Introducing some new free patterns available now for download.

Have you been noticing the ombre trend? I just love it, whether it’s furniture, hair, quilts, or clothing. In fact, I have a Pinterest board dedicated to the look, so of course I sat right up and took notice when …

This may be old news to you by now if you’re a dedicated Oliver + S follower on Twitter and/or Facebook (and, if you’re not, why not?), but in the last week we’ve re-released three of our previously out-of-print patterns …

It’s taken a few days to recover and to unpack all our materials, but we’re finally back from Quilt Market. It was a great show. Some of you have already seen a few photos on our Facebook page and on …

It’s a little quiet over here right now while we’re in Kansas City for Quilt Market, but we’ll be keeping you up-to-date on Facebook and Twitter so you won’t feel left out. And in the meantime, here’s some fun news …

I recently saw this photo in the Oliver + S Flickr group and loved how Cindy modified the 2 + 2 blouse for a completely different look. I asked her if she would share her method with those of you …

Many of you have been asking for this one for quite some time. And we’ve been promising that it was next on our list. Well, you don’t have to wait any longer. The Bubble Dress sewing pattern is now back! …

More than 100 years ago, a cultural movement swept the United States in which people would travel to a sort of a summer camp where they would take classes, attend lectures and concerts, and enjoy the surrounding beauty of nature. …

Quite some time ago, I saw the most interesting dress show up in the Oliver + S Flickr group. Jan had used Kona cottons and the Oliver + S Puppet Show pattern to create her daughter a one-of-a-kind Snow White …

When I first saw Vivian’s After-School Shirt pop up in our Flickr group, I knew she would be the perfect person to do a tutorial on piping. And sure enough, she jumped right into the project and did a bang-up …

We had a little brainstorm last year. It turned into a new brand, as our brainstorms sometimes do. We need to stop brainstorming. We wanted to make some sewing patterns for little, fun projects. Projects that wouldn’t take a lot …

If you’re around next Monday at 4:00 Eastern time, I’ll be chatting with Pat Sloan on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio. We’ll be talking about Oliver + S, fabric design, quilting, and our new brand, Straight Stitch Society, which will …