{"id":54172,"date":"2016-03-24T11:44:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=54172"},"modified":"2017-03-06T05:55:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:55:55","slug":"my-favorite-oliver-s-pattern-ren-from-the-inspired-wren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/03\/my-favorite-oliver-s-pattern-ren-from-the-inspired-wren.html","title":{"rendered":"my favorite oliver + s pattern: ren from the inspired wren"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please welcome the talented Ren to the blog today! Over a year ago we featured her very clever project: an ink-jet printed lazy days skirt<\/a>. She\u2019s here now to discuss her favorite Oliver + S pattern. Thank you so much for stopping by Ren!<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Hello, Oliver + S Friends! I’m Ren Murphy from The Inspired Wren<\/a> where I share inspired sewing, crochet, and crafts. I’m so excited to be here today to share my favorite Oliver + S pattern, the Jump Rope Dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

My very first Jump Rope Dress. My very first ever sewn placket! Corduroy and quilting cotton, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n

I confess it was very difficult for me to choose a favorite. Every time I read one of these posts in the past I would play a little game with myself to see what I would choose to write about, and every time it was whatever pattern I had most recently sewn. From my very first pattern, Puppet Show Shorts and Tunic<\/a>, to the After School Shirt and Pants<\/a>, to the Family Reunion Dress<\/a>, to the Ruffled Halter<\/a>, to mash-ups and beyond, I have never sewn an Oliver + S pattern just once. I have always sewn multiples of each garment with one exception; I still can’t get my model (and daughter), The Peanut, to wear the Lunch Box Culottes<\/a> (which I love) because she can’t decide if they are a skirt or pants and therefore rejects them outright. I’m still hopeful they’ll grow on her because they are so very darling (and luckily I have the larger range of sizes so there’s still time for her to find the culottes love, fingers crossed). But if every other pattern becomes a part of the regular rotation in her wardrobe, I’m okay with one miss out of over thirty-five sews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Christmas perfection! Taffeta tartan, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite my love of all Oliver + S patterns, I’ve finally concluded that my current, and long-standing, all-time favorite is The Jump Rope Dress. It has so much going for it. The two views can create garments that appear so different at first glance; one of those singular patterns that gives you multiple staples for your little one to wear all year long. My favorite part, by far, is how much I feel like a rock star seamstress every time I complete one of the plackets, when all I really do is follow the directions as written!<\/p>\n

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

Lovely Jump Rope plackets, including an Easter dress work-in-progress.<\/em><\/p>\n

So far I have sewn the Jump Rope Dress in corduroy, taffeta, poly-blends, and cotton and I’m not done yet. The fact that I have returned to it again this year, is my proof that I love this one.
\n
\nI currently have an Easter dress version at the machine (another View A\u2014clearly that full skirt reads “holiday” to me). I had to pull myself away from completing it to type this! But there’s a sneak peek up there in the placket-love collage. Lately my favorite make is View B with View A sleeves, minus the pockets, plus a shirttail hem and a thin-elastic gathered waist: a perfect little, on-trend shirt dress. I’ve already sewn two! (You can read more details about this hack at The Inspired Wren<\/a>.) In a breezy cotton or a blend, it is the perfect tunic for Spring and Fall.<\/p>\n

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

Darling B&W gingham in a poly-blend shirting. Sewn September 2015, worn, loved, and finally photographed February 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n

I also adore playing with contrast fabrics on the plackets and sleeve tabs\/cuffs. And apparently I have a thing for orange. (Aside: I have an orange front door<\/a>, carry a large orange tote<\/a>, and wear a decade-old orange blazer jacket. Yet I only recently realized it is my favorite color. Sometimes I just miss the obvious.)<\/p>\n

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

I always love chambray with pops of color, here paired with quilting cotton, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

But now I must get back to finishing up that Easter version. Apparently I’m a sucker for a good holiday plaid. This time with bunny buttons!<\/p>\n

Thanks for having me today, Liesl, Todd, and the Oliver + S team. It’s been a privilege.<\/p>\n

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

Come stop by The Inspired Wren<\/a> and have a look around. Explore to learn more ABOUT ME<\/a>, find a great TUTORIAL<\/a> or two, or simply scroll through a gallery of Oliver + S Creations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Need even more? You can also find me on Instagram<\/a>, Pinterest<\/a>, and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Would you like to take a little stroll down sewing-memory-lane? If so, head over to see Liesl\u2019s introduction to the Jump Rope Dress pattern view A<\/a> and view B<\/a> from August 2009!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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