{"id":9270,"date":"2013-12-10T10:14:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T15:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=9270"},"modified":"2018-11-28T14:42:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:42:18","slug":"my-favorite-oliver-s-pattern-rachel-from-nest-full-of-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/12\/my-favorite-oliver-s-pattern-rachel-from-nest-full-of-eggs.html","title":{"rendered":"my favorite oliver + s pattern: rachel from nest full of eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next up in our new\u00a0Favorite Pattern Series<\/a> is Rachel from Nest Full of Eggs<\/a> (you may know her as saganaga<\/a>\u00a0in the flickr group). \u00a0Rachel sews beautiful, detailed, classic clothes for her children and we’re happy to have her here today talking about her favorite Oliver + S pattern.<\/em><\/p>\n

The School Photo Dress<\/a> is my favorite Oliver + S pattern because of its simplicity and clean lines. It’s classic, timeless, fully lined, and has a professional finish. My daughter and I are huge fans of pockets so my favorite detail on this dress is the hidden kangaroo pocket.<\/p>\n

Learning new sewing skills is what happens when you purchase an Oliver + S sewing pattern.The first time I ever installed an invisible zipper was following the instructions with the School Photo Dress back in January 2012. After that, I pulled out those paper instructions every time I put one in other garments (until I got the PDF for the Fairy Tale Dress<\/a> later that year and now I can pull it up on my laptop).<\/p>\n

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

So, what is the School Photo Dress? It is described as this: “This lined, above-the-knee-length, A-line dress features a hidden, on-seam, front kangaroo pocket and an invisible back zipper. View A has a stand-away, roll collar and 3\/4-length cuffed sleeves. View B includes a ruffle collar and gathered, bias-bound, 3\/4-length sleeves.”<\/p>\n

What else you will develop when sewing this dress: collar, gathering, kangaroo pockets, lining, and set-in sleeves.<\/p>\n

It has a difficulty level: 3 out of 4 scissors and is available from size 6M to 12 in both digital<\/a> and paper<\/a>\u00a0format.<\/p>\n

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

I have sewn the School Photo Dress only one time so far, sewing another one has been on my sewing list for a long time. Almost two years ago I sewed one up<\/a>\u00a0by the pattern following view A in a check pattern, brown with pale pink. My girl has long outgrown it and the dress was then donated to charity. I would really like to try making one in view A with view B sleeves. Although the dress is fully lined, for an even more polished inside, try finishing the armhole seams with bias binding.<\/p>\n

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

There are so many lovely creations using this pattern, I gathered a half dozen to share with you today.<\/p>\n

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

perfectly finished back details<\/a>\u00a0by Night Knitter<\/em><\/p>\n

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

with felt flowers and without kangaroo pocket<\/a> by A Stitch a Day<\/em><\/p>\n

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

a tween look in taffeta<\/a> by sanderson1010<\/em><\/p>\n

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

sleeveless in floral<\/a> by justmejay<\/em><\/p>\n

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

in stripes<\/a> by siestas & sewing<\/em><\/p>\n

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

with pom pom trim<\/a>\u00a0by Nicole 1974<\/em><\/p>\n

You can check out lots more versions of the School Photo Dress in the Oliver + S Flickr Group<\/a>!<\/p>\n

In the comment section please let me know which of all the Oliver + S sewing patterns is your personal favorite design. I’d love to hear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rachel from Nest Full of Eggs visits the blog to talk about her favorite Oliver + S pattern–the School Photo Dress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14985,"featured_media":9281,"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":[49],"class_list":["post-9270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-school-photo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Straight-on-SPD.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-2pw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11199,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/05\/introducing-rachel.html","url_meta":{"origin":9270,"position":0},"title":"introducing rachel","author":"Todd Gibson","date":"May 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we welcome Rachel Le Grand as the newest contributor to the Oliver + S blog.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/LeGrand_029.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8002,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/10\/customizing-with-oliver-s-the-10-stripes-fairy-tale-dress.html","url_meta":{"origin":9270,"position":1},"title":"customizing with oliver + s: the 10 stripes fairy tale dress","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"October 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Rachel from Nest Full of Eggs joins us with a guest tutorial detailing how she made her 10 Stripes Fairy Tale Dress.","rel":"","context":"In "tutorials"","block_context":{"text":"tutorials","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/tutorials"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10stripesT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7685,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/09\/a-lovely-library-dress.html","url_meta":{"origin":9270,"position":2},"title":"a lovely library dress","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"September 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We gave a few of our favorite bloggers an early shot at the new patterns to see what they would do with them. 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