Happy new year! Have you looked back on 2013 and all your sewing? And what are your plans for 2014?

Wishing you a happy holiday season, from all of us here at Oliver + S.

Featuring a few of our favorite 2013 holiday creations from the Oliver + S Flickr pool. What beautiful sewing!

Here’s a great little tutorial, by Jessica from A Little Gray, on how to change the facings on the Playtime Dress+ Tunic into a cute exposed collar design element.

In this week’s installment of our Ask Me series, Liesl takes on a question about how to secure the thread at the end of a hand-stitched seam.

Just a few reminders about some of the fun little projects and tools that are available to you, especially during your holiday preparations.

What are you making for yourself for the holidays? Here are a few quick ideas, since time is running out.

Rachel from Nest Full of Eggs visits the blog to talk about her favorite Oliver + S pattern–the School Photo Dress.

I’m headed to LA for a series of events in early January. Are you coming?

More of your questions for Liesl answered in the latest edition of our Ask Me series.

Inspiration to sew fun and festive holiday pajamas for your little one using Oliver + S patterns.

Here’s a great tutorial on how to modify the Puppet Show Dress pattern to a one-piece body by Rachel from Stitched Together.