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RoseFromThule Advanced Beginner FRANCE Member since 3/3/10 Posts: 392	Login to reply to this post 4 members like this. Date: 7/20/12 11:40 AM ... when you scare the salespersons in the changing rooms. Salesperson : "So, how did it go ?" Me : "I take the skirt but not the button down" SP : "Oh, and what was the issue?" Me : "Mmmm ... you want the short or the long answer ?" SP (clearly bored by the lack of customers) : "The long answer!" Me : "Soooo .... The shoulder slope is not deep enough for me. I also seem to have some kind of forward shoulder issue that doesn't agree with the sleeve shape, but then it's not the shirt's fault. The back neck is gaping like mad - actually, the whole back fit is off, of course, since it has no shape to speak of - really, no back dart in a fitted button-down ? Oh, and the bust apex is approximately 1" lower than mine, which is something I have never seen before, and it looks like an FBA gone mad. And the hem is wavy and the top button is loose. " SP : " ... but the color is pretty, isn't it ?" -- Edited on 7/20/12 11:41 AM -- ------ Meet me at rosemiracles.wordpress.com
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1253	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 7/20/12 11:45 AM Fun thread! ...when a girl with a gorgeous jacket passes me in the subway. So I run up ahead of her 1 or 2 traincar lengths and then flip around so I can see it full face. If I miss some vital details, I might do it again if there's enough train platform left. Remember, this kind of behavior can get the crip beat out of you in NY... j.
RoseFromThule Advanced Beginner FRANCE Member since 3/3/10 Posts: 392	Login to reply to this post In reply to jadamo00 << 1 member likes this. Date: 7/20/12 11:54 AM Quote: jadamo00 Fun thread! ...when a girl with a gorgeous jacket passes me in the subway. So I run up ahead of her 1 or 2 traincar lengths and then flip around so I can see it full face. If I miss some vital details, I might do it again if there's enough train platform left. Remember, this kind of behavior can get the crip beat out of you in NY... j. Oh yes. I often find myself watching people fixedly while taking mental notes of fit issues, fabrics, seaming details ... ------ Meet me at rosemiracles.wordpress.com
Vintage Joan Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9402	Login to reply to this post In reply to jadamo00 << Like this post Date: 7/20/12 11:56 AM Quote: Remember, this kind of behavior can get the crip beat out of you in NY... Yes, but there are also a lot of eccentrics in NYC. A lot of people probably aren't even noticing when you do stuff like this. ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
Learn To Sew   Intermediate WA USA Member since 4/12/05 Posts: 8229	Login to reply to this post In reply to RoseFromThule << Like this post Date: 7/20/12 12:00 PM I would have loved to have seen her face when you started telling her all this. She clearly had no idea what you were talking about---but we do. Usually the bust apex is 1-2 inches higher than what we would use, so having it lower is really strange. "But the color is pretty, isn't it?" was fabulous. ------ Quilting is relaxing to me. I love to play with fabrics, patterns and colors. Bernina 630 machine only Pfaff 2036 Babylock Molly Bernina 1200DA serger Unique Sewing Cabinet 450L
tgm and Kittys   Advanced Beginner WI USA Member since 3/8/10 Posts: 7048	Login to reply to this post In reply to RoseFromThule << Like this post Date: 7/20/12 12:01 PM This is a fun topic! ... Also when you go up to someone & ask where they bought their fabric..... Sometimes you just gotta know! ------ I am a gal from Kalamazoo.... oh what a gal... smile.... It is in Michigan... la la la ...love that Glen Miller classic! Home of Abigail The Babykins & Lil Mittee kitty >^,,^ Be Still, & Know That I am, God + Please say a prayer for my poor feet. ... + .10 weeks down ..4 weeks more to go.. Shoes & supports ordered. Thanks everyone for your prayers. 6/8/13 smile
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1253	Login to reply to this post In reply to Vintage Joan << 1 member likes this. Date: 7/20/12 12:29 PM Quote: Vintage Joan there are also a lot of eccentrics in NYC. A lot of people probably aren't even noticing when you do stuff like this. This is true! No matter what weird thing I'm doing, it's the guy dressed up like a Viking that always seems to get the attention... About a month ago, I backed out of a subway car after I entered to see a totally naked man. There was already a cop there, but the cop wasn't taking him off the train. He was saying to him, "Put them back on, and don't let me have to tell you again this week!" j. -- Edited on 7/20/12 12:36 PM --
bakertoo Intermediate WA USA Member since 12/26/08 Posts: 265	Login to reply to this post Like this post Subject: You know youre too much into sewing ... Date: 7/20/12 12:30 PM I stare at people and their clothing too, even though my mom always told me it was not polite!!! I always think of Bill Cunningham, and his photos when I stare, and think, well, he can get away with it, why not me... -- Edited on 7/20/12 12:32 PM --
ryan's mom PA USA Member since 11/30/04 Posts: 4390	Login to reply to this post Like this post Subject: You know youre too much into sewing ... Date: 7/20/12 12:42 PM When people ask me seemingly simple sewing or fitting questions and I go off on a tangent of multiple possibilities of which they won't understand. Followed by me looking at their slack-jawed, wide-eyed look and me correcting myself and saying, "Let me give you the plain, everyday English answer..." There's sewing conversation and plain everyday conversation. I always have to remember that my everyday friends engage in everyday conversation with everyday questions that need everyday answers. Sewing answers are usually not appreciated lol. ------ Big 4 Pattern size 12, RTW bottom: 6, RTW jacket 8, RTW top (no size fits me well!) Measurements: 34 HB/36 FB (34C bra)/27.5/36 (and working hard to keep it that way.) Machines: Sewing (Janome Memory Craft 3000 and Kenmore 158 Series machine), Serger (Babylock Imagine), Embroidery (Janome 300E) If you think your sewing is better than everyone else's around here, get out of my way b****. I hate sewing snobs. My blog: www.phatchickdesigns.blogspot.com
allycovey   Intermediate AR USA Member since 11/16/07 Posts: 1433	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 7/20/12 1:03 PM I love to watch period movies to see how the costumes are made. Some great current shows have fantastic wardrobes

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