Posted by Racer on April 5, 2004, at 19:52:28
In reply to Re: bras.. and other garments.. » Racer, posted by tabitha on April 5, 2004, at 11:13:01
I sew, too, so I know what the problems are with getting a good fit. It's why the $150 jeans are usually a better fit than the $15 jeans. Curved seams are much harder to sew, so the manufacturers eliminate as many curves as they can leaving us with pants that don't fit anyone very well. (Don't get me started on this one -- I'm built a little differently so it's a major issue. Cheap suits look crappy on me, so I always had to buy the expensive suits. Good incentive to sew, but really hard in a lot of other ways.)
(Oh, especially hard since I have very high standards for clothes in general, and am a bit ashamed to wear home made clothes, even if they don't scream Loving Hands At Home to anyone except me.)
Was that article in Threads, by any chance? I just got that back issue out to check over again, because I'm sitting here in size 12 jeans that might fit - if I weren't down to a size 6 again... My husband says we can't afford to buy me new ones, so I told him I may have to send him out to pick up a pattern for me. Of course, that gets me back into the whole depression thing, since I do say to myself, "Well, I don't really need new jeans, since I never leave the house anyway..." On the other hand, I'm so embarrassed by the way my clothes don't fit that I wouldn't leave the house this way, anyway... You see the problem, right? I did get out my sewing machine recently, though, to start doing something about having something that fits. Four new tops, so far, and a length of black silk noil that will eventually be a pleated skirt -- once I figure out how to get it pleated right. I've basted in the pleats on all three lengths, but miscalculated, so I had to take out all the basting on one length and really don't quite have it in me to rebaste right now. Still, wanting something that fits might be good incentive...
Good for you for sewing. It's a good thing to know how to do, since you really can get a better fit than anything most of us can afford.
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