Nicole

@sahmcolorado I think I will be doing this for my oldest girl too! She still takes a 2 or 3 width in the dress patterns but she needs 6 for length.

Badminton dress, pinwheel slip, Rollerskate minus the elastic or if you have the class picnic patterns Cindy did a fantastic tutorial for adding spaghetti straps, http://oliverands.com/community/blog/2014/08/customizing-the-class-picnic-blouse-spaghetti-straps-top.html#more-12176

Badminton dress, pinwheel slip, Rollerskate minus the elastic or if you have the class picnic patterns Cindy did a fantastic tutorial on adding spaghetti straps, http://siestasandsewing.blogspot.com.au/2014_08_01_archive.html

Uhm I am about to embark on this. Though some patterns will be size 4 because we can still fit a few.

I think I may be a bit ambitious for this spring/summer.

Uhm I am about to embark on this. Though some patterns will be size 4 because we can still fit a few.

I think I may be a bit ambitious for this spring/summer.

Sorry to keep you in suspense!

Everything is printed, and now it’s time for the process of marrying up the jobs from the different printers and getting them assembled. Then they need to ship back across the country and get warehoused before we can release them.

So it will probably be another couple weeks, but it could be sooner if everyone does…[Read more]

I’ve gone right off cutting notches as sometimes the seam allowance is small and a vigorous notch could land me in trouble!
I make all markings with ceramic pencil (cloverline) about the only fabric it struggles with is fluffy wool or fleece.
To mark dots within the pattern I stick a pin through all layers, pattern tracing and fabrics and then…[Read more]

I may be lacking imagination (it’s early morning here) but my thoughts re the placket is that you can’t.
If you want the lining attached attached at the top but free at the bottom you’d need to make the placket only half length or have an almost separate under dress with it’s own placket. Both would be icky solutions I think.
How about underling…[Read more]

I make holes in patterns with a machine needle. If the fabric isn’t too pressure I poke the needle all the way through the pattern and the fabric.

The latest O+S blog post said “in a week or two.” That’s all I know 🙂

A ruffler is a great piece of equipment 🙂
I’ve also recently been using elastic thread in the bobbin as a quick and easy gathering/ruffling method. I like it because I can easily stretch the gathered piece to fit.

Jillls- that’s interesting, I want to try that. How do you get the punch to reach markings that are not on the edge of the pattern paper???

Finally getting around to making these again, thank you Heidi for the ruffle link! I really need to get a Ruffler!

Finally getting around to making these again, thank you Heidi for the ruffle link! I really need to get a Ruffler!