https://oliverands.com/community/members/jenniferp/activity Activity feed for JenniferP. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:01:54 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 58ac91fc325c58ce27634517473cb190 http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/is-there-a-name-for-this-style/#post-42723 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:11:52 -0500 Thank you all for your helpful links and suggestions. I ordered the vintage butterick style, since the bodice most closely resembles the one in the dress. I can make the other modifications (definitely losing the pointy waist!) but was unsure how to create that wrap-around piece. I guess I know what the “generation gap” is now…………..when styles…[Read more]

]]> 0 2a2a6cefc3918695d23aaa39e45dd734 http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/is-there-a-name-for-this-style Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:21:16 -0500 Hello, I will be sewing my daughter’s First Communion dress this spring. She fell in love with one that has an attached small capelet/shrug that goes all around the dress, about 5 inches tall and covers her shoulders. I don’t know what this is called in order to search for a pattern! Can anyone help? My description isn’t very good, but here is…[Read more]

]]> 0 4d719b2ff02f8ee3356120d6e58d12c8 https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/fairy-tale-fabric-lining-choice/#post-36324 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:19:09 -0500 Thank you for your advice, ladies. I did want to use silk for this dress, but she fell in love with a button taffeta dress online and I cannot find that type of taffeta in silk, hence the polyester. At that point, she was insisting on having a store-bought dress, so I was happy to be able to make one for her, even if it’s out of polyester!
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