Liesl Gibson

Oh, and Michael Levine is in my neck of the woods. I’ll have a peek next time I’m there.

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The body measurement chart for the Building Block Dress pattern is found on page 40 of the book in the lower left corner of the page.

We have also added it to the website’s product page for the book now.

@krisherber the body measurements for the basis pattern are given on page 40 of the book in the lower left corner of the page.

Liesl, Fabricana is in my neck of the woods. I can check out the one in Coquitlam and Richmond if you would like.

The Building Block T-Shirt Book (not real) is my pet project 😅
I can’t wait to see what I can take from the dress book and do with a School Bus tee.
Here’s a t-shirt modification that never made it to the Oliver + S blog as a tutorial, for reasons that are now obvious!

I’ve lost count of how many instagram posts I’ve seen with photos of newly delivered books. 🙂
Postage to here will be much slower but I’m still excited!

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My husband has learnt his line.
I say “check out this invisible zip”
He says “what zip?”
Every time.

He delivers it in such a deadpan, I know my role here, kind of way.
I’ll have to sew an exposed zipper one day and catch him out!

@theartsypaul yes there is. It’s called the Building Block Dress. If you look at some of the recent blog posts on the book, you’ll see it discussed there.

Yep, the City Stroll skirt.
The Everyday Skirt is fuller and therefore more fabric hungry.

You should try it @enbee you might be surprised. This is a 1m cut and as you can see it wasn’t even square.

He’s not a kid- but—

Omg. I made my husband sit next to me and look through the book and to talk about the modifications that our daughter, she who is addicted to mommy couture, might like.

Reaction one- well now you have to put pockets on everything. No excuses.

Reaction two- Glancing as I’m closing the book- “a hidden zipper?? OMG how…[Read more]

I’d second the Art Museum trousers idea, but…
You could almost certainly squeeze a City Stroll skirt onto a 1m cut of linen. Just sayin… It’s yours. 🙂

The Gallery Tunic is a perfect “fake” shirt. You get a collar and placket to work with, but it’s a really easy placket technique. There are no buttonholes and fitting is easy as it’s a loose fitting style with pleats front and back for extra ease.
I’m living in a dress I made recently from this pattern, so it’s was to wear too.
Another vote for…[Read more]

Body measurements are the same as they are for all our patterns since we use a standard sizing method. So check any of your patterns, and the book will be the same.

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How sweet.

My 6 year old was trying to con her grandmother (my mother) into making her an alternative dinner since she didn’t like what was made. (An expressly against the rules thing.)

She told my mother that “You don’t have to follow mommy’s rules, because you are mommy’s mommy and she has to follow your rules. And besides sometimes adults…[Read more]