tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236449875936881620.post7929897031610119784..comments2024-01-08T06:58:08.464+01:00Comments on little el: Me-Made-May: Day 7Utahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011335110798185030noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236449875936881620.post-53365379178729475512010-05-16T18:38:19.545+02:002010-05-16T18:38:19.545+02:00Thank you for the clarification, Marie-Christine! ...Thank you for the clarification, Marie-Christine! I love the idea of having staple patterns to make again and again - working on it. (And I've wished for a wild print to hide my mistakes many times!)Utahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011335110798185030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236449875936881620.post-52442280214621866312010-05-10T16:48:36.080+02:002010-05-10T16:48:36.080+02:00Mmm.. I think I mis-spoke a bit. I didn't me...Mmm.. I think I mis-spoke a bit. I didn't mean that a simple design is -harder- to fit, I meant that it must be done better, to a higher standard, to look good. If you've got poofy draped sleeves in a wild print, few people will notice whether your shoulder seam is off. But a straightforward sleeve in a plain silk.. Does that make sense?<br /><br />I'm sorry if I sounded like I meant to dissuade you from sewing simple designs, that wasn't at all my intent (or my practice). Once you have a basic pattern worked out well, it's very efficient to do it over and over again, choosing nice fabrics to get the most bang. <br /><br />My mother would tell me that as long as you used different colors nobody would notice. She's right, I've even -told- people that something was the same pattern as something else they admired and had them obstinately deny it :-). Conversely, a friend of mine who only wears black (yes, French) says she's been horrified to find out that people assume she only has one pair of pants, even though she's careful to pick very different styles.Marie-Christinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236449875936881620.post-15766450395862155162010-05-08T09:11:06.793+02:002010-05-08T09:11:06.793+02:00Lookin good! Still love that skirt. :-)Lookin good! Still love that skirt. :-)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679998588660500127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236449875936881620.post-78269900873547497992010-05-08T01:31:06.439+02:002010-05-08T01:31:06.439+02:00I love the color of this skirt. I probably wouldn&...I love the color of this skirt. I probably wouldn't think to pair it with a pink top, but it looks good together!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742733376287342144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236449875936881620.post-16852642492988635322010-05-07T21:47:23.877+02:002010-05-07T21:47:23.877+02:00I do have fitting issues and a lot of them, but I ...I do have fitting issues and a lot of them, but I still think that basic patterns are easier to fit. <br /><br />Because if you "understand" the principles of pattern construcion you know what to alter for what pattern type.<br /><br />On a very fashionable pattern you may have to take it apart (in your mind), reducing it to the basic shape, then alter it and then bring it back to the fashion for (adding nonfunctional seams, pockets,... etc.)<br /><br />Except, of course, if you think less basic patterns can do with a worse fit. Which I wouldn't think or like.nowaks nähkästchenhttp://nowak.blog.hobbyschneiderin.net/noreply@blogger.com