The Oliver + S, Jump Rope Dress is AHHHH-MAZ-ING!! Seriously . . . The details of this pattern BLOW. OUR. MINDS. Time and time again!! That, and when you purchase the pattern it is practically like buying two separate dress patterns – the view A and B styles are so different! We have sewn our […]

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The Oliver + S, Pinwheel Slip Dress has been a favorite of EA’s for QUITE. SOME. TIME. Some of our “early creations” for her can be seen HERE {the first one} and HERE {for a particular Disney character}. So, this is a pattern that has withstood the test of time . . . and the love continues […]

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It doesn’t get much sweeter than this, does it?!?!? While there isn’t a whole lot to say about the Oliver + S, Popover Sundress, our pictures speak volumes! The Oliver + S, Popover Sundress is a FREE pattern, available for download as a PDF. It ranges in size from 2 – 8. We sewed LG […]

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EA has always been partial to a drop waist dress. Perhaps she was “sold” on this style from the Charlie Dresses we have made her . . . sewn HERE and HERE. Or, it might have been due to her Oliver + S, Croquet Dress . . . sewn HERE. And then there are the Oliver + […]

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“Stash Busting” seems to be a recurring issue with us. As soon as we THINK we have our fabric manageable . . . we realize we don’t. Recently, we have been making a concentrated effort to “use our stash” . . . and, this was on of those sewing projects. We refer to this dress […]

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My 1st grade students LOVE the “Who Would Win?” series by Jerry Pallotta. Love. love, love them . . . and beg for other competitions to be written. These books are highly engaging and thought provoking for the elementary student.  They definitely tap into higher order thinking, and I love hearing student reasoning for the […]

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The Oliver + S, Jump Rope Dress is one that is FULL. OF. DETAILS. Sleeve tabs, pockets, collar and placket, sash with belt loops . . . ALL that make this pattern truly unique. We sewed EA the Oliver + S, Jump Rope Dress in a size 6. Our only change to the pattern was […]

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One’s sewing style takes its share of twists and turns along the way. . . Some of the first things we sewed for our nieces we can only shake our heads about now . . . And then, there are those patterns you don’t give a second glance. Until a sewn version online catches your […]

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We don’t pattern test much these days. But, the time was right, and we thought we could squeeze one into our “sewing schedule”. We love and appreciate Children’s Corner patterns. These patterns are some of the first we ever sewed. And, they are ones that fit our nieces quite well, with minimal {if any} adjustments, […]

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We apologize for the shift in posts, but had a few items we wanted to share before it becomes 100 degrees and these creations are a bit irrelevant {except for our readers on the other side of the world}. There are LOADS more “Disney Inspired” outfits to come . . . so bear with us […]

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Many times when the nieces come for a visit, we have a low-key sort of weekend…. But between the snow, and the community college’s weekend performance of “Disney through the Decades”, it was anything but low-key! Okay, okay….So, we bent some rules and broke the girls’ curfew!! Although we were all past going by the […]

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