i'm looking.
this is what you get when you buy a pattern book here.a jumble that you have to sort out and once sorted you need to find your size, trace it and remember to add sewing allowance. the phrase make allowances has never had such a precise meaning.
the burda option is slightly better, but not that much to make a difference and the caveats are many. styles are frumpy, proportions are for tall, big german women and there's something about them i don't like.
when i firts came here there were no patterns except for these books. so everytime i went back or traveled to france i'd stock on good ol' vogue patterns of the if you can read, you can sew school.
i created a good stock over the time. problem is that they are from the time i was also known as la sylphide and i don't have size altering skills.so out came the old books.
now on to buying some essentials such as paper for the pattern, carbon tracing paper and the little dented wheel that goes with it.
as ever, if you go with the trend you have no problem here. problem is when you go by the beat of a different drum.
patchwork? everything you can think of and then some more. sewing ? almost what's that? now that people are getting back to sewing it still hasn't caught up here. basic supplies are limited to whatever burda puts out plus they make you pay the lord's euros for 2 dina4 carbon papers. long gone are those professional tailor supplier stores where you had an assortment and a choice.
fabric stores are another gripe. over the past 5-7 years many of them have closed leaving us with 3 at the most 4 of them. yes, everything gets us on the opposite side of the spectrum .therefore i weave. and i'm ripping open some skirts from my sylphid period to use the gorgeous fabrics again.
i'm tired of looking for clothes that fit well and are made of good fabric.garments mthat are not 90% crap and 10% a good fiber just to justify the price tag.garments size 42 that are not old ladyish as if size 42 women were not interested in looking stylish. this woman size 42 of a certain age wants to look stylish and contemporary. note i did not say young. that would be rather pathetic wouldn't it? ;-)
off the soapbox. on with the sewing.
