LOL there's a Zombie survival guide on everything you need to know when it happens

Yes fun book to read.

I'll put that on the list right after Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...IE, books I shall NOT read. But s'okay, others read them so I can get their cliffs notes.

The survival guide, helps out a lot what to look out for and what you need to do defend your self.

lol I'll keep it in mind should a zombie influx begin, but for now I think I'll stick to just planning my vaca

That works well then.

Sooooooooooo, just realized I have to make a kimono/juban...whatever the male equivalent is for fanime...and OF COURSE the house has eaten the blasted fabric!!! And it's sad that I find these things the hardest to make, stupid rectangles, give me a corset or hoop skirt to do any day....

I like corsets (When they don't squeeze me)

.....but corsets are supposed to squeeze you...they make things pop, and squish, and shape!

Not to the point of Disfigurement. I like fitted corsets

LOL well I like my corsets to alter my figure, dunno if it's then dis-figured. But to each their own, and well, I own quite a few ;)

I like it when I wear one. It tight fit I like.

I like the ones that fit me XD

Why wear one if it doesn't fit? O.o But yeah, corsets=easy square kimono/jubans=hard as FRAK!!

I have that fits I like the one with whale bone or even metal.

if you had one with baleen/whale bone I was gonna be like O.O how ooooooooold is that?? Cause, that stuffs gotta be old! I've gone one done up with reed boning, that's a nice one, just not good at holdin me all in

I saw an old one wow it was pretty I happen to like it a lot but not made for me. I do love my black and red one with the metal in it.

I never saw that one before. this is new

Cause I never wear it unless I am doing something Pirate like or Ren fair like.

I wonder if I should get a corset. <.< >.>

I broke my toe near the end of last May and lost my job.

I have gained ten or fifteen pounds since then.

How does breaking your toe have to do with corsets?

Well, I was staying off my foot for about seven weeks.

Then after I lost my job I started - or should I say continued - hanging out on-line rather than doing much active stuff.

As I said : I gained ten or fifteen pounds.

A corset would tuck in my tummy.

Ah, I don't normally wear corsets, the closest thing I have that is corset like are the ones I got a hot topic that comes in a set and the lingerie style corset

You have to check what they use for the boning in corsets.

Plastic stays will give and not hold you in.

they mostly use plastic since its cheaper and it's a stiffer material

That is why I will have to look for a real corset that has steel stays in it so that it does not stretch out as you wear it.

Good luck finding one. I saw some corset patterns that you can sew, it would be a challenge

If I get to a convention I will have to keep my eyes out.

My Mom is quite good at sewing.

I want her to help me make myself a dress.

My mom's awesome at sewing but she's rarely around so I need to learn ho to sew buy myself, youtube, and my Sewing for Dummies book

Ah! I can not understand how to thread the machine. o.0

That is why I need someone to help me.

It's simple really, it shows it on the picture on the machine. youtube shows you how regardless of what type of machine you have. I Can do bobbins on he machine as well.

I had to learn how to thread the machine by myself cause my mom and the school wouldn't teach me

I'm not that good at remembering things, so the path to use for the thread confuses me.

However, this newer machine that she has now - well it is is five or so years old - seems to be somewhat easier to thread.

Maybe I can learn on it.

My mo has a sewing machine that is older than I am and I'm about to turn 20 in July.

they usually have the section pictures onto the machine

The old machine my Mom had was even older - like from the sixties or even fifties.

No pictures on it, but there were numbers to follow if you could just remember what to do at each one.

I hand sew that is me.

Nearly every machine threads the exact same(with the exception of overlockers/sergers) so once you figure out one machine it will be the same. I've got six machines in my dungeon, while one is an overlocker, the other five are all different ages, models, types, but they allllllllll thread the same. If your mom is okay with it you can take a fine tip sharpie and draw the path on the machines, along with 'clues' to remember what to do at each point. I was lucky that the first machine I ever learned on(well, really learned, my mother sucked at that) had a good diagram already on it. And my serger has a really detailed one too since I have to re-thread the darn thing all the time.

I was having a convo yesterday and realized that in a couple years sewing and all that may as well die out, it's not being taught any more. Which IMO is super sad, why aren't we seeking to learn this any more, are we just assuming it's not a necessary skill? My friend joked it was because you can't grade it with standardized testing, and sadly she's probably right.

I know how to hand sew, too, but it is dull - especially trying to make it come out neat.

Once I learn how to thread the machine, yup, I should be good to go.

I noticed that they threaded about the same, so hopefully it should go OK.

I think with the downturn in the economy, that people will start learning how to do stuff like sewing and canning on their own to save money.

And the coolest thing to start with that is that schools should have asewing clas more often (in my school there was sewiong class but only one and when I wanted to be in that class within the first 2 days it was full, and they were covered by sophmores and rich preps wanting to just pass or hangout with the teacher) oTL

I hope you can get the class next time, Echo - if you are still in school that is. I guess they only have so many teachers to hold classes, though.

It was 3 years ago when I went to High School XD. But there are sewing classes elsewhere like Denver