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xxvickixx

MissPixie wrote: »

Carried away..Me?..Never

I love these, they look sort of Japanese IYKWIM. Are they easter egg holders?

xxvickixx

twirlypinky wrote: »

I thought you guys might know the answer to this...

I'm making all my own wedding flowers with felt and buttons, and I'm having lots of trouble sourcing yellow felt, that isn't mustard, or neon or tinged with green.

I managed to get some from ebay, and stupidly only ordered a coupld of squares. Now i need more and can't get any the same colour!! I used the same seller the second time. I've now bought three lots and they're all wrong.

The felt in hobbycraft is too bright. I want a lemon/pale yellow. I really can't get over the stress this is causing me, i wish i'd never started!

Any ideas?

Thanks

TPx

This might not very helpful but my local Poundland has felt atm, but it's a multipack of 10 different sheets, just looked at mine and I would say it is a daffodil yellow. Not bad for £1 though.

I would also try local markets, Supermarkets - they often have quite a good crafty section or ELC.


Ooops! Just realised that this is my 4th post in a row. I'll let someone else get a word in now!

Bunny200

xxvickixx wrote: »

I bought a couple of Maxi dress patterns from the place that had them half price a while back and just looked at the back at the sizing and am really confused.

I usually take a size 10 - 12 but would lean towards 10 especially with dresses. But the sizing on the back of the pattern suggests that I am in fact much bigger.

I know I was a 27" waist when I was properly measured for my wedding dress which was a strange place sort of around my ribs, not the smallest part (on me this is just above my hip bone).

I am definitely bigger now than I was then but even if I am 28" now that makes me a 14 going by the pattern, but the bust on a 14 is 36" and I measure 30" (if bust is the bit that you measure for a bra?) and that makes my top half somewhere between size 6-8.

I don't even want to get into my hip measurement.:(

I suppose to summarise:
-Am I really *that* pear shaped?
- where should bust, waist and hips be measured and is there a correct way to do it?
- Anyone else found the sizing confusing and just gone with normal clothes size - how did that work out?

Help!

Ok, where to start, first of all, don't use the size you buy in the shops, because of vanity sizing the number in the shops stays they same but the inches change over the years. You have to grit you teeth and measure your bits and go with that, inches don't lie but size numbers do!
If its a maxi dress with presumably a long flowing skirt dropping from just under the bust I would have thought the bust measurement would be the best to go by as that be the only really fitted part.

If you open up the tissue sheet somewhere you should find a box with the finished measurements for bust waist and hip, this will give you an idea of how much ease (how loose it will be) there is in it.

Fitting patterns to your body type is a whole new ball game for me that I'm just starting to get into. I recently bought Fit For Real People which has dreadful garments in it but good information. This book was recommended by loads of blogs I read where people are making (mainly vintage) clothing that fit well.
Some great clothes making blogs
Gertie
Tilly
Scruffy Badger
sewing by the book
Naked seamstress
hth

Tamster150

twirlypinky wrote: »

I thought you guys might know the answer to this...

I'm making all my own wedding flowers with felt and buttons, and I'm having lots of trouble sourcing yellow felt, that isn't mustard, or neon or tinged with green.

I managed to get some from ebay, and stupidly only ordered a coupld of squares. Now i need more and can't get any the same colour!! I used the same seller the second time. I've now bought three lots and they're all wrong.

The felt in hobbycraft is too bright. I want a lemon/pale yellow. I really can't get over the stress this is causing me, i wish i'd never started!

Any ideas?

Thanks

TPx

There is an ebay seller called the felt fairy - she has sample cards so you can check for the right colour.

mamaninie

sethsgran wrote: »

Yes they do. To my knowledge it is only Burda that don't unless some one knows otherwise

thanks:) I thought what the heck I'll start sewing it anyway and the fit is fine. will post pics soon hopefully - just got to make some bias tape and bodge a buttoned back as I didn't have a zip:D

wendym

Hi xxvickixx

If your waist is definitely 27/28ins then is it possible that you have measured your bust under your bosoms? 30ins seems very small (although 36ins now seems petite and delicate to me!).The bust measurement is taken round the largest part of your chest measurement.

hmo

hart44 wrote: »

Im so sorry T.P. Im not able to help I do hope someone here could help though.

I have been making these make-up bags http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=176509.0

They are so easy to make and quick to do too I recommend useing heavier fabric for the outside (or interface your fabric) though as one of the bags I made turned out a bit floppy


Ive had this lips fabric for ages and was never sure what to make with it till I saw the tutorial Last pic is the bottom of the bag

blimey women dont you ever stop, you are like a machine, you just keep churning them out!:)

but another great tutorial, thats another one i will have to try:D

thanks

xxvickixx

Thanks Bunny. It's my first time with a pattern and I am glad that the dress is like you say all hanging fromunder the bust with a pretty full skirt (this is what largely appeals to me lol!). The bit on the inside is helpful as it shows how to adjust for a non standard figure, but think I will just go with the bust measurement, although I had been measuring it wrong. The bust measurement seems to be the fullest part which puts me as a 12 , but now I wonder if I do that will the band under the bust be too baggy? If it is would it be easily adusted?
Sorry to ask so many questions before I even get started. Patterns really intimidate me.

Edited to add - thanks Wendy, yes I was doing it all wrong lol! And no - waist is much bigger also, thanks to DS!

xxvickixx

mamaninie wrote: »

thanks:) I thought what the heck I'll start sewing it anyway and the fit is fine. will post pics soon hopefully - just got to make some bias tape and bodge a buttoned back as I didn't have a zip:D

Just read your signature, I'm an NCT PS as well!

PootleFlump_3

Love the fabric Sue!!