{"id":65519,"date":"2018-04-20T09:04:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T13:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=65519"},"modified":"2018-04-20T14:04:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T18:04:41","slug":"weekend-links-erica-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/04\/weekend-links-erica-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"weekend links: erica edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liesl is busy working on the fall patterns, so she hasn\u2019t been able to pull together her usual Friday roundup of links and inspirational images. But don\u2019t despair! We have a special guest contributor for today\u2019s weekending reading post. Our Liesl + Co. Advisors Circle member Erica recently shared a post on teaching her daughter to sew with Girl on the Go<\/a>. She is here now with her recommendations for the weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hello, friends of Liesl!<\/p>\n

As a member of the Advisors Circle<\/a>, I am honored to be able to provide this installment of Weekend Links! As Liesl hunkers down on designing fall patterns for us, my mind is still on planning my spring and summer.<\/p>\n

Weekend Pictures<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my home in urban Toronto, spring means we are in the shoulder season of obtaining locally grown, small farm vegetables. I\u2019m running low on tolerance for my kids\u2019 groans over yet another dinner of lentil and squash soup<\/a> with crusty bread (first world problems\u2026), as our supply of winter root vegetables dwindles. Meanwhile, they are thrilled to see broccoli from the supermarket (shipped from across the globe) on the dinner table. I\u2019m eagerly anticipating the colorful weekly baskets<\/a> from our favorite local farmer this summer.<\/p>\n

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

Has anyone tried putting gathered flared sleeves<\/a> on a Playtime Dress\/Tunic<\/a> or School Bus T-shirt<\/a>, yet? While there isn\u2019t exactly a sleeve like this in the Building Block Book<\/a>, I\u2019m sure I will work it out from other sleeve tutorials in there. In the meantime, I\u2019m confident I can enlarge Liesl\u2019s bow hair tie pattern<\/a> for this decorative treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

I question if I have enough patience to needlepoint<\/a> an entire headboard, but I think my younger son would like this one. I love the star outlines.<\/p>\n

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

My elder son asked me the other day when I would be \u201cdone\u201d sewing. I explained to him that I\u2019m never done, and that I sew for fun just like he builds LEGO vehicles for fun. He then asked if he could sew with me, too. He does not have much interest in clothes, so I\u2019m starting to collect ideas of sewing projects (like Liesl’s “go fishing<\/a>” project) he can do beside me. Summer break is just around the corner, after all! His older sister is always ready to tackle a craft project. Maybe some origami hair clips<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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

Weekend Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n