Happy to meet you, or to re-introduce myself if we’ve already met! I’m Liesl, the designer behind Liesl + Co, Oliver + S, Straight Stitch Society, and Lisette for Butterick sewing patterns. I hope you’ll feel welcome here.
behind the scenes
getting (re)acquainted
Well, hello! If you’re new here, I’d like to introduce myself, and if you’ve been here for a while it’s nice to say hello again.
an expanded size range for our liesl + co. patterns
We’re happy to announce that we have created an expanded size range for our Liesl + Co. patterns for women. The new size ranges runs from 16 to 30.
introducing new wish lists in the shop
Just in time for holiday shopping, we’ve launched a new wish list feature in the Oliver + S shop. Use it to keep track of items you would like to give or receive.
what we learned from your feedback: part V, we can ask
In the final post in our series about what we learned from our customer survey, we make an ask of you.
an apology
We offer a brief apology for a post that missed its target.
what we learned from your feedback: part IV, pricing
We reply to your responses to our customer survey. Today’s topic: pricing.
what we learned from your feedback: part III, product development
Todd is back today with another post recapping some of the feedback we received from our customer survey. Today’s topic: product development.
what we learned from your feedback: part II, how you stay in touch with us
Here is Part II of our series on what we learned from your responses to our recent survey. Today’s topic is how you stay in touch with us.
what we learned from your feedback: part 1, paper vs. digital patterns
We lift the curtain and give you some inside information about how we’ve made the business decisions we’ve made about digital vs. paper sewing patterns.
welcome to the new oliver + s
If you’re viewing this blog post in an RSS reader, you might want to click through to visit our website. What you’ll find there is completely new. We have redesigned and rebuilt the website from the ground up to make …
pattern development
By the time we’ve finished developing each collection of sewing patterns, we always have a large stack of toiles (or muslins) to show for our efforts in addition to the nice finished samples we photograph and display. Toiles are the …
copyright
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