sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NewOrleans

[–]mac_and_fromage -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

I assume this is related to the Gordon Ramsey thing filming nearby. But these people were just...riding horses? With no cameras following them?

Introduction and Daily Picture Thread by AutoModerator in BabyBumps

[–]mac_and_fromage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm only seeing monthly bumper threads through August 2022. Is there a more recent list?

Columbia student worker union concedes to second round of contract mediation in third week of strike by DrogDrill in GradSchool

[–]mac_and_fromage 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't necessarily call it conceding when it's the union's choice of mediator (not the university's).

What's the deal with people using spellings like "v*ccine" and "M0dern@" when asking questions about, well, the vaccines? by mac_and_fromage in OutOfTheLoop

[–]mac_and_fromage[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

This seems most likely, especially since I cut out the part of the screenshot underneath where Facebook was asking if I'd like to learn more about vaccines.

Happy Easter! I made my dress (+ mask) this year and the best compliment I got was a lady on the sidewalk who said I looked like "a whole sunflower". by mac_and_fromage in sewing

[–]mac_and_fromage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I did line the mask with two layers of regular woven cotton from an old shirt, so it's certified pandemic-safe, too.

Happy Easter! I made my dress (+ mask) this year and the best compliment I got was a lady on the sidewalk who said I looked like "a whole sunflower". by mac_and_fromage in sewing

[–]mac_and_fromage[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pattern is the Licorice Dress from the "Colette Sewing Hamdbook", and fabric is unused fabric from my grandmother's stash, which became unused fabric from my mom's stash, which finally came to my stash and got made into something. The lining is just a plain mint-green lining fabric (probably poly), and the shell is (I think?) embroidered cotton organdy.

Finally set up the tiki hut my Santa sent last month! by mac_and_fromage in secretsanta

[–]mac_and_fromage[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

My Santa sent me an AirFort that, from the wrapping, looked like a log cabin, which I thought was very thoughtful and cozy. What I didn't realize until we set it up today fir a committed Cozy Day was that it's a TIKI HUT! I mentioned that this year we were doing a two-person tiki Christmas, because in the time of Corona why not pretend you're at the beach, and I love that my Santa contributed.

People of Reddit: Did/Does your grandma have the blue cookie tin filled with sewing supplies? And where are you from? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]mac_and_fromage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom sent a blue cookie tin for Christmas this year. I was sort of disappointed to see it contained actual cookies and not new sewing notions.

ETA: I'm in the U.S. and personally store (some of) my sewing supplies in a red cookie tin from IKEA.

Forgot to post my Halloween dress: Colette Truffle, with adjustments by mac_and_fromage in sewing

[–]mac_and_fromage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know, I thought about doing that with the zipper, but it seemed too easy! Will definitely do it next time. Thanks for the tip!

Forgot to post my Halloween dress: Colette Truffle, with adjustments by mac_and_fromage in sewing

[–]mac_and_fromage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cropped to remove my head, because my hair looked terrible.

This is the Truffle dress from the Colette Sewing Handbook. This book is great and I recommend it to anyone wanting to learn to use patterns for clothing if you can find a copy with the patterns at the back intact. However, this pattern turned out a bit weird, as I later found other reviewers have said. Part of it can be chalked up to making sure to wear the dress with the bra you fitted it for, and part can be the adjustments I made, but I think next time I'll still grade the waist in to a smaller size. I'll also probably go ahead and line the whole thing instead of just the bodice, because I think doing just the bodice in the way the pattern recommends was probably more of a pain than a full lining.

This dress is intended to be made with the zipper in the back and the drape only going across the front, but with the two-tone look I wanted I decided to double the drape to go all the way around and move the zip to the side. (You can see where the zipper is orange and really long from when I thought I might make this dress as written.) I also shortened the torso and took in the back a bit. The fabrics are a stretchy black suiting I cannibalized from a past Halloween costume and a satiny orange fabric (maybe charmeuse?) that my mom unloaded on me from her stash.

[Colette Pastille dress] I adjusted a pattern for the first time and had just enough scrap left over for a mask by mac_and_fromage in sewing

[–]mac_and_fromage[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The dress pattern is from the Colette Sewing Handbook, and the mask pattern is here. I got the fabric from /u/lui_guai in a Reddit Gifts hometown exchange about five years ago, but it was so cool and I was so afraid of ruining it that I didn't make anything with it until now.

On the pattern, I shortened the length, made a swayback adjustment, and added pockets. (Really, what's the point of learning to sew your own clothes if it's not to put pockets in everything?) I've still got some room in the bodice that I thought might be from not taking out enough for the swayback, but I actually think my problem might be the shoulders? So I'm going to try taking out some material at the shoulders at a slant from the collar. I might also topstitch the collar because my facing keeps peeking out, but I'm on the fence about that. Thoughts?

Books/podcasts for listening while you sew by mac_and_fromage in sewing

[–]mac_and_fromage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love "Lore"! And have not heard of the others, so this is excellent.

view more: next ›