{"id":53523,"date":"2016-02-19T10:52:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T15:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=53523"},"modified":"2016-02-19T12:57:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T17:57:27","slug":"weekend-links-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/02\/weekend-links-17.html","title":{"rendered":"weekend links"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello friends!<\/p>\n

What have you been up to this week? We’ve been busy shooting the final sections of my book (so many photo shoots for this book; I think we’re up to six full days of photos and still counting!), and we’re preparing for a visit from Todd’s parents which will coincide with S’s birthday on Sunday. How can she possibly be turning eleven? She’s more excited about her grandparents’ visit than her birthday, I think, but it’s certain to be a fun celebration.<\/p>\n

Quite a few of you have been participating in the Gallery Tunic + Dress sew-along<\/a>, and you’ve been asking great questions. I can’t wait to see how they turn out! Don’t forget to post your photos to enter the contest too, won’t you?<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I’m off to crawl around on the floor for another couple of days while we finish these photos. Being a photo stylist is exhausting work!<\/p>\n

Pinterest Picks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have we already talked about this dress? I think we may have, but I’m posting it again because it’s so good. This style reminds me so much of a sleeveless Cinema Dress<\/a> (or Hide-and-Seek Dress<\/a>) with color blocking, I love it. And summer isn’t that far away now, is it?<\/p>\n

\"feb<\/a>pinterest link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

As long as we’re talking Hide-and-Seek or Cinema Dresses, what about this one? I love the idea of using a heavily embroidered or very special fabric for just the yoke. The metallic details are just perfect.<\/p>\n

\"feb<\/a>pinterest link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

All that Portuguese tile we saw during our trip to Lisbon in December is still on my mind. I love the graphic simplicity of this tile, which would make a gorgeous modern quilt. Actually, it looks like my friend Christopher has been working on something along these lines<\/a> already!<\/p>\n

\"feb<\/a>pinterest link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Our Hopscotch Skirt + Top<\/a> pattern has been a very popular pattern over the years. This style from Boden is similar and could be great inspiration for a spring sewing project.<\/p>\n

\"feb<\/a>pinterest link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

This jacket. Is. Stunning.<\/p>\n

\"feb<\/a>pinterest link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Weekend Reading (and Watching)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Spanish friends suggested that I watch the TV series Velvet on Netflix<\/a> to help improve my Spanish. It’s a bit soap-opera-y, but the premise of the show is quite fun. It’s set in 1950’s Madrid (just a few blocks from our apartment!) in a fictional department store that develops its own couture collections in-house. Of course the costumes are great, and the stories are engrossing if you can overlook the occasional melodrama. I won’t say more for fear of spoilers, but once I’ve finished watching all the episodes with English subtitles (on the U.S. site) I plan to go back and watch again with Spanish subtitles (on the Spanish site). That will give me a chance to review some of my favorite dress details, too. I’ve hit pause to study a few of the dresses at length.<\/li>\n
  2. And since you can’t read subtitles when you’re sewing, here’s a podcast to keep you otherwise occupied during the important parts of the day. Stuff you Missed in History Class is a fun history-based podcast that occasionally includes fashion and fashion history as well as a whole lot of other interesting topics. I especially enjoyed this older podcast about Charles Fredrick Worth and the Birth of Haute Couture<\/a>. He was quite the innovator, wasn’t he?<\/li>\n
  3. The Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute just opened a new exhibit that looks absolutely fascinating. “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology<\/a>” highlights the intersection of technology and hand-made clothing. Don’t miss the slideshow! So many great details to examine.<\/li>\n
  4. When is a spoon not just a spoon? Abby Glassenberg<\/a> on craft, art, and the difference between the two.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    OK, have a wonderful weekend! I’ll be back next week to introduce you to my two newest Lisette for Butterick patterns. Can’t wait! Spring sewing, here we come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Liesl is here with her usual Friday Pinterest picks, reading, listening, looking, and watching suggestions in this edition of Weekend Links. 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