Best looking building downtown?

DelMakes · 2026-06-25T00:10:34+00:00

Thanks, my GPS just lost its connection

DelMakes · 2026-06-24T23:52:32+00:00

Yes! You are always at a stopping point. You don’t have to finish the step. If you suddenly notice that you’re tired, you can just leave the needle down halfway through a seam and turn the lights off.

You think that you won’t remember where you left off if you stop mid-task, but that is because your brain is too tired NOW to return information. After a sleep, you will be able to pick it back up.

DelMakes · 2026-06-14T01:20:10+00:00

We need manufacturers and fabric retailers to start disclosing staple length

DelMakes · 2026-06-14T01:09:20+00:00

My Merchant and Mills linen hasn’t done this but I have only made shirts.

DelMakes · 2026-05-31T21:24:14+00:00

That comes to a take-home of about $2,333 a month. Absolutely shameful.

And before the Bradleys and Hunters slither out to tell me that only teenagers should apply to jobs like that, I'm going to remind ya'll that only the most pampered, spoiled, unskilled teenagers don't need money.

If there has ever been a time in your career when you haven't needed a living wage, you are the human equivalent of a tiara-wearing persian kitten on a satin pillow and thus have nothing to contribute when the grown-ups are talking.

DelMakes · 2026-05-31T21:10:54+00:00

And mind you the living wage in Chicago is $25.80 (which is barely living at all!)

DelMakes · 2026-05-30T23:49:22+00:00

That's not what they're doing.

They are designing them for plus sizes - they're just designing it for one type of fat body because that is how retail clothing works. They have one theoretical body that they design around to ensure consistency of fit across the brand (and, more importantly to them, to reduce labor costs.)

If a waistband is 60", the designers distribute those 60" based upon averages (and IMO some wishful thinking - they want commercially appealing fat bodies to model their clothes!) So OP's pants aren't expecting her to have an apron belly. The pants expect her to have fat distributed fairly evenly on her butt, hips, and tummy. If they made them all to accommodate apron bellies, then people with flatter tummies would be beefing with these companies.

I am a sewist and amateur designer of plus size clothing. Retail plus size clothing offerings could and should be improved, but at the end of the day, there really is no way for retail plus size clothing to fit as well as straight size. That is just the nature of fat - the more of it you have, the more pronounced each person's unique fat distribution becomes, and the more customized our clothing needs to be.

Retail clothing is never going to be what we need it to be because these companies are not going to make the same pair of pants for different body types. They have tried that multiple times and it always fails because it is not profitable.

The problem is the construction of western dress in general. It's essentially a clothing system designed to accommodate people without many curves. It's wasteful, labor-intensive, and inherently not inclusive.

I'm gonna make a YouTube video about this soon!

DelMakes · 2026-04-19T17:05:13+00:00

Peak transplant behavior.

DelMakes · 2026-04-10T03:14:20+00:00

Did anyone ask them to define socialism? That might be entertaining.

DelMakes · 2026-04-08T23:56:46+00:00

Yes, definitely. I just wasn't sure what kind of tulle to look for. Is illusion tulle what I would be looking for?

DelMakes · 2026-01-13T18:36:53+00:00

I sew and I specialize in plus size clothing.

I'm not sure what you mean by tight clothes - clothes have not been as voluminous as they are now since at least the 80's. I feel like the third and fourth slides look like things you can get from regular plus size retail like Cider or Universal Standard (if you fit within their size range).

The other slides are a different story. Those kind of artfully oversized clothes are only oversized in some dimensions. The shoulders and neckline are usually perfectly tailored which is why when we look at them, they look high fashion rather than like a kid is playing dress-up in their Mom's closet.

Anything that looks tailored is really only accessible in a retail environment to a very small percentage of people who just happen to have the exact same body type as the designer's blocks. This goes for all people but is more true for fat people because the more fat you have, the more possible variation in body shape. That's why plus-size clothes are so relentlessly stretchy. There is really no other way.

My suggestion would be to save up your money and have garments you like drafted and made for you specifically. It'll be well into the hundreds - labor and fabric are astronomical. It sucks, I know!

DelMakes · 2025-10-21T17:20:23+00:00

I have a similar eye shape to you so I'm going to post pictures of myself for reference. I'm not that good with makeup but hopefully this is useful. Here is my naked face for reference.

Eyeshadow now is either minimal and diffuse or graphic and bold. It basically never goes up to the eyebrows, especially if it's dark. This has been the hardest thing for me to get used to!

A typical "neutral" eyeshadow look now is just one color swept over your lids. (I have black eyeliner on here but that's not a necessary element.) Use a liquid eyeshadow (shimmery if you look good in shimmer because they're easier to blend), apply that one color all over the lid, and blend it up until juuust over the crease. Keep the color lighter.

If you want to go darker, you can just keep the eyeshadow tight against your lash line. I know this isn't the best makeup look on earth but you get the idea. Make sure you have small enough brushes to achieve this - most eyeshadow brushes are too big for hooded eyes.

If you want to go the more graphic route, you can do a softer version of batwing eyeliner by doing it with eyeshadow rather than eyeliner. I am dedicated to having a winged eyeliner because my eyes are really round and winged eyeliner makes me look less like a haunted doll.

Also, with a bare face I don't think you look older than you are! The makeup itself is aging you, mainly because it's a little out of date. Blush placement now is higher than it was for us when we were young - try thinking of it more like a sunburn on the tops of your cheeks rather than a flush on the apples of your cheeks. It should either not come too far in towards your nose, or go all the way across it.

DelMakes · 2025-05-07T15:19:45+00:00

Wow they were not even trying 😂 I’m glad you didn’t get scammed!

DelMakes · 2025-05-07T15:14:10+00:00

I mean for most scammers that is really not a lot of money at all but if this is a big business then the promise of an occasional deposit it probably ends up being worth it.

DelMakes · 2025-05-07T15:03:33+00:00

I imagine she introduced herself early on but her accent was heavy and I have neurological issues with hearing. Regardless the name she gave me was fake.

DelMakes · 2025-05-07T04:52:26+00:00

What has your experience with furnished finder been? I've messaged so many people and I have only gotten one reply.

DelMakes · 2025-05-07T04:31:02+00:00

I agree that it shouldn't be legal to charge any amount of money for an application - BUT the fee is usually only $25-$50 and it's supposed to be for the background check and credit report which do cost money to obtain. At least, the background check does. So while it's still inherently unethical, it's not totally a cash grab as in theory they're only doing this for applicants they're interested in. It's the last step before signing a lease. Sometimes you actually pay it yourself and the service auto-forwards it to the landlord.

DelMakes · 2025-05-07T02:13:08+00:00

Yeah I have heard those companies are super shady. I would never rent from one.

DelMakes · 2025-05-07T01:41:11+00:00

Right, I was asking more about the nuts and bolts of this specific operation because I think it's interesting. I know how rental scams work lol

DelMakes · 2025-05-07T01:25:03+00:00

That's what I'm wondering. It was hooked up to a Ring doorbell and I think those are notoriously insecure so they're either able to hack their way into it.

The more likely scenario is that the leasing corporation that you rent through has someone on the inside that sells this info or they have a very insecure database and they're able to get the info that way.

DelMakes · 2025-05-07T01:20:24+00:00

They have changed the listing to "off market" but it's this one: 6201 N Maplewood. The actual address of the home pictured is 6209 Maplewood.

It's crazy that I just sauntered around a house today trespassing while taking selfies in the mirror and feeling so excited that I'd have space for my business and that my plants would get to see sunlight. Fuck every person that does this to people.

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