I just LOVE making lingerie.......also love wearing it, even though nobody knows what I have underneath my clothes.
Just yesterday I received some lovely deep red lace and ribbon that I mail ordered to match some deep red tricot I bought a couple of weeks ago. Got some navy during the week too, both colours are great under denim.
With an overlocker you have a full set of lingerie ready to wear in an hour or so, it's really quick and oh so pretty. Makes a lovely gift too!
Now that's an idea I can use! I have an 18 YO Goddaughter with a 15 YO sister, a 13 YO niece, and James's Godmother has a teen daughter... If I get this book, I can do silk pretties for them all! :)
Personally, I prefer my undies plain and unadorned as I have very sensitive skin and lace can make me itch, or irritates an already itchy patch. Yes, even cotton and silk lace! :(
Often I find really pretty and soft lace is quite cheap. Of course I prewash it so any that is scratchy doesn't get used, my skin is rather sensitive too.
For teens there is a love front opening camisole tied with ribbons that is super-pretty. A pair of french knickers or Gstring to match make a perfect set for a teenager......not a good look on someone my age though!!
From what Leeanne Burgess has told me, white tricot/lace/etc will accept dye easily and in her video she has some beautiful colours. One is a Canary Yellow for a teenager....looks striking. Another is a Dusty Mauve that is to-die-for and I'm hoping to reproduce a similar colour.
So many options and such fun to make.
Even if you have super-sensitive skin you could use a fine cotton knit, it would still look really pretty. I've used burn-out knits in a floral design for winter. The choices are endless and only limited by your imagination and once you get started it's addictive! I make a full set to match an outer garment, makes you feel good even though nobody knows.
which didn't cost and arm and a leg, although I can't remember how much. It has lots of patterns and gives good clear illustrations. I also have the Quicksew book that has been mentioned, which is excellent. Neither of which I have used yet, although I too, swim at least three times a week and have the same fitting problems as yourself.
Ok, the first part about being the grand dame of sewing............ Yes she probably is.
The second part about having alot more time to learn ............. No you don't, because everyone lives about the same amount of time, she was 19 before you and will have had the same learning time in a different time frame. If you don't understand what I am trying to say then don't ask, I am not getting into time discussions.
Third......Alzheimers? Thats just plain rude. You took the context of doreen's message way out of whack. And don't forget that some people have issues with alzheimers close to their heart and will not find that funny at all. My Grandma died from it.
This group of people is probably the friendliest and most helpful bunch you will find anywhere. If you are here because you can't afford to buy nice clothes and figure you HAVE to make them, well you don't and you can leave. Go to a thrift store or don't buy clothes. You say you are in college so you can pay someone to make clothes for you? Do you think no-one here has an education? I think you will be surprised at the diversity of careers, masters degree's, engineers, programmers, teachers, etc etc etc and lots more.
I have noticed that sometimes your attitude is good. If you want these people to help you when you have a sewing problem than maybe you should keep the mean and snotty remarks out of this NG and watch your manners. You will be lucky if anyone answers your next post who has any knowledge at all. I wouldn't be surprised if you don't get any help. This is not a general chat room. If you don't watch what you say then people will just label you as the troll or the spammer.
I have seen this happen before. I am not trying to be a big bitch. Your remarks just set me off. I don't know who you think you are? Do you realize that there are REAL people here, not just data-bytes there for your entertainment???
I don't know that she was meaning to be rude. It sounds like she is so young that she didn't understand the "forgot more than you will ever learn" idiom.
i did not mean to be any more rude than those who responded to my reply.
i am sure that most of those posting here really love to sew, and for whatever reason--a well-to-do hubbie or family money--have the time to pursue this passion, unfettered by the rudimentary demands of paying the rent or buying food. i do not. i work 30 hours a week, and pursue a very demanding program at a good university; and so my friday nights, if they are not spent working or studying, are spent making clothes for me to look presentable in class the following week.
and for someone to suggest that all lifetimes are the same: this is just ignorant of medical history. a person my age, with the current trajectory of lifetimes, will on average live significantly longer than a perone who is middle-aged or older today. and independent of this, to say that someone has "forgotten more than you will ever know" is to committ the sin of falsely predicting future accomplishment in the vain attempt to preserve the standard what has already been accomplished. i have heard this too often to believe otherwise. anyone who is truly interested in encouraging the youth of today would offer the prospect of greater accomplishment than those of our elders, not a barracade of subservience to those already setting the standard.
in any case, I was just trying to be helpful. if there is anyone here who wishes to discuss the art of sewing in the context of trying to simply make ends meet, rather then in the context of a leisure indulgence, let's talk. othewise, i will ignore the above comments.
I believe if you check, you'll see that my tongue in cheek comment, "forgot more than you'll ever know" (about sewing/fitting) was preceded by "no offense intended." I'm sorry that you chose to take offense anyway. But since your announced intention is to sew for yourself only until you finish college and can pay someone else to sew for you, and Kate sews for a wide range of clients who present her with myriad fitting problems which she routinely solves to their satisfaction, I stand by my comment.
Your ambition is admirable. I salute you for it. Now, have you ever considered that others of us also worked our way through college; worked so that our husbands could finish college; worked so that our children could go to college?
My youngest DD is also named Kelly. She will be 40 next year. She graduated from college, as did her two sisters, on my earnings and hers. She now supports herself, two horses, a donkey, and many cats (I can't keep up with the actual number, as it varies according to the number of strays who show up at her door); has a long-term SO; and sews only in dire emergencies or when she feels a creative streak coming on.
I didn't think you meant to be mean. But then again, I have a few children around your age and understand the cultural literacy gap.
HAR DE HAR HAR
I am a single parent of 4 who lives on the other end of the BART line from you and who qualified for Earned Income Credit for the past 3 years and I sew because I really cannot find anything in colors I like, fiber content I like, and proper fit.
It's just a saying, not meant to be rude or pejorative, but just an idiomatic expression of the level of one's expertise compared to a novice. If you had been raised in my era, you would have understood that.
Hey, I'm here and I ignore the people who buy $1500 sewing machines, not to mention the $5000 ones, because it makes me very upset. Just ask whatever questions you need and try not to take offense before you ask someone if they meant to be offensive.
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