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Lately, I’ve become obsessed with smocking. Not the old school style, but newer approaches.

Liesl’s newest Creativebug workshop has gone live. This one focuses on dart manipulation.

The complete line of Victory Patterns digital sewing patterns is now available in the Oliver + S shop.

I love chambray. I wear it, I dress my kid and my husband in it, and I never seem to get tired of it. Did you know that chambray, like denim, was originally used only for workwear and wasn’t generally …

Flounces are enormously popular in fashion right now. Balenciaga, Gucci, Givenchy, Giambattista Valli, and Chloe all showed big, exuberant ruffles for spring. I’ve been collecting magazine tear sheets featuring flounces because I think it’s amazing how popular they are right …

What are you doing about the demise of Google Reader? Here are some suggestions.

This is one of my favorite uses for carbon paper and a tracing wheel, and I don’t think I’ve ever shown it to you.     Cut a small piece of carbon paper from your big sheet. A piece of …

A few weeks ago Karen, one of our testers who has also become a friend, contacted me to see if we would be willing to host a Flat Stanley-based version of her daughter, Bethany, for a school project. Everyone in …

At long last (we know many of you have had a hard time being patient…), the time has arrived! Our new patterns for spring are now up on the website and ready for purchase.     Both styles are available …

We’re happy to announce that we are now carrying the complete Grainline Studio line of digital patterns in the Oliver + S shop. To launch the collection, we asked Jen Beeman, creator of the brand, to write a short guest …

In case you missed it yesterday, we did a special little Roller Skate Dress + Tunic blog tour, in honor of the impending release of the spring patterns. We started out the morning with a visit to Skirt as Top, …

Today I’m introducing our second new pattern for Spring-Summer 2013. The Pinwheel Tunic + Slip Dress will be available on our website by March 5 and at retailers around the globe shortly thereafter. Here’s an funny little story for you. …