April 2021

Have we mentioned that we like to sew patterns in pairs (at least)?? You see, understanding the steps of the pattern sometimes take the greatest amount of time! So, when you understand a step . . . why not do it twice?? We’ve found that it saves quite a bit of time for us! That […]

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A Carousel IN the zoo?? Well . . .errr . . . make that an Oliver + S, Carousel Dress in zoo fabric: Liberty of London, Queue for the Zoo (a different colorway can be found HERE). When we saw this fabric, we knew we wanted to sew something for our animal loving niece! You […]

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We have always loved a good Oliver + S, Playtime Tunic. But as EA grew, we wondered how this “style” would work for a growing child. EA has entered her “tween years”, and seems to be growing before our eyes. Ultimately, we decided that if we chose the “right fabric” . . . EA would […]

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Season in and season out we love the Oliver and S, Playtime Tunic and Dress pattern! This pattern can be sewn with knit OR cotton. Of course, once the nieces received a knit version, the cotton version took a DISTANT second place with pattern preference. We sewed CL a size 8, Oliver + S playtime […]

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So . . . .we tried something new. . . . . . a new pattern (for us). . . Specifically, a new KNIT pattern (for us). We thought the Cali Faye, Perri Pullover would work nicely for EA as she enters her “tween” years, so she received two pullovers – both sewn as a size […]

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Soooo, we intentionally sewed something for the youngest niece, LG. You know how it goes: those poor third children . . . always seeming to be slighted on receiving new handmades. But, this time was different. She was going to get something “all. her. own.” We sewed the Children’s Corner, Frannie Dress (size 7, from […]

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