oliver and s | Ava's Lookbook

I’m a little late posting this, but this was my Easter outfit. I’ve been contemplating whether or not to try the Everyday Skirt pattern for a while. I think I was just a little scared to sew for myself. But after making this shirt for myself, I felt pretty confident in at least giving it a try. By the way I’m so flattered and excited that my metro tee got featured on two major blogs, thanks Rae, Kristin and Liesl!!

I used a fun abstract-ish floral linen look fabric from Joann. It was really awesome to sew with and has a nice little weight and drape to it. According to my measurements I fell under the size xs. I didn’t make any major modifications, but I took quite a bit off the bottom for the hem.

The pattern was a dream to sew, seriously if you’ve been on the fence about sewing for yourself I highly recommend this pattern…you will love!

P.S.- Ava was my Photographer again! 🙂

I found this amazing Liberty of London Tresco fabric at the coolest online fabric store called Jones & Vandermeer. It was so bright and colorful I HAD to have it. Then I came across this post by Straightgrain on her super fun fabric manipulation technique she calls Improvisational Pleating…genius. I was so inspired, I started with the faux seaming technique, but I really want to try the other two as well!

For the pattern, I used the Music Box Jumper. I used a grey sweatshirt fleece for the bodice, which in retrospect was a little thick for the technique I used. I used the Liberty Tresco for the skirt which was wonderful to work with by the way! I skipped the little faux pockets that usually go with this pattern and added a jumbo black sparkly ric-rac instead, super fun right?

I had so much fun creating this bright happy look. I can’t wait to try the two other improvisational pleating techniques!!

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Floral Everyday Skirt

Tresco Music Box Jumper