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Apr 21, 2017 16:16:47 GMT
Post by Miranda on Apr 21, 2017 16:16:47 GMT
Might be worth a try at making your own.
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Apr 21, 2017 16:56:44 GMT
Post by Miranda on Apr 21, 2017 16:56:44 GMT
Ok, I need your help, fellow crafters! I'm really bad at putting colours together. So, I have this photo of the t-shirts I have picked apart (without the black and white ones) and I'm planning to use them as tshirts but with trimming around the neck and down the front and maybe around the bottom with another colour. I may also make false sleeves of another colour. So, do any of these colours go together? The second colour is pale blue. It looks white on the photo.
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Apr 21, 2017 17:29:11 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 17:29:11 GMT
Personally, I'd go for the blues together and the other to together. Or you could put the left two together and the right two together..
Whether you go for shades of similar colours together or a complete contrast is purely a matter of taste. Whatever you choose will be right for you..
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Apr 21, 2017 17:37:52 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 17:37:52 GMT
I'd just love to find a nice tight but soft t shirt material crop vest style bra that would accommodate some padding being lop sided after a mastectomy ... I have bought SO many but have yet to find something comfortable that's not hideously "huge" with very wide straps, and is also feminine. They all seem to ride up the padded side or the weighted plastic boobies get hot and sticky. About time there was a GOOD non frumpy range available that was affordable too. (And not amoena) I would think it depends on your age and the look you want. I'm 74 and gravity has had its effects. I'm more comfortable in the Belvia-type pull on bras which don't do anything for my shape - but they're comfortable and that's my main aim nowadays for just about everything. Is there a support group that you can be in touch with? I doubt that you're the only person with that problem, and collectively you might be able to come up with a good idea.
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Apr 23, 2017 19:44:01 GMT
Post by Miranda on Apr 23, 2017 19:44:01 GMT
Thanks for the advice on the colours, Janet.
I've spent the last hours measuring, cutting out and tacking the first shirt. Made it slightly too small around the ribs so will have to adjust it but it can wait until tomorrow as I'm now knackered!
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Jun 1, 2017 12:00:22 GMT
Post by beverley61 on Jun 1, 2017 12:00:22 GMT
I'd just love to find a nice tight but soft t shirt material crop vest style bra that would accommodate some padding being lop sided after a mastectomy ... I have bought SO many but have yet to find something comfortable that's not hideously "huge" with very wide straps, and is also feminine. They all seem to ride up the padded side or the weighted plastic boobies get hot and sticky. About time there was a GOOD non frumpy range available that was affordable too. (And not amoena) I would think it depends on your age and the look you want. I'm 74 and gravity has had its effects. I'm more comfortable in the Belvia-type pull on bras which don't do anything for my shape - but they're comfortable and that's my main aim nowadays for just about everything. Is there a support group that you can be in touch with? I doubt that you're the only person with that problem, and collectively you might be able to come up with a good idea. My aunt in a similar position bought bras she liked and then took them to an alteration shop to have a soft brushed cotton pocket stitched into the cup. She found wedding dress specialists were the best because they were used to soft fabrics, bones and wires. They could of course take the thick straps off your other bras and attach thin ones of your choice. Also crop top bras are very fashionable at the moment with young girls who are wearing them out to town on their own or with a chiffon t-shirt, you could try some of the sports shops and then add a little lace or trim to the edges.
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Jun 1, 2017 12:12:27 GMT
Post by beverley61 on Jun 1, 2017 12:12:27 GMT
A colleague in my office has just recommended Bare Necessities website, she says their bras are very pretty. Might be worth a look, I just thought I would ask her because I know she hates the big bras from other places.
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Jun 1, 2017 18:20:27 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 18:20:27 GMT
I would think it depends on your age and the look you want. I'm 74 and gravity has had its effects. I'm more comfortable in the Belvia-type pull on bras which don't do anything for my shape - but they're comfortable and that's my main aim nowadays for just about everything. Is there a support group that you can be in touch with? I doubt that you're the only person with that problem, and collectively you might be able to come up with a good idea. My aunt in a similar position bought bras she liked and then took them to an alteration shop to have a soft brushed cotton pocket stitched into the cup. She found wedding dress specialists were the best because they were used to soft fabrics, bones and wires. They could of course take the thick straps off your other bras and attach thin ones of your choice. Also crop top bras are very fashionable at the moment with young girls who are wearing them out to town on their own or with a chiffon t-shirt, you could try some of the sports shops and then add a little lace or trim to the edges. I'm currently braless. Radiotherapy around where the bra band goes has made my skin sensitive as well as wearing a bra uncomfortable. It's not a pretty sight, but I've resorted to wearing a T-shirt or vest with a loose blouse over the top to hide the worst of the effects of gravity. Don't think most people notice.
