tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post4001169239003169009..comments2024-02-25T08:24:32.822+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Sewing Novice: Stripeswestmoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-6777650090856954372015-06-20T20:49:15.745+01:002015-06-20T20:49:15.745+01:00I have really been enjoying wearing my stripes, so...I have really been enjoying wearing my stripes, so I definitely think there is something to the idea that stripes make people cheerful!<br /><br />You are right -- who knows what the addition of buttons would do to the boob vortex! Calamity might ensue!westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-85486531770513803052015-06-19T01:22:47.687+01:002015-06-19T01:22:47.687+01:00I'm so glad you broke out of your stripes ban....I'm so glad you broke out of your stripes ban. I love stripes so much, and even though I don't think 'flattering' always needs to be a guiding principle, I do happen to think that stripes are flattering. Or maybe people just look happier in them or something.<br /><br />I do like the second top, but I think you might have been right to leave off the buttons. It's good the way it is, you don't want to mess with a boob vortex, right?Ms. McCallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190263303526887994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-61323034936187563212015-06-18T20:21:35.257+01:002015-06-18T20:21:35.257+01:00Thanks! I'm enjoying wearing my tops, and seri...Thanks! I'm enjoying wearing my tops, and seriously I don't care if they make me look wider.<br /><br />I am usually so careful with the sun because I'm so incredibly pale and mole-like, but I just didn't think to slather on my sunscreen round my neck. Alas. :(westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-28273500064726834962015-06-18T18:15:57.990+01:002015-06-18T18:15:57.990+01:00Nice tops! I think they look great on you! I love ...Nice tops! I think they look great on you! I love stripes and geometrics too! And nice stripe matching along the binding of top #2. <br /><br />My opinion is that the horizontal stripe 'optical illusion' is a bunch of hooey. It's hooey since, as you point out, what's up with women taking up as little space as possible? I also think that the horizontal stripe optical illusion theory is simply false. <br /><br />Also, ugh, neck burns. I feel your pain. I have a fair skin tone too, and I always spend the summer months looking like a robin redbreast. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-40606776306857587402015-06-18T13:44:30.997+01:002015-06-18T13:44:30.997+01:00I love my stripey boob vortex! I described it in p...I love my stripey boob vortex! I described it in precisely those terms on twitter, and one of my friends though I was exaggerating until I showed her the photo. She decided the black stripe at centre front was like a small and curiously oblong black hole.<br /><br />I AM SO OVER THE "LOOK THINNER" THING. Like, for a long time when I was younger I kind of let it wash over me/accepted it (and wore a lot of black as a result, because it's slimming!), because it's so engrained in our culture to equate thinness to beauty. But the older I get and the more angry and feminist I get, the more the whole "take up less space! If you can't take up less actual physical space then at least try to LOOK like you do!" makes me seethe with rage. I want a placard: TAKE UP ALL THE SPACE YOU WANT, LADIES. Wear giant voluminous EVERYTHING if you want to! Wear giant horizontal stripes that are scientifically proven to make you look twice your actual width if that floats your boat! IT IS NOT YOUR JOB IN LIFE TO VANISH INTO A SMALLER AND SMALLER SPACE. westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-4424565233590431932015-06-18T13:19:01.774+01:002015-06-18T13:19:01.774+01:00So much good stuff in this post! lol! Stripey boob...So much good stuff in this post! lol! Stripey boob vortex for the win!!!<br /><br />Also, can we just talk about this whole idea of "appearing thin"? Like, hey, I'm not. I'm 5'5" and weigh 185 lbs. not thin. And that's okay. I don't need to orchestrate my wardrobe to try to appear as such! Grrr! So bring on the horizontal stripes! And breezy tops. And other "should'nts" that I want to anyway! <br /><br />I love your new tops. And I actually have that Ottobre mag!SewCraftyChemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971798108420431518noreply@blogger.com