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Yes, the two shirt collars are interchangeable, so that will work just fine! Can’t wait to see how yours turns out!

Have you checked our sew-along to see if the photos help?

hollywood trousers sew-along

It sounds to me like your machine tension might not be even or the fabric is somehow getting pulled tight as you sew it. If the outer fabric is getting pulled, or if it’s being push along with the presser foot as you sew, that would result in a curling edge. Maybe try reducing the amount of pressure your presser foot is putting on your fabric (if…[Read more]

Hmmm. Are you measuring along the seam line? I’m measuring the armhole vs the binding in the software and all the sizes are exactly the same length as the bias, so I’m not sure why you’re having this problem.

Can you check your pattern pieces again? I’m lining them up perfectly (see attached image), so I’m not understanding how you’re having this problem.

I have one that I’ll post as soon as I find time. I usually sew a 6 or 8 and went up to a 12 for oversized, and it went really well! Promise to post soon.

All our PDF patterns are created so that the text cannot be copied and pasted.

If you send an email with your order number to information@oliverands.com we should be able to provide you some help with this issue.

Ok, first are you sure you’ve got the right sizes cut out and printed to the correct scale?

The dress on the pattern cover is a Japanese linen rayon. The peplum blouse is an embroidered double gauze.

Do you have the Fit for Real People book? There are quite a few pages dedicated to sway back in the book. To be honest, I usually just pin the back curve more: darts, side seam, back seam, whatever it takes to get a nice shape. My sway back is pretty extreme, and I don’t always fit everything to entirely because it’s so pronounced. I feel like my…[Read more]

I wish I was living in Spain
Where the rain stays mainly on the plain
But I’m here in Nantucket
trying to fill a bucket
And this hole is really a pain

New one….

Next week four patterns arrive

Checking to see if you’ve seen this?

Ok, I’ve never heard it referred to as such. If you look at the photos on the pattern listing you can see how much space is designed in the front. One of the photos shows the shirt buttoned up to the very top. I don’t have a shirt to check the space and don’t recall off the top of my head, but it could be as much as an inch.…[Read more]

Of course! Any changes like this will be best made in muslin first, of course. You could certainly add room and then use a pleat to close it back up.

I’m not sure what you mean by tie space?

No, I’m sorry, we don’t offer that. But it’s relatively easy to measure the pattern pieces as you need and subtract the seam allowances in order to determine the measurements you want to check.

This time of year is so busy!
Thank goodness the Champagne is fizzy.
But the joy of the day
Is all over by May

Yes, they are moderately dropped because of the sleeve style and the less fitted structure of the dress. I hope that helps!