{"id":75457,"date":"2020-07-24T12:46:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T16:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=75457"},"modified":"2020-07-24T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T20:00:32","slug":"sewing-small-talk-which-do-you-choose-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/07\/sewing-small-talk-which-do-you-choose-first.html","title":{"rendered":"sewing small talk: which do you choose first?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/07\/weekend-links-115.html\">Tooth Fairy stories<\/a> last week! So fun. I always enjoy your comments on our posts.<\/p>\n<p>This week, tell me about your design process! Which do you choose first: the fabric or the sewing pattern\/style? Or does it depend on the project?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-pattern-or-fabric.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-75460 size-large\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-pattern-or-fabric-760x748.jpg\" alt=\"Which comes first: sewing pattern or fabric?\" width=\"760\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-pattern-or-fabric-760x748.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-pattern-or-fabric-500x492.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-pattern-or-fabric-768x756.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/13-pattern-or-fabric-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m curious to hear about your thought process.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be back next week with some special coordinating outfit ideas for you. In the meantime, have a wonderful weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tell us about your sewing project design process: do you choose the sewing pattern or the fabric first?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":63964,"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":[20792],"class_list":["post-75457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-small-talk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/PDFHero.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-jD3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72752,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/09\/sewing-small-talk-how-do-you-choose-a-sewing-pattern.html","url_meta":{"origin":75457,"position":0},"title":"sewing small talk: how do you choose a sewing pattern?","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"September 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"In today's installment of Sewing Small Talk, Liesl asks about what attracts you to a particular sewing pattern. 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