/bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/ A Style Blog For Grown-up Girls Who Make Their Own Clothes: We are Velvet Swans Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.2 /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comment-5533 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:54:45 +0000 /?p=1947#comment-5533 I just saw this post, two years after! This is very interesting. Yesterday I finished sewing a blouse that I would think would have been beautiful, but it was ugly on me. It looked like I was wearing those blouse they give you when you go to have a medical examination in the hospital.
I will surely go on some detective adventures here. I am in Montreal, Quebec, Canada if you happen to come here, we could go together.

]]> /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comment-1408 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 10:20:38 +0000 /?p=1947#comment-1408 It really help to play dressmaking detective. It doesn’t need to be a major commitment, 15 minute in a dressing room while running other errands.

]]> /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comment-1405 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 04:24:11 +0000 /?p=1947#comment-1405 Thanks for this post (and all of your others – I just found your blog). I think it’s a great idea to be a detective. I need to shore up my confidence and try more RTW clothes on. I’m sure I’d learn a lot!

]]> /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comment-1311 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 12:59:05 +0000 /?p=1947#comment-1311 Wow, Gill that looks like a neat project you are working on. Do they need more helpers? Westfield is easy for me if you’d like to meet up sometime.

]]> /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comment-1310 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 10:24:49 +0000 /?p=1947#comment-1310 Great idea! I was at Westfield Stratford on Wednesday for Olympic Sewing ( http://vintagerockchick-gill.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/olympic-stitching.html ) and went into a branch of Cos for the first time – not to shop, obvs, but to get ideas. Saw the pocket detail on the dress you tried and I also loved this one http://www.cosstores.com/gb/Women/Dresses/Flared_cotton_dress/46881-32474792.1#c-24481
I’m only an hour away from town on the train, and often visit – I’d be happy to meet up for a bit of detective work!

]]> /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comment-1303 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 20:53:13 +0000 /?p=1947#comment-1303 I live Germany! Lived there as a teem and just got back from a trip there. I love how German women dress. So simple yet so stylish. Wish I had more room in my luggage to but new clothes while I was there.

]]> /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comment-1302 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 16:50:53 +0000 /?p=1947#comment-1302 I love this! I do this kind of undercover work too, and have learned a lot about what looks and feels right for me- sometimes I surprise myself.
Sure wish I could co-shop with you, but alas, I shop in Michigan and Stuttgart, Germany.

]]> /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comment-1294 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:17:21 +0000 /?p=1947#comment-1294 Yeah. I’d like to do more of this.

]]> /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comment-1293 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:13:41 +0000 /?p=1947#comment-1293 Okay, the dressmaking detective will try on belts, just to prove how it doesn’t work on this detective’s body. You’ll see.

]]> /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comment-1292 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:12:40 +0000 /?p=1947#comment-1292 I’ll let you know if I’m ever in Dallas, and you let me know if you’re in London.

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