{"id":80906,"date":"2023-04-13T09:12:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=80906"},"modified":"2023-04-12T13:41:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T17:41:19","slug":"the-santa-rosa-top-dress-from-our-pattern-testers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/04\/the-santa-rosa-top-dress-from-our-pattern-testers.html","title":{"rendered":"the santa rosa top + dress from our pattern testers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a collection of photos from our pattern testers to show you how each of them sewed and wear our new Santa Rosa sewing pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Alice and Melani both chose prints for theirs, but Alice sewed the dress while Melani sewed the top.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80908\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-02-760x1027.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"1027\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-02-760x1027.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-02-500x675.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-02-768x1037.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-02-1137x1536.jpg 1137w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-02-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kiran sewed for her daughter. Love the contrast placket and pocket! Such a good idea for a different look to this style.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80935\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-1-760x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-1-760x487.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-1-500x320.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-1-768x492.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-1-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Addie made her dress in a satin, which I love. And how cute is Rebecca&#8217;s floral print? I think the world needs more florals with a black background.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80907\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-01-760x1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"1098\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-01-760x1098.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-01-500x722.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-01-768x1109.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-01-1063x1536.jpg 1063w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-01-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeanne always finds the most amazing fabrics for her sewing. She didn&#8217;t disappoint us this time, either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80909\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-03-760x1009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"1009\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-03-760x1009.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-03-500x664.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-03-768x1020.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-03-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-03-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maria also used a contrast fabric for the placket, to great effect. And I just told Sue that if she doesn&#8217;t have a fan club already, I&#8217;ll be her first member. She sent me multiple photos of her test garments and styled them all different ways!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80910\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-4-760x1258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"1258\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-4-760x1258.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-4-500x828.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-4-768x1272.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-4-928x1536.jpg 928w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-4-1237x2048.jpg 1237w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-4-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See what I mean? Sue, you&#8217;re my hero.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80911\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-760x1096.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"1096\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-760x1096.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-500x721.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-768x1108.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-1065x1536.jpg 1065w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-05-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can read more about the Santa Rosa pattern <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/04\/introducing-the-santa-rosa-top-dress.html\">right here<\/a>, and of course you can get your own copy in <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/santa-rosa-top-dress-sewing-pattern.html\">paper<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/digital-santa-rosa-top-dress-sewing-pattern.html\">digital format<\/a>. I really can&#8217;t wait to see what you make with it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a look at what our testers did with the new Santa Rosa Top + Dress pattern! So many great fabrics and styling choices they made. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80912,"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":[20876],"class_list":["post-80906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-santa-rosa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rosa-testing-feature.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-l2W","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":81737,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/10\/amarena-dress-from-our-pattern-testers.html","url_meta":{"origin":80906,"position":0},"title":"amarena dress from our pattern testers","author":"Kari","date":"October 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Amarena Dress is an easy pullover style that takes on a whole new look depending on the fabric you choose. 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