{"id":131,"date":"2008-09-15T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/touchy-feely\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T10:25:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:25:32","slug":"touchy-feely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2008\/09\/touchy-feely.html","title":{"rendered":"touchy feely"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a tactile girl. Must feel the fabrics before purchasing. Always carry my favorite pens that I can’t write without. And I’m very picky about my sketchbooks: the ink can’t bleed, but the paper can’t be too heavy either.<\/p>\n

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So when I was writing the business plan for Oliver + S and doing all the research before launching the company, I was especially picky about the papers we’d be using for the patterns. In fact, I think I nearly drove a couple of printers wild with my requests. Couldn’t abide the yucky newsprint that most instructions sheets are printed on: it yellows and gets brittle and feels awful when you touch it. The ubiquitous flimsy pattern tissue was too whimpy and wrinkles and rips too easily. <\/p>\n

But I’m not a big fan of heavy white paper for patterns, either. After all, if you need to flip a pattern piece to cut it, you can’t see through the paper to follow the cutting lines or transfer pattern markings to your fabric. What to do?<\/p>\n

Well, how about a heavier-weight tissue paper? One that isn’t so light, doesn’t wrinkle as badly as the usual pattern-weight tissue, and generally feels more substantial than a typical pattern? Sounds (and feels) great to me!<\/p>\n

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Our tissue paper (the paper I love!) is too heavy for the folding equipment at the press, so every pattern tissue is folded by hand. Which takes a long time, of course. But I think the final product is worth the extra effort and expense. And it feels good when you touch it, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a tactile girl. Must feel the fabrics before purchasing. Always carry my favorite pens that I can’t write without. And I’m very picky about my sketchbooks: the ink can’t bleed, but the paper can’t be too heavy either. 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