Oliver + S | merelee79 | Activity https://oliverands.com/community/members/merelee79/activity Activity feed for merelee79. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:39:42 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 68829266eaa86ee6f6a4ccb2c10d04ff merelee79 replied to the topic School Days Jacket Sew-A-Long Anyone? in the forum oliver + s: school days http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/school-days-jacket-sew-a-long-anyone/page/4/#post-39375 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 21:16:17 -0500 Well, I was up pretty late last night finishing up this coat so my daughter could wear it to school today. Crazy that yesterday’s high was 78* and today we aren’t even in the upper 40s. Brrrr!

Here’s a link to check it out: http://meremakes.com/an-oliver-s-school-days-coat-day-2-done/

This was for sure an expedited sew-along as I did all of this…[Read more]

]]> 0 d5ed18bf77f05c3ac7367e21d37ed62f merelee79 replied to the topic School Days Jacket Sew-A-Long Anyone? in the forum oliver + s: school days http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/school-days-jacket-sew-a-long-anyone/page/3/#post-39208 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 05:24:43 -0500 I have the hood and jacket front finished! I sat down to finally sew tonight but the site was undergoing maintenance so I had to guess what took place on the first day.

Hoping I can knock the rest of the coat out tomorrow as it’s supposed to be freezing here on Tuesday!!

]]> 0 d5ed18bf77f05c3ac7367e21d37ed62f merelee79 replied to the topic School Days Jacket Sew-A-Long Anyone? in the forum oliver + s: school days http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/school-days-jacket-sew-a-long-anyone/page/3/#post-39208 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 05:24:43 -0500 I have the hood and jacket front finished! I sat down to finally sew tonight but the site was undergoing maintenance so I had to guess what took place on the first day.

Hoping I can knock the rest of the coat out tomorrow as it’s supposed to be freezing here on Tuesday!!

]]> 0 3cc11b7938d4b56d3450ca5a33465afa merelee79 replied to the topic School Days Jacket Sew-A-Long Anyone? in the forum oliver + s: school days http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/school-days-jacket-sew-a-long-anyone/page/3/#post-38362 Sat, 08 Nov 2014 14:55:17 -0500 Justsewit, I’m right there with you. I just put together the pattern and traced it yesterday. Hoping to maybe trace onto the fabric and cut into it today (more likely tomorrow). This past week was crazy and this coming Tuesday we are expected to drop in temperature and not leave the 40s. My poor daughter doesn’t have a coat that fits so this is…[Read more]

]]> 0 3cc11b7938d4b56d3450ca5a33465afa merelee79 replied to the topic School Days Jacket Sew-A-Long Anyone? in the forum oliver + s: school days http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/school-days-jacket-sew-a-long-anyone/page/3/#post-38362 Sat, 08 Nov 2014 14:55:17 -0500 Justsewit, I’m right there with you. I just put together the pattern and traced it yesterday. Hoping to maybe trace onto the fabric and cut into it today (more likely tomorrow). This past week was crazy and this coming Tuesday we are expected to drop in temperature and not leave the 40s. My poor daughter doesn’t have a coat that fits so this is…[Read more]

]]> 0 61d7e72e24c14f8e66786dcae3187ee2 merelee79 replied to the topic school days jacket: a few tips in the forum oliver + s: school days https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/school-days-jacket-a-few-tips/page/2/#post-29947 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:30:28 -0400 I have been holding on to this pattern for almost 2.5 years and figured this was the year I was going to make my little boy a coat and put this intimidation behind me.
Thanks for the tips everyone posted here. It was helpful.
Wish. Me. Luck!

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