OT Yards and cubic yards - Page 4

> Lol - you will appreciate this Bruce. After David came out of the RN
> and we stayed here, he had all these uniforms, bum freezers, tropical
> gear, the lot. They sat around for ages (long after they would no
> longer have fitted him anyway) and one day a friend mentioned her son
> was doing a hitchhiking thing daily and suffering from the cold. I
> gave her Davids great coat and sure enough we saw him on the road side
> hitching in the great coat. David first off said, ``That`s odd,
> there`s Simon wearing a navy great coat`` then after awhile `That was
> mine wasn`t it` Finally he said, you could have taken the stripes off
> it.
>
> Simon told me it was humongously warm, David said when the Falklands
> was taking place, ``There! I might have needed it now`` yeah right!

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>When I left the RAF in 1973 I handed in my greatcoat. It was the same
>one that I was issued with in 1961 when I was 12 stone (168 lbs) but in
>1973 I was about 18 stone (252 lbs). Fortunately I'd never been on a
>parade involving greatcoats since my Boy Entrant passout parade in 1961!

>
>>
>>> That's how you can tell an item is homemade - the stripes & patterns
>>> match!
>>
>> Or well sewn - as in really good clothing, suits, etc.
>>
>> Ellice
>>>
>>> "You forgot to add very expensive.
>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

>>>> That's how you can tell an item is homemade - the stripes & patterns
>>>> match!
>>> Or well sewn - as in really good clothing, suits, etc.
>>> Ellice
>>>> "You forgot to add very expensive.
> True. True. Not necessarily very, but certainly more expensive than not.
> I remember the first year I went to services at the synagogue I now belong
> to, the woman sitting in front of me was wearing a gorgeous suit - with
> kind
> of a fleur-de-lis variation pattern on the fabric. Black on white.
> Stunning details in the darting, inset waist, etc. I had just taken
> another
> sewing design/tailoring class - and was mesmerized by the perfect matching
> of this pattern. It was very fitted - and this is a very athletic,
> well-built woman with curves. Amazingly well done. She and I are a bit
> friendly, and we've laughed about my complimenting her on the suit - and
> I've always remembered that. So, I guess in the ready-to-wear world it is
> striking when something like a suit is so well matched. I expect easy
> things - like skirts to be matched properly. But, maybe I ask too much.
> OTOH, I still remember my home-ec sewing project of a pair of hip-hugger
> bell bottoms, done in a long, broad, floral & stripe alternating on the
> solid background. I had to match all those inseam angles, and the rear of
> course. I did actually wear them on one of my first dates!
> Ellice

>

>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> That's how you can tell an item is homemade - the stripes & patterns
>>>>> match!
>>>>
>>>> Or well sewn - as in really good clothing, suits, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Ellice
>>>>>
>>>>> "You forgot to add very expensive.
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> True. True. Not necessarily very, but certainly more expensive than not.
>> I remember the first year I went to services at the synagogue I now belong
>> to, the woman sitting in front of me was wearing a gorgeous suit - with
>> kind
>> of a fleur-de-lis variation pattern on the fabric. Black on white.
>> Stunning details in the darting, inset waist, etc. I had just taken
>> another
>> sewing design/tailoring class - and was mesmerized by the perfect matching
>> of this pattern. It was very fitted - and this is a very athletic,
>> well-built woman with curves. Amazingly well done. She and I are a bit
>> friendly, and we've laughed about my complimenting her on the suit - and
>> I've always remembered that. So, I guess in the ready-to-wear world it is
>> striking when something like a suit is so well matched. I expect easy
>> things - like skirts to be matched properly. But, maybe I ask too much.
>>
>> OTOH, I still remember my home-ec sewing project of a pair of hip-hugger
>> bell bottoms, done in a long, broad, floral & stripe alternating on the
>> solid background. I had to match all those inseam angles, and the rear of
>> course. I did actually wear them on one of my first dates!
>>
>> Ellice
>
> When I was sewing I really enjoyed gettting the seams to match up when I was
> cutting the pattern. It was something like a jigsaw puzzle and I found it
> a fun challenge.
>>
>