{"id":50299,"date":"2015-10-12T09:17:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T13:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=50299"},"modified":"2015-11-09T13:09:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:09:30","slug":"announcing-the-swingset-skirt-sew-along-and-linky-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/10\/announcing-the-swingset-skirt-sew-along-and-linky-party.html","title":{"rendered":"announcing the swingset skirt sew-along and linky party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that there will be big fun ahead as we will be hosting a <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/groups\/sew-alongs\/forum\/topic\/swingset-skirt-sew-along\/\">Swingset Skirt sew-along<\/a> next month. We hope you will join us!<\/p>\n<p>As you know the Swingset Skirt <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/09\/introducing-the-new-swingset-skirt-with-expanded-sizes-including-14.html\">was updated with expanded sizes<\/a> (including size 14!) recently. Liesl has already gathered <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/10\/swingset-skirt-inspiration.html\">Swingset Skirt inspiration<\/a> and put together a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/liesl\/oliver-%2B-s-swingset-skirt-inspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Swingset Skirt inspiration Pinterest board<\/a>, as well. And if that wasn\u2019t enough you can get even more ideas from <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/10\/my-favorite-oliver-s-pattern-melani-aka-sayiamyou.html\">Melani\u2019s favorite pattern post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SSsewalongTITLE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50300\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SSsewalongTITLE-580x954.jpg\" alt=\"Oliver + S Swingset Skirt\" width=\"580\" height=\"954\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to sew a girl a twirly skirt? Check. Want it to have a cute drawstring detail? Got you covered. This is the sew-along for you. The Swingset Skirt has a one of four scissors difficulty level, so really anyone can sew this skirt. Come and sew along with your friends, speaking of which.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>We have something new, fun and exciting this time around. Six talented ladies have been gathered to form a panel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet the Swingset Skirt sew-along panel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brienne from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.briennemoody.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Handmade By Brienne<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Katy from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobigdill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">no big dill<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meredith from <a href=\"http:\/\/oliviajanehandcrafted.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Jane Handcrafted<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rachel from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitched-together.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stitched Together<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sally from <a href=\"http:\/\/sewcoolforthetweenscene.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sew Cool for the Tween Scene<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tara from <a href=\"http:\/\/girllikethesea.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Girl Like the Sea<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To kick off the sew-along, the first week of November we\u2019ll feature each panelist on the blog. Each panelist will talk about their design decisions and fabric choices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swingset Skirt sew-along schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1<\/strong> (Monday November 9th): Prepare the outer skirt and skirt lining<br \/>\n<strong>Day 2<\/strong> (Wednesday November 11th): Assemble the skirt and lining, feed the elastic through the casing<br \/>\n<strong>Day 3<\/strong> (Friday November 13th): Make and insert the drawstring, hem and finish the skirt<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to participate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You know the drill with these sew-alongs. Get your pattern if you haven\u2019t already. It is available as an Oliver + S Singles pattern in both <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/product\/OLV-OS052SS1.html\">paper<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/product\/OLV-OS052SS1-D.html\">digital<\/a> format. Also gather your fabric and supplies, and we will see you in the <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/groups\/sew-alongs\/forum\/\">Discussion Forums Sew Alongs group<\/a> on Monday November 9th!<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to grab this optional button for your blog to show your participation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SSsewalongButton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49864 alignleft\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SSsewalongButton.png\" alt=\"Oliver + S Swingset Skirt Badge\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><textarea cols=\"50\" readonly=\"readonly\" rows=\"16\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/groups\/sew-alongs\/forum\/topic\/swingset-skirt-sew-along\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SSsewalongButton.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enter for your chance to win a great prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enter to win a $100 gift certificate to the Oliver + S website! When you have completed your Swingset Skirt, post it somewhere and then add a link to it using the button below. Any Swingset Skirts made since September 24th, 2015 can be entered. If you sew more than one skirt (because a girl can never have too many twirly skirts, right?), enter each skirt separately. All entries must be submitted by Friday November 20th 11:59 PM ET. The six panelists will vote for their favorite, and the winner will be announced on Monday November 23rd.<\/p>\n<p><!-- start InLinkz script --><\/p>\n<div class='InLinkzContainer' id='572182' >\n    <a rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.inlinkz.com\/new\/view.php?id=572182\" title=\"click to view in an external page.\">An InLinkz Link-up<\/a><\/div>\n<p>    <script type='text\/javascript' src='\/\/static.inlinkz.com\/cs2.js?v=116'><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- end InLinkz script --><\/p>\n<p>Happy Swingset Skirt sewing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You could win a $100 gift certificate to the Oliver + S website when you join us for the Swingset Skirt sew-along!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7455,"featured_media":50300,"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":[20691,29],"class_list":["post-50299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-sew-along","tag-swingset"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SSsewalongTITLE.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-d5h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51503,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/11\/swingset-skirt-sew-along-starts-today.html","url_meta":{"origin":50299,"position":0},"title":"swingset skirt sew-along starts today","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"November 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Join us for Day 1 of the Swingset Skirt sew-along which is running all week in the discussion forums sew-along group.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;general post&quot;","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\/10\/SSsewalongTITLE.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":51045,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/10\/swingset-skirt-fabric-and-drawstring-inspiration.html","url_meta":{"origin":50299,"position":1},"title":"swingset skirt fabric and drawstring inspiration","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"October 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Get fabric, trim and drawstring inspiration for your next Oliver + S Swingset Skirt.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;general post&quot;","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\/10\/swingsetTITLE.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":56449,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/11\/swingset-skirt-sew-along.html","url_meta":{"origin":50299,"position":2},"title":"swingset skirt sew along","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"November 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We're all ready to sew the Oliver + S Swingset Skirt. 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