Oliver + S

two new digital patterns and a quick sale

Many of you have been very patient as we’ve been making our way through the Oliver + S backlist, bringing our out-of-print styles back as PDF patterns. So today I’m happy to say that our last two out-of-print patterns, the …

customizing with oliver + s: ombre ice cream dress

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 …

three new digital patterns

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 …

spring 2012 quilt market recap

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 …

online classes with creativebug

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 …

customizing with oliver + s: 2 + 2 blouse

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 …

welcome back to the bubble dress

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! …

why I’ll be going back to the makerie again and again

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. …

introducing straight stitch society

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 …