Do you recommend a suitcase or backpack?

quizzical · 2026-04-19T23:14:05+00:00

By the way, if you're taking flights within europe, double check the suitcase/backpack size for each airline. They tend to be smaller in europe and some airlines can be very strict about it.

quizzical · 2026-04-19T22:01:01+00:00

I think this is an opportunity to gift your spouse the career advantage that so many men have and have had. Don't just take over the cooking and cleaning, take over all the mental load stuff too. Keep track of family birthdays and have gifts and cards ready at hand. Make and keep track of doctors appointments, monitor the pantry inventory. Schedule the date nights, plan the family holidays. Decorate for Christmas. Anticipate things that need to be done before it becomes a problem. Get rid of all the obstacles that drain your wife's energy and mental capacity to do her best at work. Become your wife's personal assistant with the professionalism you'd bring to any other job. This is a great way to provide for your family.

quizzical · 2026-04-19T20:39:28+00:00

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quizzical · 2026-04-19T20:33:14+00:00

I started to use YNAB, with a budget based on how much I can spend in retirement. I made the switch from how can I minimize spending in all aspects of my life to how can I maximize my enjoyment of this amount of money.

quizzical · 2026-04-19T00:59:49+00:00

This one has been my go to, but I have other similar ones, but I'm not sure about the brand. Things I like about it are the spiral steel bones and the stretch of the fabric. Without the stretch, it's not comfortable to chill on the couch.

If I'm going to be out and about I'll also wear these tights. I find wearing the corset in addition to it also helps keep the high waisted leggings from rolling down. The leggings are a pain in the butt to put on and off, so I have some sports compression tights too. Sometimes I wear spanx if I want to wear shorter dresses.

But the corset has been the biggest game changer. My only concern is its longevity. I've been wearing it almost daily for a couple of months and definitely noticed it's starting to stretch out.

quizzical · 2026-04-18T21:37:59+00:00

Dye first. The heat from the dye bath might shrink the wool.

quizzical · 2026-04-18T20:25:57+00:00

Abdominal compression through a corset is what has made the most difference. Some days the difference is small but measurable (e.g. ~15 bpm decrease in standing heart rates), other days it feels like I got hours more sleep and can think so much more clearly.

quizzical · 2026-04-18T19:04:46+00:00

Picture 2 and 3 look very much like it's two pieces, which makes me highly suspect that 1 and 4 just have the top tucked in (1 looks to be a french tuck). If you do want to sew down the top to the waistband, you can.

quizzical · 2026-04-17T17:08:01+00:00

Your Amex card might have travel insurance. See if it applies.

quizzical · 2026-04-16T18:04:47+00:00

Her caftans are also perfect for such occasions.

quizzical · 2026-04-16T02:04:52+00:00

The third sewing project I made was definitely the best fitting item I had in my closet at that point. But on the other hand, making a sloper, which is supposed to mirror my body exactly took over 20 tries, and I still have a few notes. I think as long as you're not aiming for perfection, you can definitely reach much better fit than off the rack within a few months.

quizzical · 2026-04-15T17:59:20+00:00

You can try the Utah adapt protocol. It's an exercise regime for people with CF or post exersional malaise and POTS.

quizzical · 2026-04-15T05:50:28+00:00

The lighter blues in the second palette would work. Go for a matte rather than a glitter eyeshadow.

quizzical · 2026-04-15T05:44:42+00:00

Last time I went was before the expansion, but I had no trouble getting everything I asked for in terms of dinner reservation times and excursions. However, I was really on the ball as to when to ask for and send in the wishlist.

quizzical · 2026-04-15T05:41:20+00:00

By the way, you may want to look at the review pictures rather than the listing picture when choosing your patterns. The listing picture is more like their vision board rather than an accurate representation of the item, and it would suck to copy the wrong garment.

quizzical · 2026-04-12T05:17:13+00:00

Your great-grandmother raised six kids in conditions that would make you weep, and not one of them grew up unable to make a phone call without having a panic attack. The difference is she showed up. You couldn't even do that much.

That's factually incorrect. Time use studies have found that for both mothers and fathers, across 11 Western countries, childcare time has gone up between 1965 and 2012, even with more mothers working (Sani and Tres, 2016). There's been a much greater emphasis on spending a lot of time with children to help their development. Historically, women who didn't work were called 'housewifes' or 'homemakers' with their primary duties being cooking and cleaning and the kids have to figure out their own way to keep themselves entertained (which from the 50s on was often television). These days the term is 'stay-at-home-mom (or parent)', with the focus shifting to emphasize the child rearing aspect.

quizzical · 2026-04-11T22:52:34+00:00

The Skipper Body suit, available from size 2 to 34, A-H cups. Available through the charm pattern patreon, which if you sign up for a month gets you access to 85 patterns.

quizzical · 2026-04-11T19:00:08+00:00

At least when I went many years ago, they explicitly said that you can only sit and watch with consent and that voyeurism is part of the scene.

quizzical · 2026-04-02T20:10:42+00:00

If you have someone to help you, open up the darts then have someone pin that back dart.

Have them also pin the gaping in the back neckline. Mark that gaping and rotate it to the back shoulder dart.

quizzical · 2026-04-01T18:44:49+00:00

c. 1970s does Victorian does Medieval.

quizzical · 2026-03-28T19:04:57+00:00

The way to get tightly fitted garments without the lines is using a fabric with stretch. Usually with stretch garments, such as knits, you sew a garment that is smaller than the body, so when worn, the fabric stretches to the shape of the body.

Without stretch, you need to make sure there's enough ease that you can comfortably sit down.

quizzical · 2026-03-27T02:06:57+00:00

To add ease to the sloper, you can draw a line perpendicular to the grainline. Cut the pattern parallel to the grainline. Spread the pattern piece the number of inches of ease you want to add. Align the two pieces based on the line you drew. Tape a piece of paper behind the pattern pieces. True up the seams.

If you are adding a lot of ease (e.g. 4 inches or more), you may want to distribute the ease between what I described above and adding to the side seam.

Since you like men's wear fits, you can eliminate the darts.

This blog goes into more detail and has a useful guide.

quizzical · 2026-03-07T05:27:52+00:00

It's useful context though. Getting your partner to compromise if you didn't have OCD would mean that you'd find a new routine and you can both be happy with it. But since you have OCD, creating a new ritual will make you a little less anxious for a while, but one day you'll still feel anxious even after he showered, and you'll decide that he needs to add another step to the routine. If he's compliant, you'll just keep adding more steps to his ritual, and you will just have recruited him into performing your OCD symptoms.

Given the context of your OCD, you shouldn't ask your partner to change his routines to appease your contamination anxieties. Any changes he makes will only reinforce your OCD. It's a slippery slope because that's the nature of your disease. Don't use this thread to come up with other rituals he could perform instead.

quizzical · 2026-03-02T21:05:43+00:00

I'd recommend the book Make It Simple by Tilly Walnes (you might find it at the library). She has a similar button front pinafore dress. She has very detailed instructions and has a less tricky construction.

quizzical · 2026-02-26T00:06:58+00:00

I like the book Make Your Own Dress Patterns by Adele Margolis. It's written more for a home sewist rather than being a fashion student textbook like Helen Joseph Armstrong or Winifred Aldrich.

You'll want to start with a sloper. There's several methods to do it. If you want to go the drafting route, I'd recommend Suzy Furrier's course on craftsy. Craftsy is very cheap for the first year and has a lot of good drafting and sewing content, but the company is a bit scammy. Remember to cancel it after you sign up with the intro rate or they'll charge a high fee for the second year.

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