oldstyle clothing thread why have we not got one

shelagh

we have threads for everything but not, that i am aware of, for clothing etc. Am i mistaken or do we need to start one?
shelagh

Gingham_Ribbon

What in particular did you want to discuss about clothing? We've had a few threads about mending clothes and cleaning them. Feel free to post your question here and hopefully someone will be able to help.

shelagh

i'm just wondering how people spend, or not on clothing etc as i;) i saw that Martin's book "Thrifty Ways" included a section on clothing.
Shelagh:beer:

Queenie

We don't have a plethora of threads on making our own clothes, simply because, these days, it isn't really moneysaving in the same way that it was in previous generations. Especially with so many cheap clothing outlets these days, even for designer brands.

We used to discuss our jumble sale and charity shop finds, but now we have an arena in the Ebay board to discuss those aspects.

Laundering issues tends to occur on an item by crisis by item kind of post.

Queenie

shelagh wrote:

i'm just wondering how people spend, or not on clothing etc as i;) i saw that Martin's book "Thrifty Ways" included a section on clothing.
Shelagh:beer:

Has it? How interesting I shall wait until our library has a copy and have a gander

wendym

Perhaps we could have a thread where we dinosaurs could post sewing bargains?

I made an embroidered silk dress, with a silk dupion jacket, for my daughter's wedding, at under £20 all told, so it can still be a real money saving.

Crazychik

There was once a discussion ref how many clothes we actually need

I.e buy items which can be easily mixed n matched etc.

squeaky

Threads on making clothes:-

Making your own clothes - help!!

Where to start: making own clothes?

Making clothes at Home

Sewing my clothes

Making and adapting clothes


And similar themes...

I need tips on how to customise my clothes

*very basic tip alert* For clothes addicts

Salvaging clothes

Anastacia

I havnt sewed clothes in years (mainly because i am rubbish at it but also because they are chaeper to buy now, for someone with my limited talents) but being able to mend clothes saves a fortune. I took two skirts to have new zips last summer ( i was too busy, honest, honest) and when i picked them up it came to £28:eek: I am making more effort again now!

I thought last week i would have a go at knitting, havn't made anything since I knitted Oh a jumper in about 1993. It took ages to make (i was used to knitting for baby clothes) and he never wore it (grrrh). So last week i thought i would try one of those fluffy scarves because i have neck problems & should keep it warm. 4 balls of cost £9.98 so might be buying scarves on ebay agian in future.

For me mending is useful & very MSE but making from scratch is fun but more expensive than buying & considerably more expensive than going without.

wendym

Sewing works for me because I like fabrics like silk etc, and am not a standard shape, but also because I have stocks of all the haberdashery I might ever need, built up over the years.

You're quite right that if you have to buy thread, zip, pattern, buttons every time it is no longer the cheapest option.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

i have bought a load of vintage unworn shoes in an auction.... and i like to reasearch the company history etc....

in the load of shoes still in their boxes ( an old cobler's shop that cloed down 30 years ago was cleared out.. the shop had been there for donkey's years )

there was a pair of women's utility shoes had in 1941
the the ultility mark etc...as i was trying to find out a little bit more on the subject i came across this website.. which i thought might be of interest to os mse'rs...
so instead of starting a new thread.. i have added it on to this one...(hope i got the link right)

https://www.worldwar2exraf.co.uk/online%20Museum%20Doc/onlinemuseumhomepage.html

i'm having probs getting to the right place... but if you click on the link.. then on the left handside click on museums..... then on the next page click on the home front...( the one in the middle )

i also had a load of shoes from the 50's and 60's which looking at them some of the styles are still in the shops today.....

the best way of money saving with clothes...imo is dont throw anything away as its going to come back into fashion one day as fashion goes round in circles.....and raid your parents/ grandparents wardrobe......:D