Yeah, but the 8$ blouse from W-M only lasts a couple of months of wash/wear for me, while any clothing/garb I have made myself- admittedly not the best ever created- is still going strong several years later. Some has needed mending or adjustments, but because I put it together(without any serging) I know how to fix it too, so the "cost per wear" is much better. Just my .02 lira, Betsy
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lalah Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 11:23 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re:patterns Just to add to your observations. It is cheaper to buy clothing at WalMart than it is to make it yourself. When you have to pay ten bucks for a pattern and you can buy a blouse for eight dollars guess which most people will do. At a place in time when so many people are so busy and "multi tasking" is the norm, too many people don't have the time (nor sadly, the ability) to sew. People new to SCA or Ren Faires or re-enacting are the exception. They are not going to get their garb off the rack in a discount store and most of them are not accomplished at making up their own patterns. People like Martha are a godsend to them because they can purchase a pattern that will pass inspection (to all but the really critical) and that they can understand. It takes a bit of experience to deal with some of the period patterns or to work from a charted pattern on a book page. To cut this rambling short, I just want to add my "Bravo Martha" and hope that Simplicity has sense enough to know what a gem they have! Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender --- Mia Dappert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Mia Dappert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:28:38 -0800 (PST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Re:patterns actually, Simplicity may be really gald they have you, Martha. Read that SHOULD BE GLAD. Down here in North Carolina it seems to be the home sewing market is really dried up in the past 10 or so years. Nobody is sewing for children, Nobody is really doing sewing for themselves, There are really no fabric stores in a 100 mile radius of Charlotte beyond, Mary Jos and Hancock's, and mostly they have home deck and quilting fabric, not much in the way of people type fabric. The nearest JoAnns in 90+ miles away. There are several stores at cater to the quilting segment, and one small one that sell Upmarket/Highend fabrics. A this is an introduction to Major Patter Companies can't be selling a huge amount of home sewing patterns. Right now, all I can think of who are doing sewing are the reenactment/costume folks like us. And these are people who will go ANYWHERE, Look at everything, Buy patterns that they don't really need but collect anyway, Have projects in the planning stage for a long time. It would be interesting to know how well the patterns do in comparison to other costume patterns and general run of the mill patterns vs. home dec stuff. 18c Mia in Charlotte NC, remembering the glory days of being near Baltimore MD and Washington DC. Remembering G Street Fabrics when it actually was on G Street DC --------------------------------- What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. just the net you need _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
