{"id":59322,"date":"2017-01-23T11:23:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T16:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=59322"},"modified":"2017-01-23T11:23:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T16:23:57","slug":"ask-me-back-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/01\/ask-me-back-again.html","title":{"rendered":"ask me: back again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, friends!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been reading our blog for a while, you might remember that we had a series of posts a while ago in which I answered some of your questions. And you asked good questions! We covered lots of topics: how to <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/12\/ask-me-how-to-buy-a-sewing-machine.html\">buy a sewing machine<\/a>, what to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/05\/ask-me-outgrown-clothing.html\">outgrown clothing<\/a>, how I learned to grade <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/11\/questions-ask-me.html\" target=\"_blank\">sewing pattern sizes<\/a>. So let&#8217;s bring it back again, shall we?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AMgraphBanner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-59325\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AMgraphBanner-760x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AMgraphBanner-760x176.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AMgraphBanner-500x116.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AMgraphBanner-768x178.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AMgraphBanner-1240x287.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear from you: what questions do you have? Ask anything: sewing-related, not sewing-related, whatever is on your mind. Drop me a line at askme@oliverands.com, and I&#8217;ll add your questions to my list. I&#8217;ll try to answer as many as I can since it&#8217;s so much fun to learn what you&#8217;re wondering. And it helps me to help you!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s back again: ask Liesl your questions because our very popular Ask Me series has returned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59326,"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":[105],"class_list":["post-59322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-ask-me"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AMgraphFeatured.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-fqO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59727,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/02\/ask-me-sewing-space-and-sewing-time.html","url_meta":{"origin":59322,"position":0},"title":"ask me: sewing skills and sewing time","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"February 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Ask Me series is back today. 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