{"id":59106,"date":"2017-01-04T12:36:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T17:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=59106"},"modified":"2017-01-04T12:46:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T17:46:26","slug":"bestnine-and-sewing-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/01\/bestnine-and-sewing-goals.html","title":{"rendered":"#bestnine and sewing goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you use Instagram, you’ve almost certainly seen these mosaic posts everywhere for the past few weeks. They’re a compilation of the\u00a0 most-liked photos from last year, and you can visit 2016bestnine.com<\/a> to generate your own. Here is ours<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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

Do you know what I love about this collection of images? Many of them are from you, our customers and friends! You did some really lovely sewing in 2016, and we get so excited when we see all the wonderful things you’re making. I hope you’ve stopped to consider the year and how much you accomplished. I’d love to see collections of your Oliver + S, Liesl + Co, Lisette for Butterick, and Straight Stitch Society makes from last year. I hope you\u2019ll consider making a mosaic of your 2016 Oliver + S sewing to add to the Flickr group<\/a> or post it to Instagram (use #2016oliverands so we can find you). (Mosaic Maker<\/a> is a good tool that makes quick work of it.) We\u2019ll do a round-up of your mosaics sometime in the next couple of weeks when you\u2019ve had time to assemble and post them. You might be surprised to see everything you made, and you might be even more surprised when you see how much your children have grown!<\/p>\n

So here’s to 2017 and all the exciting opportunities it will bring for more sewing and for developing your sewing skills. I’m busy developing a long list of tutorials and ideas that we’ll be sharing with you this year, and I think it’s going to be a great year. We’re going to have a lot of fun together.<\/p>\n

What are you hoping to accomplish this year? Do you have any sewing plans or goal? Or do you prefer to wing it?<\/p>\n

Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you looked back on what you made in 2016? What are you looking forward to making in 2017?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59110,"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":[],"class_list":["post-59106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mosaic-banner.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-fnk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63281,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/11\/15-tips-to-improve-your-sewing.html","url_meta":{"origin":59106,"position":0},"title":"15 tips to improve your sewing","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"November 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Want to improve your sewing skills? 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