{"id":43620,"date":"2015-03-17T09:08:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T13:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=43620"},"modified":"2018-11-29T03:53:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T08:53:00","slug":"size-5-project-tea-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/03\/size-5-project-tea-party.html","title":{"rendered":"size 5 project: tea party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the next installment of the Size 5 Project. This series has to do with giving the original four Oliver + S patterns a fitting goodbye before the children we sew for outgrow them. Last month the Size 5 Project was kicked off with a Puppet Show Shorts<\/a> round-up<\/a> and sew-along<\/a>. The next pattern on the list is the Tea Party<\/a>. Sarvi<\/a> will be covering this one. Come back later today when she will be starting the Tea Party Dress sew-along. Great to have you here, Sarvi!<\/em><\/p>\n

This dress holds a special place in my heart, because this dress is, in a sense, the whole reason I sew. Early on in our relationship, my partner bought me a sewing machine as a gift. I’d admired a friend’s sewing, and I’m a gal with a million hobbies, so it seemed like a good idea. But as it turned out, my machine intimidated me, and when I tried to sew, I wasn’t immediately great at it. The horror! So it sat unused for years until I found myself about eight months pregnant with a strong nesting instinct.<\/p>\n

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I could knit, so I started looking online for knitting patterns, and found Purl Soho (I imagine a lot of people’s fiber craft odysseys start like this). On their blog, they’d featured the Tea Party dress, made up in a wonderful mix of fabrics<\/a>. They make everything sounds so tempting, you want to start right away, so I did, and was almost immediately crushed again because of the tricky bodice seam. So I backed up and made a few Popover Sundresses. The wonderful people in the forum were extremely kind about my early efforts. And eventually, I did figure out how to sew that curvy seam, and I’d like to share my tips with you.<\/p>\n

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But first, let’s take a look at all the different ways you can style this great little pattern. I wanted to go outside my chambray comfort zone and sew something very pink for a pink-loving young friend. Here are some other ways you can incorporate something different from your usual.<\/p>\n

In the Purl Soho version, they used two different buttons. With just two buttons prominently featured on the front straps, this is a great spot to include something special, like unique buttons, such as here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Oliver<\/a><\/p>\n

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The bodice and seams are also great places to try out some very easy-to-apply flat piping like these in red polka dot<\/a>, yellow<\/a>,<\/p>\n

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\"Oliver<\/a><\/p>\n

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and blue floral<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Oliver<\/a><\/p>\n

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And check out these clever people. There’s a brother and sister set<\/a> in coordinating seersucker.<\/p>\n

A border print would be tricky to pull off because of the curve, but how sweet is this scalloped edge<\/a>?<\/p>\n

You can always sneak a bit of fun into a school dress code<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Oliver<\/a><\/p>\n

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Or go all out with reverse applique<\/a> and hand stitched seams the Alabama Chanin way.<\/p>\n

I hope you found some inspiration in all these different takes on the Tea Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are continuing with the size 5 project. This time around Sarvi is here to tell us about her love for the Oliver + S Tea Party pattern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7455,"featured_media":43621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20651,32],"class_list":["post-43620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-size-5-project","tag-tea-party"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TeaPartSize5TITLE.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-bly","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43710,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/03\/tea-party-dress-sew-along-day-1.html","url_meta":{"origin":43620,"position":0},"title":"tea party dress sew-along","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"March 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Join along with Sarvi on day one of the Tea Party Dress sew-along as we continue with the size 5 project.","rel":"","context":"In "sew alongs"","block_context":{"text":"sew alongs","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/sew-alongs"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TeaPartyDressSATITLE.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":43719,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/03\/tea-party-dress-sew-along-day-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":43620,"position":1},"title":"tea party dress sew-along, day 2","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"March 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the second and final day of the Oliver + S Tea Party Dress sew-along where Sarvi will talk us through finishing up the dress.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/teapartymodeled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":56870,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/08\/sew-tell-mathews-tea-party-sundress.html","url_meta":{"origin":43620,"position":2},"title":"sew + tell: mathew\u2019s tea party sundress","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"August 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"For this edition of Sew + Tell, we have Mathew visiting from Mister Domestic. 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