{"id":80916,"date":"2023-04-12T09:55:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=80916"},"modified":"2023-04-12T13:41:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T17:41:02","slug":"sintra-halter-sewing-from-our-pattern-testers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/04\/sintra-halter-sewing-from-our-pattern-testers.html","title":{"rendered":"sintra halter sewing from our pattern testers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends!<\/p>\n<p>If you know our friend Janice you might also recognize her daughter. We&#8217;ve basically watched her grow up in our patterns, so it&#8217;s a pleasure to see her wearing this top her mom made for her. Cute fabric! Also love this tie-dye pattern that Rhythm chose for her version of the dress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sintra-testing-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80917\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sintra-testing-01-760x1048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"1048\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sintra-testing-01-760x1048.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sintra-testing-01-500x690.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sintra-testing-01-768x1059.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sintra-testing-01-1114x1536.jpg 1114w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sintra-testing-01-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remember when I said Jeanne never fails to pick the perfect fabrics? She&#8217;s done it again, twice!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80918\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-02-760x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-02-760x637.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-02-500x419.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-02-768x644.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-02-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melani chose such a cute print, too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80920\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-04-760x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-04-760x477.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-04-500x314.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-04-768x482.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-04-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Sue nailed it again, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80934\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-05-760x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-05-760x627.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-05-500x413.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-05-768x634.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-05-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well done, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/04\/introducing-the-sintra-halter-top-dress.html\">read more about this pattern here<\/a>, and pick up your own copy in <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/sintra-halter-dress-top-sewing-pattern.html\">paper <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/digital-sintra-halter-dress-top-sewing-pattern.html\">digital format<\/a>. As always, I really can&#8217;t wait to see how you make this style your own!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our testers did such a great job with this pattern, we wanted you to see how nicely their sewing turned out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80965,"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":[20875],"class_list":["post-80916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-sintra"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sintra-testing-feature-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-l36","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83826,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2025\/09\/havana-pajamas-from-our-testers.html","url_meta":{"origin":80916,"position":0},"title":"havana pajamas from our testers","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"September 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"What fabric will you choose for your Havana Pajamas? 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