tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post8892457929753194426..comments2024-02-25T08:24:32.822+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Sewing Novice: Reviewed: Deer & Doe Sureau Dress & Ottobre 05-2013-4 Raglan Teewestmoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-7052417156407643132015-03-31T19:51:02.826+01:002015-03-31T19:51:02.826+01:00Thanks! Unfortunately, my bust is legit very large...Thanks! Unfortunately, my bust is legit very large -- I have a 3" high bust to full bust difference and a 7" difference from bust to underbust, so fitting tops is a nightmare.westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-29547858760170997572015-03-31T00:38:27.041+01:002015-03-31T00:38:27.041+01:00I think your Sureau dress looks very nice - the se...I think your Sureau dress looks very nice - the sewing and the fit and the fabric (I'd snap up that nice blue print if I saw it in my local fabric shop!).<br />I have a 36" bust, a 35" high bust and a 30" underbust, so am yet to learn what size to start with for tops. May I say, as a complete stranger, that your boobs don't look all that gigantic to me? Cheers, Sarah :-)kushamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348980220982246051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-75934575472441004442013-10-31T00:19:24.879+00:002013-10-31T00:19:24.879+00:00No, you are definitely not the only one over the w...No, you are definitely not the only one over the whole cake/frosting analogy. Cute for a little while, but now just grating. Still, it's very apt for that whole side of the sewing community -- very cutesy, sugary sweet, retro-pastiche frou-frou stuff... that grates after a while. I haven't really worked out exactly what style I want to pursue with my sewing but let me tell you, it's probably never ever going to be this cutesy stuff.westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-57528915286459833102013-10-30T19:46:18.179+00:002013-10-30T19:46:18.179+00:00ah, i understand. I was also glued to that takedow...ah, i understand. I was also glued to that takedown :) and ITA re: the massive waistband pieces, and pretty much everything you say. Especially about the folks who were like, 'you should write her directly!' and 'you think it's so easy, you try it!' Weirdos.<br /><br />I thought of getting the RV, but decided not to. I have very little time to sew, and I muslin everything for fit - so any new pattern I take on is going to be a multi-week investment of time. I have to *love* the design to want to take the time to make it work. And I'm not into collecting $$ patterns for no reason. <br />(also, am I the only person who finds this whole cake/frosting thing a bit twee?) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-47614546506565573752013-10-30T17:53:51.219+00:002013-10-30T17:53:51.219+00:00Actually, I was GLUED to that takedown of the late...Actually, I was GLUED to that takedown of the latest Cake pattern while it happened! I mostly ignored the whole pattern release from Cake because I thought the dress looked frumpy and the only element I was even remotely interested in (the little jacket) isn't out yet (and actually I have a not-totally-dissimilar Ottobre pattern that I think I prefer). The pattern creator kept posting photos of her pattern testers' dresses though and I didn't really think it looked good on many people at all, so I was glad to see someone actually going through and pointing out why, as well as some of the problems with the pattern. (Also, what is that pattern creator's obsession with HUGE waistband pieces. It's exceptionally unflattering to so many body types!). I admit I do have the Hummingbird pattern, and I bought the Tiramisu dress pattern in a fit of madness that I regretted from the second I clicked confirm on Paypal. I eventually gave it away!<br /><br />What was most interesting to me however was the number of people who were saying (a) it was the responsibility of the critic to get in touch with the pattern creator and list all of the changes that were needed before drawing any kind of negative public attention to it; and (b) the people saying that if the pattern was so bad, then the critic should go write her own and see how hard it is.... as if somehow it being hard to write good patterns should excuse the creator from doing a good job at it.<br /><br />My remark about the nit-pickery was prompted by the people on the forum going on and on about what information should and shouldn't be in a review. westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-46075255245256672072013-10-30T16:30:09.954+00:002013-10-30T16:30:09.954+00:00I think it's a great review - both here and on...I think it's a great review - both here and on PR. I'm guessing you missed the thread where a very exp'd seamstress was very critical of the Red Velvet dress (Cake patterns). The indielovegirls couldn't say anything because they just don't have the knowledge base. She has a series of blog posts where she documents her experience with the pattern and how she eventually got it to work. Here's the first of them; I think you'll like them http://stitchesandseams.blogspot.ca/2013/10/a-take-on-cake.html<br /><br />in general, I think that the rest of the sewing world is starting to get annoyed with indielovegirls. As it should. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com