Placement of sewing machine

KK: Check out your phone book. Maybe you are looking at the wrong
type shops. Look for "Prostheses" and "Mastectomy Supplies" for
starters. I am not suggesting a mastectomy!! I AM suggesting you
call some specialists in women's undergarments. If they can fit
for post op needs, they can fit you too. Yes, the garments will
be a tad pricey, but you would be better off with two well fitted
garments than with six ill fitted ones. Get one for starters and
see how you like it. HTH.
PAT in VA/USA
..... removing the other NG form the address ... in VA/USA

~KK in BC~ wrote:
Something I have never been able to do is get a professional fitting and OH
I wish I could. I have the issue of 40 DDD or possibly an F but who knows
(yes au natural)? I wear what I can get into and that's that. Besides, they
are bloody EXPENSIVE to purchase! Where I live, we have no lingerie shops or
specialty shops for those women who don't know how to measure their
bazooms.......... and now? my poor poor daughter is turning 14 and wearing
at least a 36 C right now... and even those look too small on her....

As you are a garment maker, how do you measure for the correct fit?
And why do you prefer the underwire?

I would love to be able to measure her and at least get close to what size
she should be wearing........ lord knows mother nature will have her way
with all of them eventually but if I can make it comfortable for her now,
maybe she will keep up the measure and fit part.

rotflmaopimp!! Oh my - so very well put!!

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Kate Dicey wrote:
.... And you lot
wondered why I only have one kid... ;P

I only have on kid because early on I found out what was causing it and
learned how to run the program without getting a hard copy :-) CiaoMeow
^;;^

Mine is placed on a recessed computer desk platform and it works
beautifully. I have an adjustable chair and it is just the right height and
distance from the edge.

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Polly Esther wrote:

Something else I was too polite to mention was that some of us have more
in front of us than others (in addition to accurate bi-focal distance).
No. I was too polite to mention that. Polly

I have my machine as close to the edge of the table as possible --
6.5" is the measurement. Of course, I have to squish my pulchritudinous
self right up close to the edge of the table so that I can actually see
the needle -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow ^;;^

DrQuilter wrote:

I have never found a bra that fits. I think my chest (the real chest, or
rib cage) is to big for the cup size i should wear.. and I can't stand
underwire, so I mostly go without....

So go for a bigger band size and smaller cup size. As the band size
gets bigger, so too does the cup size, so that the volume of a B cup in
a 42 band is bigger than the volume of a B cup in a 32. Once you have
been properly measured, the store should be able to tell you the
combination of band and cup size you need.

Look at it this way:

There are three girls. They all MEASURE 36" round the fullest part of
the bust.

I am one: I have a small rib-cage and full breasts. I take a 32F. I
also need a UK size 10-12 pattern, with an adjustment for a larger bust.

Call the next one Lizzy: She's a lucky lass with a standard figure, and
takes a 36B. No fitting issues for her! She pops a size 14 pattern out
of the packet and it fits perfectly!

Call the last one Annie: she is flat chested, and takes a 38A. She
needs a size 16 pattern with the excess removed from the front.

Whether or not you find an underwired bra comfortable or not is less to
do with the size of the breast and more to do with the shape. Look at
yourself in the mirror with no bra on: if the breasts are more like an
oval on its side than a U or a O, chances are you will be more
comfortable in a non-wired bra. U's and O's may be more comfortable
with wires.

Short folk may (like me - I'm only 5'4") find that half cup or
'baconette' styles, which are lower cut, are better because they then
don't have huge wires poking into their armpits or poking out above
their breasts at centre front when they sit down. Folk with narrow
rib-cages need to look for bras where the cups are close together at the
front. The one I have on now is less than ideal: it's the 'right size'
and comfortable enough, but the cups are really way too far apart, so
there's a wide gap in the middle of the front and the wires are right
round at the side-seam area at the sides, rather than towards the front
of the chest where the breast stops. Mind you, it was only a cheap bra
- £7.50 from Tesco. My usual ones are about £22-£28 from John Lewis's
lingerie department.

It's always worth looking for odd sizes in the sales. I got a very nice
one in M&S sale last week for £12 rather than £24.
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I have never found a bra that fits. I think my chest (the real chest, or
rib cage) is to big for the cup size i should wear.. and I can't stand
underwire, so I mostly go without....

I pay a LOT of attention to bras and whether or
not they fit properly. Did you know that more than 75% of women wear
the WRONG size? And the most common error they make is buying too big a
band size with too small a cup size.

Bras are like shoes: the 'right' size in one make may fit you better
than the right size in another. A good fitter will be able to fit you
into not just the right size, but also the right style and make for your
shape. I find the best fit for me at present are Fantasy and Marks &
Spencers (and a lot of their bras are made for them by Charnos) in a
32F. The best style is a half cup with underwires and no padding.


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well I got "lucky"as the insurance here did pay for mine but then I had a
size GG and a bad back. bra choice was limited to white one make one type
take it or lump it.

but the down side of reductions is that if your hormones ( estrogens is
responsible for the size of boobs - if your daughter has heavy periods it
would, IMO, be a good idea to investigate the estrogens levels - it could
save a lot of period problems in the long run) have a bit of fun your boobs
grow right back - I'm an E cup now and I am desperately hoping that my
hormones are not going to make them grow more

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You hit the nail on the head there, afford.

It is only half covered by medical. Half of it would be medical reasoning,
they consider the other half to be elective and therefore not covered. I do
not have the extra $8,000 or so to get the job done because the infamous
"they" consider it to be a cosmetic thing.

~KK in BC~ who has done the appointments and research and found out it is
cheaper to get em stuck on that to cut em off......... friend of mine got
some put on for about $4000.

Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send wrote:

Kate Dicey wrote:


Bra cup sizes got up to J if you look in the right places.


Ahem.... they actually go up to M or N if you look in the right places.

Yes, but you have to look quite hard, don't you. J's are fairly readily
available by comparison. As a mere F, I'm lucky that several local
local stores carry them.

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"Kate Dicey" wrote in message
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snip Whether or not you find an underwired bra comfortable or not is
less to do with the size of the breast and more to do with the shape.
Look at yourself in the mirror with no bra on: if the breasts are more
like an oval on its side than a U or a O, chances are you will be more
comfortable in a non-wired bra. U's and O's may be more comfortable with
wires.


What about those of us who look like ski jumps from the side????



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Kate Dicey wrote:

Bra cup sizes got up to J if you look in the right places.

Ahem.... they actually go up to M or N if you look in the right places.

~KK in BC~ wrote:

I would love to be able to measure her and at least get close to what size
she should be wearing........ lord knows mother nature will have her way
with all of them eventually but if I can make it comfortable for her now,
maybe she will keep up the measure and fit part.

Lee-Anne Burgess's book tells how to get a personally drafted pattern
that has to be done with the help of a *very* intimate acquaintance. Or
you can check out Pattern Master Curves and use their bra pattern.