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Posted by judi. on April 20, 2006, 9:30 am
During the hippie days, my sister and I made that Simplicity halter top
pattern. In California, companies by the beach made bikini tops to
order, but I thought they would only be for the smaller ladies, and not
suitable for larger endowed women. I always wanted to get one and wear
it. As I am from the midwest, I am not inclined to exercise myself to
death for that purpose unfortunately. One winter, I wore hot pants. I
think I had knitted them. boy was I cold. They used to sell this
polyester knit fabric for home sewers with art nouveau themes, and it
was fun to sew, even the polyester suit knits were fun and forgiving
due to the stretch. I will be nostalgic for the 1970's for a while. I
strung my own beads, tried macrame, knit, crocheted and the like. Now,
it is all about embroidery and sewing clothes, warm enough for the
midwest winters. that means sewing with that amazing fleece. I have
lots of tips on sewing but not for sewing bras or bathing suits.
However, my sister can actually make these and taught a course in it.
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Posted by wurstergirl on April 21, 2006, 9:55 pm
Whoops, I think I responded to your post in my head, but not in
reality! ;-)
Thanks for being interested in my bra-making adventure. It's something
I've wanted to do all my life. (I'm turning 40 today...) I just
posted another message that I went ahead and made a bra pattern from
another bra, while waiting for the one to be returned from the pattern
cloner. I'll start cutting tonight and see what happens! I've never
had good luck sewing my own panties, despite having tried several
times.
Re: adorable fabrics.
When I was in high school I fell in love with a royal blue/purple check
silk dupioni. I bought it and made a tea length prom dress with a
strapless basque bodice. Used black velvet for the bodice and the
dupioni for the skirt. It was absolutely darling but the person I
asked to the prom was already going with someone else! Lol. I think I
reused that fabric too, tee hee.
You're nice to make bikini tops to give away.
Pora
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Posted by _mL_ on April 21, 2006, 11:49 pm
>Re: adorable fabrics.
>When I was in high school I fell in love with a royal blue/purple check
>silk dupioni. I bought it and made a tea length prom dress with a
>strapless basque bodice. Used black velvet for the bodice and the
>dupioni for the skirt. It was absolutely darling but the person I
>asked to the prom was already going with someone else! Lol. I think I
>reused that fabric too, tee hee.
i hope you had a chance to wear that dress SOMEwhere... :-)
>
>You're nice to make bikini tops to give away.
Thanks. i think it's just that a person only needs so many bikini tops!
Speaking of bras, my husband always cracks me up when the ads in the Sunday
paper have bra sales. He'll make remarks about the "buy one get one free"
that "don't you need two anyway?" or "half off all bras" and he's like gotta
SEE that, those women running around with their bras half off.... LOL Or "buy
two, get one free", that one's really puzzling.... "three? who has three?"
;-)
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Posted by wurstergirl on April 22, 2006, 3:49 am
A witty guy I know wrote a song about those ads, and called it, "My
Macy's Girl." Apparently those photos were the highlight of his day.
I guess being an engineering grad student wasn't all that exciting.
BTW, just finished cutting out the fashion fabric for my first
home-sewn bra! But I discovered while shopping on line for hardware
that the wires are unusual. It's a British brand, so I had to order
from the UK to get exactly the right wires. Costly shipping, bleah.
Pora
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Posted by judi. on April 20, 2006, 9:23 am
I love this idea of cutting apart thrift store stuff for the parts,
kind of like getting a car for parts. I thought of doing it, but that
it would be a lot of work. I guess a skirt would be a top jeans that
fit, opening the inside legs and adding a gosset of denim. People make
stadium blankets with patches of used denim. those things must be
heavy to carry around. I imagine would be a printed flannel plaid
backing. It would be a rag quilt with flannel in the middle for the
batting. I would like to know how to restyle old clothes to make
something that would actually fit. Maybe someday, I will come across
something useful at a garage sale.
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