show featuring eight outfits from our line …
liesl interviewed on CraftSanity
Have you ever been curious about how Oliver + S got its start or what Liesl did before launching the company? Liesl recently had a nice chat with Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood of the CraftSanity podcast. Their edited conversation, which answers those …
new patterns now available
The wait is over! Our two new styles–the School Days Jacket and Coat and the Jump Rope Dress–are now available for purchase on our website. The positive responses are already coming in. The School Days Jacket and Coat is the …
meet pearl
Every kid needs a pet, right? Even paper doll kids need a pet. So this season the Oliver + S paper dolls have adopted a new friend. Here’s Pearl. Pearl is a dachshund. We’re not sure if Pearl is a …
scheduled website downtime
Due to a scheduled server migration, the Oliver + S website will be unavailable for between 12 and 24 hours starting at approximately 8:00PM ET on Tuesday, August 25. Update 08/27/2009, 7:00AM ET: The website is back up, but the …
fall 2009 pattern preview
It’s finally time to take the wraps off what we’ve been working on in the studio for the last several months and give you a preview of our new fall patterns. This season we’re releasing a cute little shirtwaist dress …
august teaser
August, people say, is usually a slow month. Not so at Oliver + S. Here’s a preview of what will be showing up here over the next few weeks: More posts in the principles of fabric selection series A special …
backpack tote special sale
How about we give you a little incentive to sew a fun summer project for yourself? For the next two weeks (through July 17–UPDATE: sorry, but the sale has now closed), we will be offering our popular Day in the …
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