No, it's not like the Mary Poppin's bag

[WhiteRose]

Hey, if I ever get my iOffer store rolling at a good pace, maybe i'll start selling more SCA stuff...I have a satin tunic but it wasn't successful on eBay...and i need a better camera to take another picture of it...

[Ellain]

SCA!

I am a member too! I'm still slooowwly working on my first complete costume- I have a cloak finished except for waterproofing and an underdress waiting for hemming and any embellishments I decide I need. My husband and I are working on them together- I'm pretty good at cutting patterns and pinning, but the big machine intimidates me. I really need to work on that!

[WhiteRose]

Yeah, we have the little button sewing machine thingies. I hate them. Just use a thread and needle, it's actually much easier.

and probably more cost-effective...

I like sewing by hand...although for simpler longer seams a sewing machine is my best friend...

Leather, however...having to repair BY HAND actual leather....argh...

[flutes_and_fabric]

Yeah, we have the little button sewing machine thingies. I hate them. Just use a thread and needle, it's actually much easier.

[WhiteRose]

they DO have sewing machines that are really small. like, as big as a staple-gun-or-smaller...as far as i know they work like crap unless you get the original...the new remakes suck.

[flutes_and_fabric]

BTW, Flutes, how did the other customers react to the SC? I'm hoping they laughed at her.

They were mostly cool about it. I did notice a lot of giggles, a bunch of sighs and some name calling. One guy in the line put down a small box of thread and said "there's a sewing machine in here, right?"

[WhiteRose]

for pattern? i used a simple T-Tunic pattern, with a boat-neck opening that went to just past the edge of my collarbone...it had a soft cream-colored cotton for the body and for the edging it had gold paisley patterned brocade-like material...wish i had a picture. it wasn't made of plain broadcloth and it wasn't lumpy like hers...it draped and fitted almost perfectly...i had to sash it in the middle because I have a smaller waist than hip or shoulder, and it was a style of dress that pulls over the head.

side note about her: She's the worst person ever for passive-aggressiveness...she'll ask for help with this or help with that until she's not doing ANY of it...all the while being polite and 'cute' and 'flirty'...

[protege]

Her sister-in-law, figured that she could do it too since she "has a bachelor's degree and Mary (my friend) is just a homemaker - it shouldn't be rocket science."

Hehe if you said something like that to my grandmother...she'd kick your ass Up until she started losing her eyesight she always sewed. You name it, she made it--table cloths, porch cushions, shirts, dresses, slacks, etc. Hell, when I was little, she made nearly everything. Not because clothes were expensive, but because she *could* and *wanted* to. That wasn't it though--many people brought clothes to her for alterations. Grandma knew what she was doing, and it showed. Everything fit exactly like it was supposed to. Now, I have to settle for "off the rack," or get someone at a store to do it. Not the same

It wouldn't surprise me at all that the woman was looking for "kit" to work with. Seems that she wanted everything taken care of...similar to some of the people that frequent my favorite hobby shop. I'm sure at least one of them has bought a new kit...only to get it home and find it contains several trees of bare plastic parts. I'm sure said person complains because "it doesn't look like the box." Well, no shit it doesn't! It's not painted and assembled yet!

[Kiwi]

Or worse, they come to the notions and haby department and thrust the pattern into your hands and expect you to run around like a personal shopper... then you get the cat butt face when you refuse because there's 10 other people wanting to actually buy stuff.

and heaven help you if dare to ask if their machine takes a round or a flat back needle....

[DeltaSierra]

I know a woman like this - a friend's sister-in-law. My friend can sew anything under the sun and gets incredible compliments for her clothing. She's been sewing since she was 10 years old.

Her sister-in-law, figured that she could do it too since she "has a bachelor's degree and Mary (my friend) is just a homemaker - it shouldn't be rocket science."

The woman's husband later related how the spare room they had looked like a fabric store had thrown up everywhere. Pieces of fabric cut up and tossed hither and thither, thread everywhere, and his wife swearing up a storm as she tried to figure out how to make her brand new top-of-the-line sewing machine that she simply HAD to have, work. She said "If they can make an outfit in a couple of hours on Project Runway why can't I???"

Umm because they KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING????

[XCashier]

One bitch i knew actually passively-aggressively insulted me by saying that it was a 'simple' dress....while it wasn't terribly complicated it was still insulting by the way she said it...it didn't look like it belonged on a peasant, that's for sure...

Ugh, passive-aggressive cattiness. Sour grapes. Forget her, candyshopgirl's probably right.

So, what pattern did you use?

BTW, Flutes, how did the other customers react to the SC? I'm hoping they laughed at her.

[taxguykarl]

WOW.
that woman is dumber than catsh*t.

Talk about cat litter for brains. The stupid is strong with this one.

[candyshopgirl]

I love making clothes...i hand-sewed a beautiful medieval dress once and someone didn't believe that i hand-sewed it because it looked more perfect than machine stitching...the reason? it's easier to undo one stitch than rip an entire seam to re-do it. One bitch i knew actually passively-aggressively insulted me by saying that it was a 'simple' dress....while it wasn't terribly complicated it was still insulting by the way she said it...it didn't look like it belonged on a peasant, that's for sure...

Let me guess she was one of those smiling bitches.She insults you while smiling,bet she couldn't sew a wash cloth if she had to. My only question is why did she buy the pattern if she wasn't going to sew the dress herself.Why not just go to seamstress to start with?Oh wait because she had to be a SC

[WhiteRose]

I love making clothes...i hand-sewed a beautiful medieval dress once and someone didn't believe that i hand-sewed it because it looked more perfect than machine stitching...the reason? it's easier to undo one stitch than rip an entire seam to re-do it. One bitch i knew actually passively-aggressively insulted me by saying that it was a 'simple' dress....while it wasn't terribly complicated it was still insulting by the way she said it...it didn't look like it belonged on a peasant, that's for sure...

[jedimaster91]

Wow. Now, I will admit to not being very knowledgeable about sewing my own clothes. It's something I like to dable in once in awhile when I'm feeling ambitious. But I have a younger sister who is very good with colors and patterns, and a mother who used to sew clothes for us. So I ask them for help. Which reminds me, Little Sis and I need to make a Hancock's run for my next project.