Oliver + S | María | Mentions https://oliverands.com/community/members/mariajsanroman/activity/mentions Activity feed mentioning María. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:04:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 5ec97edea23a308ca0a4a7ba6c856c12 Liesl Gibson replied to the topic lisette for butterick sizing in the forum Sewing for Yourself https://oliverands.com/community/groups/sewing-for-yourself/forum/topic/lisette-for-butterick-sizing/#post-59822 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 21:15:35 -0500 Hello, @mariajsanroman! I’ve written a blog post to help explain the difference between sizes:

finding your correct pattern size

]]> 0 4bf46e3f0d722be362f3463859365276 Liesl Gibson replied to the topic What are you sewing now? in the forum off topic https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/what-are-you-sewing-now/page/399/#post-57336 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 14:07:16 -0400 So sweet, @mariajsanroman! I hope he had a good first day.

]]> 0 88eb83b9361e039e9bb5d69d6efcc6d4 Liesl Gibson replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs http://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53576 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:21:46 -0500 @mariajsanroman, I love French seems too. They give such a nice finish, but they can indeed offer additional challenges. I’ll post a photo of a Gallery Dress I sewed. It’s dark here, so the light isn’t good but I think you can still see how I clipped into the seam at the dot to allow the two edges to separate for the hem. Does that help? As I…[Read more]

]]> 0 2cf6d66f2956cb56c9abfc1f1d1e99a1 Liesl Gibson replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs http://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53576 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:21:46 -0500 @mariajsanroman, I love French seems too. They give such a nice finish, but they can indeed offer additional challenges. I’ll post a photo of a Gallery Dress I sewed. It’s dark here, so the light isn’t good but I think you can still see how I clipped into the seam at the dot to allow the two edges to separate for the hem. Does that help? As I…[Read more]

]]> 0 2cf6d66f2956cb56c9abfc1f1d1e99a1 Liesl Gibson replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs http://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53576 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:21:46 -0500 @mariajsanroman, I love French seems too. They give such a nice finish, but they can indeed offer additional challenges. I’ll post a photo of a Gallery Dress I sewed. It’s dark here, so the light isn’t good but I think you can still see how I clipped into the seam at the dot to allow the two edges to separate for the hem. Does that help? As I…[Read more]

]]> 0 2cf6d66f2956cb56c9abfc1f1d1e99a1 Liesl Gibson replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs http://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53576 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:21:46 -0500 @mariajsanroman, I love French seems too. They give such a nice finish, but they can indeed offer additional challenges. I’ll post a photo of a Gallery Dress I sewed. It’s dark here, so the light isn’t good but I think you can still see how I clipped into the seam at the dot to allow the two edges to separate for the hem. Does that help? As I…[Read more]

]]> 0 2cf6d66f2956cb56c9abfc1f1d1e99a1 Liesl Gibson replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs http://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53576 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:21:46 -0500 @mariajsanroman, I love French seems too. They give such a nice finish, but they can indeed offer additional challenges. I’ll post a photo of a Gallery Dress I sewed. It’s dark here, so the light isn’t good but I think you can still see how I clipped into the seam at the dot to allow the two edges to separate for the hem. Does that help? As I…[Read more]

]]> 0 4dc2f725a8d80dc7412d520275812e4e Liesl Gibson replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs http://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53576 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:21:46 -0500 @mariajsanroman, I love French seems too. They give such a nice finish, but they can indeed offer additional challenges. I’ll post a photo of a Gallery Dress I sewed. It’s dark here, so the light isn’t good but I think you can still see how I clipped into the seam at the dot to allow the two edges to separate for the hem. Does that help? As I…[Read more]

]]> 0 c897984d27582628c2fa2debb274166b Liesl Gibson replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs https://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53576 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:21:46 -0500 @mariajsanroman, I love French seems too. They give such a nice finish, but they can indeed offer additional challenges. I’ll post a photo of a Gallery Dress I sewed. It’s dark here, so the light isn’t good but I think you can still see how I clipped into the seam at the dot to allow the two edges to separate for the hem. Does that help? As I…[Read more]

]]> 0 c897984d27582628c2fa2debb274166b Liesl Gibson replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs https://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53576 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:21:46 -0500 @mariajsanroman, I love French seems too. They give such a nice finish, but they can indeed offer additional challenges. I’ll post a photo of a Gallery Dress I sewed. It’s dark here, so the light isn’t good but I think you can still see how I clipped into the seam at the dot to allow the two edges to separate for the hem. Does that help? As I…[Read more]

]]> 0 c897984d27582628c2fa2debb274166b Liesl Gibson replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs https://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53576 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:21:46 -0500 @mariajsanroman, I love French seems too. They give such a nice finish, but they can indeed offer additional challenges. I’ll post a photo of a Gallery Dress I sewed. It’s dark here, so the light isn’t good but I think you can still see how I clipped into the seam at the dot to allow the two edges to separate for the hem. Does that help? As I…[Read more]

]]> 0 c897984d27582628c2fa2debb274166b Liesl Gibson replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs https://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53576 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:21:46 -0500 @mariajsanroman, I love French seems too. They give such a nice finish, but they can indeed offer additional challenges. I’ll post a photo of a Gallery Dress I sewed. It’s dark here, so the light isn’t good but I think you can still see how I clipped into the seam at the dot to allow the two edges to separate for the hem. Does that help? As I…[Read more]

]]> 0 90f573cd7661185c0a3fa618e8520ee8 Rachel Le Grand replied to the topic Gallery Tunic + Dress Sew Along in the forum Sew Alongs http://oliverands.com/community/groups/sew-alongs/forum/topic/gallery-tunic-dress-sew-along/page/2/#post-53560 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:35:52 -0500 @mariajsanroman was it the extra bulk when you came to the French seams when you were hemming that made it more difficult? If so, try clipping away part of the French seams near the hem (but not too much) so that when you are hemming there will be less bulk and make it easier to hem. Hope that helps!

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