Over at my personal blog today, I have a post up about making Tsia an Oliver + S Tea Party Sundress using Natalie Chanin’s techniques. Here’s the result. See the details, and some spreads from Natalie’s new book on disdressed.
lengthening and shortening a pattern
Interested in learning how to lengthen or shorten a pattern? This tutorial will show you how.
notice a difference here?
Probably not. And that’s good because we tried to keep things looking familiar. Over the weekend we gutted and rebuilt the Oliver + S blog and upgraded the forums. Boring tech stuff, mostly, but there are some nice new features …
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Handmade shoes: The New York Times Don’t underestimate 10 year-olds: No Reservations/You Tube Fire-breathing snowman: Neatorama How to store and organize cats: I Have Seen the Whole of the Internet Cappuccino foam art: Design Inspiration The cars of my youth, …
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Save pens; use Garamond: Flowing Data How to report the news on TV: You Tube How a counterfeit bill fights corruption: The World Bank Ever seen a Gandhiwarmer?: Hi Low & In Between White on white: Erasing Moving a giant …
boutique sewer profile: Jeanie Taylor
We’re continuing our series of posts highlighting participants in the Boutique Sewer Program by introducing Jeanie Taylor from Cape Cod, MA. Jeanie sells her work through her boutique sewing business, The Pea Green Boat. Jeanie, why don’t you tell us …
dressing for real life
We’ve fielded a lot of Formspring questions over the past few weeks, several of which have asked about how much sewing I do for S and what her wardrobe looks like. I’m no Supermom, and I don’t even try to …
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a: Craftastrophe A giant knitted rock: Craft Business From the annals of brilliant ideas in reusable packaging design: Subtraction A great opportunity for fabric lovers who live in Portland: Heather Ross Make your …
fabric series on the BurdaStyle blog
Over the next year, I’ll be contributing a monthly column to the BurdaStyle blog that goes into geek-level detail on fabrics. The column runs on the last Tuesday of each month. The first piece in the series, a basic primer …
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A shop to benefit the work of Doctors Without Borders in Haiti: Etsy Tutorial for a cat house: Sewtakeahike Shortbread buttons: Forty-Sixth at Grace The number of Crayola crayons doubles every 28 years: Weather Sealed Carved baseball bats: Craftzine The …
ask us
During the month of January, we’re giving you the opportunity to ask Oliver + S a question. Any question. Since we opened up our Formspring page for questions, we’ve fielded over 30 excellent inquiries on topics ranging from how to …
small but mighty
Not only an apt description of Cloth and Bobbin, in lovely Narberth, PA, but this phrase potentially describes the School Days raincoat I’m about to make during our workshop tomorrow. This Amy Butler print is not exactly small, with bright …
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