Oliver + S | scgoble | Activity https://oliverands.com/community/members/scgoble/activity Activity feed for scgoble. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:59:46 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 659ecf1679dc3741c723ae3043e1690d scgoble replied to the topic another question! in the forum Sewing for Yourself http://oliverands.com/community/groups/sewing-for-yourself/forum/topic/another-question/#post-56190 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:58:17 -0400 I love racer backs, all my favorite tops and dresses have them. I find that if I situate my straps appropriately they barely show, but I wouldn’t care if they did. I do have a little clip thingy that hooks on the straps between the shoulder blades for fancier affairs at which visible straps might be a faux pas.

]]> 0 b791e11414eb532c71369c916bb39ed2 scgoble joined the group Sewing for Yourself https://oliverands.com/community/activity/p/160221 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:49:12 -0400 0 d304f8af2f617a0c98fc154fd315ce9a scgoble 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/394/#post-55671 Tue, 17 May 2016 15:57:15 -0400 I’m sewing nothing! We are moving this summer and I had to pack away all the sewing machines and supplies to make the apartment more palatable to buyers who dont consider that stuff reasonable decor. Can you imagine?! 😉 I made the mistake of ordering two things from Spoonflower knowing that I couldn’t do anything with them. So now they’re just…[Read more]

]]> 0 7bb49f783f1bc1ce718d3b37fd160f18 scgoble started the topic Alabama Chanin Article in the forum off topic http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/alabama-chanin-article Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:31:22 -0500 Thought you all might be interested in this well written article on Natalie Chanin and her business. The Bitter Southener

It includes some lovely pictures of the artisans at work.

]]> 0 3531a6a56c1b7a50bb572d3146fd62c4 scgoble replied to the topic My iron is dead in the forum off topic http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/my-iron-is-dead/#post-51752 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:05:37 -0500 I have a Rowenta and I hate it. It has leaked almost since day 1. I’m of the opinion that if I pay $100 for an iron, it shouldn’t need “hacks” or coddling to do what I need it to do. The next one I buy will be a gravity feed, which means I’ll be sticking with this damn Rowenta until we get a new home with enough space for such a thing.

The…[Read more]

]]> 0 80187bb1ed04fcd89003a236bf77e0e1 scgoble replied to the topic Sewing for a seven year old in the forum sewing with liesl + co and oliver + s http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/sewing-for-a-seven-year-old/#post-51641 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:07:04 -0500 I agree with Tamara and Jill that getting her input is the key to success. This is a difficult time for me in sewing for my 7 because she is very specific in what she wants, and she isn’t interested in anything she considers even remotely stuffy or formal. That translates mostly as no woven fabrics; almost everything in her closet is knit…[Read more]

]]> 0 ddf9c77205bf3dc4b2100b7e00239960 scgoble replied to the topic Sewing for a seven year old in the forum sewing with liesl + co and oliver + s http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/sewing-for-a-seven-year-old/#post-51641 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:07:04 -0500 I agree with Tamara and Jill that getting her input is to key to success. This is a difficult time for me in sewing for my 7 because she is very specific in what she wants, and she isn’t interested in anything she considers even remotely stuffy or formal. That translates mostly as no woven fabrics; almost everything in her closet is knit…[Read more]

]]> 0 20ff85ad60a0ca88bbaf511406b2fcc1 scgoble replied to the topic Your most-viewed project on Flickr? in the forum off topic http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/your-most-viewed-project-on-flickr/page/2/#post-41875 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:07:39 -0500 This is great. My top four images are of Washi dresses, which are just all around hideous. I guess they’re not inherently that ugly but they looked like potato sacks on me and were donated to Goodwill long ago. My most “favorited” image is a pair of Puppet Show shorts in linen with a big bow on the waistband. I loved those little shorts so much,…[Read more]

]]> 0 0449e8bd199b3fdb66fbcc975de317c6 scgoble replied to the topic Go To Bed! in the forum off topic http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/go-to-bed/page/2/#post-41042 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:39:05 -0500 I just wanted to jump in here and say that I’ve probably never slept through the night without being medicated. I’m just not a good sleeper. I didn’t sleep when I was a kid either; I was always worried about one thing or another. Fortunately for my parents I was also a very stoic child so I never got up and bothered them. 😉

Anywho, have you…[Read more]

]]> 0 10c5c32e58465b45d9d51a610a6a28ed scgoble changed their profile picture https://oliverands.com/community/activity/p/143157 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:17:50 -0500 0 cbc811369ebf042c5132ca2cef557652 scgoble started the topic Thread Paintings by Cayce Zavaglia in the forum off topic http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/thread-paintings-by-cayce-zavaglia Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:16:37 -0500

Thread Paintings: Densely Embroidered Portraits by Cayce Zavaglia

I saw this article this morning via Amy Pohler’s Smart Girls website (which incidentally you should really check out, esp. if you have young girls). Can you imagine the patience it would take to create such a work?! I think I might…[Read more]

]]> 0 758d3533f1fac25460f1d0c14e5a8ae1 scgoble replied to the topic Fleece or fleece lined leggings? in the forum oliver + s: playtime http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/fleece-or-fleece-lined-leggings/#post-39906 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:40:07 -0500 I wear these kind of leggings almost every day – I’m wearing them right now! Hopefully the attached will show you what the two sides of the fabric look like. I did a quick search and found yardage here: http://www.nancysnotions.com/product/kelly+polartec+power+stretch+fabric.do

]]> 0 130463a2a28d9f503c8cc2b540721526 scgoble replied to the topic Great British Sewing Bee in the forum off topic http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/great-british-sewing-bee/page/2/#post-33819 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:06:19 -0500 It looks like we will have to wait until the broadcast is finished – I can’t view it here in the US on bbc.co.uk or YouTube. I’ll have to schedule a little reminder to look it up later!

]]> 0 130463a2a28d9f503c8cc2b540721526 scgoble replied to the topic Great British Sewing Bee in the forum off topic http://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/great-british-sewing-bee/page/2/#post-33819 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:06:19 -0500 It looks like we will have to wait until the broadcast is finished – I can’t view it here in the US on bbc.co.uk or YouTube. I’ll have to schedule a little reminder to look it up later!

]]> 0 cb341ffac10f980d10b8f7918158a360 scgoble replied to the topic Craftsy recommendation, anyone? in the forum off topic https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/craftsy-recommendation-anyone/#post-35347 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:59:30 -0400 I’ve not gone through the whole class but I learned more in the first 10 minutes of the couture sewing class with Susan Khaljie (sp?) than I ever knew about sewing. Many of the techniques are not ones that I use on a regular basis – it is couture after all – but just watching her work is fascinating to me. There is also a Sew-Along knit class that…[Read more]

]]> 0 9838e05427a578da19268e90ce4616e7 scgoble replied to the topic Great British Sewing Bee in the forum off topic https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/great-british-sewing-bee/#post-33814 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:19:06 -0400 I think what I like most about it is that it’s such a good-natured sort of competition. No fake drama. At least, not what I have seen!

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