Oliver + S | Cat75 | Mentions https://oliverands.com/community/members/cat75/activity/mentions Activity feed mentioning Cat75. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:10:07 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 414803415f6dd6869a4fd68722d72db8 Liesl Gibson replied to the topic soho shorts construction in the forum liesl + co: soho shorts + skirt https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/soho-shorts-construction/#post-60518 Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:13:46 -0400 @cat75, as you suspected, the center pleat is the problem. It isn’t graded correctly, and I’m so sorry about that! I’m working on a solution to the problem, but in the meantime, if you want to restitch the pleat to be 2″ from the rise seam I think that should solve the problem. Will you report back to me and let me know if that works? I’m still…[Read more]

]]> 0 534d8ba7f1e898d29f7bc26f4727e155 Liesl Gibson replied to the topic soho shorts construction in the forum liesl + co: soho shorts + skirt https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/soho-shorts-construction/#post-60514 Wed, 05 Apr 2017 13:12:32 -0400 Hmmm. What size are you making, @cat75? I’ll take a look at the pattern and see if I can figure out what’s going wrong.

]]> 0 f2d4aadc917b1397e59de4dd878be454 Lightning McStitch replied to the topic FBA for Maritime -- how important? in the forum liesl + co: maritime knit top http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/fba-for-maritime-how-important/#post-55083 Mon, 09 May 2016 01:05:57 -0400 @cat75 I’ll preface my response by saying I have no bust so haven’t done so myself, but I suspect you should.
It’s a top with a moderately wide neckline and a dropped shoulder. If you go with your full bust size you might find the whole thing too saggy sack like.
With a decent high/full bust difference if you fit to your high bust/shoulder it may…[Read more]

]]> 0 7710cd97ced98ac85430000085ea33d1 Lightning McStitch replied to the topic FBA for Maritime -- how important? in the forum liesl + co: maritime knit top http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/fba-for-maritime-how-important/#post-55083 Mon, 09 May 2016 01:05:57 -0400 @cat75 I’ll preface my response by saying I have no bust so haven’t done so myself, but I suspect you should.
It’s a top with a moderately wide neckline and a dropped shoulder. If you go with your full bust size you might find the whole thing too saggy sack like.
With a decent high/full bust difference I you fit to your high bust/shoulder it may…[Read more]

]]> 0 e80c817305205bf8b01a532c75fe80ce Brittney replied to the topic What do you think? Feedback welcome. in the forum Sewing for Yourself http://oliverands.com/community/groups/sewing-for-yourself/forum/topic/what-do-you-think-feedback-welcome/#post-46102 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:19:51 -0400 I am so excited about the new tops. In fact, my patterns arrived this afternoon and I have the Gallery all traced off waiting for the kids to go to bed. #teampaper 🙂

I have been nervous about sewing for myself, but I KNOW with your patterns I don’t need to worry. They will be drafted well and come with great instructions. I have made the…[Read more]

]]> 0 8ee563db1bb7f4abd76f28082476bc8e Robin replied to the topic Fiber Club! in the forum Fiber Club! http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/fiber-club/page/2/#post-41867 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:19:23 -0500 @Cat75, get yourself a copy of the A-Z of Embroidery stitches. It will teach you pretty much everything you could ever want to know. The written instructions and pictures are brilliant. http://www.amazon.com/A-Z-Embroidery-Stitches-Sue-Gardner/dp/0957715986

The rest of the books in the series are really good.

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