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Jun 1, 2017 19:33:06 GMT
Post by Miranda on Jun 1, 2017 19:33:06 GMT
I do something similar. I wear a tight tight tshirt under a looser vest. Much more comfortable and not as sweaty.
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Jul 22, 2018 18:43:19 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 18:43:19 GMT
Earlier in the year I had to buy a new outfit (top!) for a wedding. Not a posh outfit as I certainly don't do posh. My family would not be surprised if I turned up in my usual jeans but I always wear trousers. So that is easily solved - black trousers.
We went to the nearest big town (about 70 odd miles away) and I duly trooped around in a very dispirited manner. I do HATE shopping for clothes and I'm a misery for anyone with me.
I found that I was looking for a particular style top and in dark colours. I am very precise about what I want and it dawned on me that I should attempt to make it. The idea being that once I have a basic pattern I can embellish it.
So . . . this is the third weekend that I am cutting and slashing and piecing together numerous patterns to try to make the basic style that suits me and most importantly FITS me. I am using up the metres of material I have accumulated to make a pattern but the tops I have so far sewn up don't fall right. So . . I am now going to cut up some nice material I found last weekend when tidying up.
I admire those on the telly show Sewing Bee who actually produce clothes that fit!!
Ok . . I must stop putting it off and just CUT!!
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Jul 22, 2018 19:06:28 GMT
Post by Miranda on Jul 22, 2018 19:06:28 GMT
Good luck!
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Jul 22, 2018 20:17:29 GMT
Post by cakewalk on Jul 22, 2018 20:17:29 GMT
If anyone can do it, Lara ... it'll be you. Keep at it!
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Jul 23, 2018 7:39:04 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2018 7:39:04 GMT
Many, many, may years ago I did a City and Guilds course in dressmaking and pattern cutting - it ruined me. Prior to that I could look at a picture of any outfit, cut the material without a pattern and it would fit and hang perfectly. Once I did that course, I couldn't do that any more, but had to make a pattern for everything.
There are several books available to buy or from libraries on how to cut patterns - it isn't diffcult once you've made a basic block to your own measurements. You can pick what you want for neckines, collars, sleeves, drapes, pleats - in fact anything - and the books will show you how to achieve the pattern. Very cheap to do with newspaper, scissors and pins.
I did pick up (again many, many years ago) a copy of the Lutterloh pattern cutting system from a charity shop for a couple of pounds - currently on sale at Create and Craft TV at well over £100 - and that works very well. It consists of A5 loose leaf pages with a picture of the garment on one side and small scale pattern pieces on the other. You take just a few of your own measurements and, usng a tape measure with a specially scaled bit (available for download from various helpful web sites), follow imsructions from those web sites to create full sized pattern pieces from the scaled down one. Every one I've tried fitted pefectly.
I always find altering a pattern and altering clothes more difficult than starting from scratch. No pattern ever seems to have exactly what I want.
Best of luck in making what you want. If there are any flaws, only you will notice them.
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Jul 23, 2018 8:52:58 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2018 8:52:58 GMT
Thanks Janet. I envy your skill at cutting out patterns, it's shame the C&G course took that spontaneity away. Do you still sew?
It's funny how things turn out. After my foundation course at Art School I, for some forgotten and obscure reason went in the Graphics direction. Why?? I then went to teacher training college and for three years NEVER entered the room with 4 massive looms in. I don't have many regrets but that is one. I'd been sewing since I was about 12 or 13 so why didn't I take textile courses? Hindsight is a wonderful thing! I started yet another top last night. I tried on my favourite ever top and really studied the sleeves. I think the answer (for me) is to incorporate shoulder padding. All the tops I have that I like have shoulder pads. This is an ongoing project that only gets my attention when the sun shines or when I need to wear something smart!
I have the Betty Foster book with basic patterns . . . just been and dug it out. 1980. I have had this book for thirty odd years and never used it. Shame on me.
Anyway will have to pack it all away again as I have a couple of presents to make for next weekend and also someone has kindly given me several bottles of dyes. I have dug out all the white sheets I have collected over the years and am going to experiment today.
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Jul 23, 2018 9:25:32 GMT
Post by cakewalk on Jul 23, 2018 9:25:32 GMT
Enjoy your day off Lara and I hope all goes well.
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