Liesl Gibson

What are you sewing… for Christmas?

I have decided to sew a garment for each family member. We have cut way back on purchases this year and upped our donation to our state children’s hospital but the ‘under-the-tree’ is looking a bit bare.

Sooo… Japanese lawn shirt for Jed- vintage Butterick pattern as it is quite full, for his belly (I…[Read more]

That does seem a little odd to me.

I’ve checked, and the source file is spot on. I’ve just looked at it in our design software, and the box is set to be exactly 1 inch by 1 inch. And I printed the same page you have, and mine measures exactly to spec. I’m not sure why you’re having the issue you are seeing. It could be due to the printer and/or…[Read more]

You only interface ONE of the collar pieces.
For View A this will become the outer collar. The inner collar, the one that shows more when the collar is turned down as worn, is not interfaced.
For View B’s Mandarin collar it is reversed – the interfaced collar piece is on the inside.

I figured that was wrong! But I only pinned a bit like that to take a picture to ask if that’s what was meant by pin on the seam line. 🙂

I guess I just have a lot of ease. I will try it. The thing about doing a new thing… you aren’t sure you’ve done it correctly until it turns out or doesn’t and it’s “too late.” HA! But once you have the…[Read more]

The last picture is a wrong way go back 🙂 don’t do that.
The raw edges should be aligned. Raw edge of collar band facing, shirt, then collar band.
The dots (1/2″ in from ends) should align with the edges of the finished plackets. Pin those ends first. Then pin the centre notches, then side notches then keep bisecting each section with pins until…[Read more]

Hmmm, not sure quite what you mean. The flat pattern piece is only shown once in the instructions and that’s on the first page where the pattern pieces are shown numbered and named.
The only pattern piece you need for the pants is number 12: Leggings.
It is quite wide as there’s only the one piece to fully around the leg with the single seam at…[Read more]

In the pic above the green is 1/2 inch of neckline. The collar band is aligned and pinned to the basting line (where interfacing starts).

When you say pin on seamline do you mean aligning raw edge of collar band with the stitchline (basting line) like this:

This is a picture of the end where if I pin at one end and align raw edges it shows the extra.

Ugh. I need to figure out how to decrease my photo size. Grrr. Lol.

Ha! The first thing I did was say- did I pin the wrong side.

Nope!

Here is my picture.

Note I have sandwiched the shirt between the collar band and the rough edges of the band and shirt are aligned.

I’m having a hard time understanding what you mean by by pin at the seamline.

I don’t have the pattern to hand, but is there any chance you’re trying to attach the collar band upside down?

Size 10. Pinning on seam line? So what do I line up? I am confused by that!! 🙂

I am aligning rough the cut edges of the neckline and the collar band right?

I will see if I can take a small file picture to upload. Although I’ve never had any luck uploading pictures to the forum.

Hi Rose, congratulations on your soon-to-be-new-baby. A good place to start would be to download one of the free Oliver + S pattern like the Popover Sundress (link: https://oliverands.com/free-patterns/popover-sundress/ ). The size starts at Size 2, but it will be a good beginner project and the perfect way to introduce yourself to the fabulous…[Read more]

I would really recommend that you get the book. Here is why- not only do you learn about techniques, but I feel like you learn why you do what you do. For me, the learning the why is the key. It helps me understand what I am doing and apply it more broadly than just copying another pattern.

My child is a narrow string bean with a long rise…[Read more]

Hmmm, I just made this pattern yesterday so it’s fresh in my mind…
The placket is the very last thing you do, so I can see two ways you could line it without changing the order of steps.
One would be to effectively underline each front and back panel and have the lining enclosed in the hem. ie treat the lining and main fabric as one when it…[Read more]

It would be an interesting exercise to see if the Bento sleeves don’t fit right on there… But then I don’t have the pattern to hand. Yet. 🙂