Placement of sewing machine

Down here we only have the "bimbo" style or the "grandma" and let's face it
I'm certainly not bimbo - but I ain't at Granny level yet - no matter how
old I feel!! LOL. I'm currently living in a one-piece cossie I found about
..... jeezum 6 years ago which is about to die and good ol' fashioned
boardies.

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
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http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"Kate Dicey" wrote in message
...
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send wrote:

Kate Dicey wrote:


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.


*chuckle* Well, once you finally find the *ONE* manufacturer who makes
them, then you don't have to look for them any more, just a distributor
who hasn't gone out of business -- a store, not someone working out of
their home. ROTFL.

Melinda, who prefers to make her own but hasn't had time recently.

Bras are a bugger, but swimsuits are THE PITS!

There you are, ready and willing to spend £40-£60 on a cozzy, coz you
swim 3-4 times a week, and you really want a nice comfy 34F cozzy, that
will give you a bit of lift and comfort on the way in and out of the
pool, will cover you well and allow you to swim without stopping to tug
it back into place, and what do you find? The manufacturers seem to
believe that anyone who is a 32F is a 19YO bimbo with no arse and
plastic balloons up her front! So all you can find are posing-in
bikinis with 3 triangles attached by string, or swimsuits that have the
legs cut so high you want a Brazilian wax job just to stay decent! Well
sorry - my bum is 49 and reasonably well lived in. I want it COVERED!
AND I want to be able to get in and out of the cozzy without giving
myself a hernia trying to get said bum through a 6" hole in the top of a
'racer back' style that would fit if I could only get the flaming thing
ON!

And what about those sets with matching knickers and bras? Most of the
really nice bras that fit ONLY have bum-floss knickers to match! GRR!
ARGH! At least I got a decent sized pair to go with my nice brown
Fantasy bra... And the flesh-toned one I bought from M&S had matching
BUM COVERING knickers in two styles: decent and All The Way Up To Yer
Waist. But they only did the ATWUTYW style in bigger sizes, and I
needed a UK 12-14! So I ended up with decent hipsters. Well, it was in
the sale, so I can forgive them.

One day I really will get into making them all myself, but not until I
stop shrinking. I still have a stone to lose (14 lbs), and with all the
interruptions from customers and Life in general, I'd get it finished
just in time for it to drop off me!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Naaaaaay! Sue. We flaunters never get too old. I still win the beauty
contest down at the feed store the 3rd Saturday of every month. Polly

"Sewingsue" wrote So that's why I finally got a bust when I was too old
to flaunt it :-)

Ha!!!!!
I thought they only did that here in Kiwiland...........nice to know the
Ozzies have the same problem
Sylvi



"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
u...
But doesn't it really really irk you when you find "the" bra or "the
knickers" that are perfect and you buy a half dozen pairs. Then when they
are about due for replacement or you want more you can never find them!!
They've "improved" them or stopped making them! Man that burns my butt!

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

Sylvia L. Dalefield wrote:
Ha!!!!!
I thought they only did that here in Kiwiland...........nice to know the
Ozzies have the same problem
Sylvi



"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
u...

But doesn't it really really irk you when you find "the" bra or "the
knickers" that are perfect and you buy a half dozen pairs. Then when they
are about due for replacement or you want more you can never find them!!
They've "improved" them or stopped making them! Man that burns my butt!

Here, too. Very frustrating. There is a place called the Vermont
Country Store that sometimes brings back some things, but certainly not all.

I notice the same behavior in the grocery store. I find something, try
it, it goes over well at home, I go to buy more, and they don't have it
anymore.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth

So I never will get into the bra's I grew out of, and was saving for
when I strink again?
--
Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin

On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 19:07:41 GMT, "~KK in BC~"
wrote:

Did you all know that when you are in menopause your breasts grow almost a
whole cup size? I was shocked when I found this out and it does explain why
women must change sizes as they "cure" LOL

~KK in BC~


"Jessamy" wrote in message
. ..
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

--
Jessamy
In The Netherlands
Take out: so much quilting to reply.
Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow
www.geocities.com/jess_ayad
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

G'day Sharon

Why not take a pattern from the comfy, wellfitting bra and knickers and
make your own? I've adapted a knicker pattern to suit as I am long in
the back waist to crotch and short in the front waist to crotch (forward
tilting pelvis). I also like the lower back leg opening a little lower
than the pattern so they don't ride up with wear.......not a good look
when someone goes fishing for their knickers!! ROFLMHO Since I've got
the pattern 'just right' I usually make 6-8 pair of knickers at the one
time, production line style.

Bra making.....one of our Aussie girls, LeeAnne Burgess has written a
fabulous book on bra making based on a pattern from your favourite bra.
Making bras it not hard, it is a little time consuming BUT the results
are well worth the effort. Also lots of $$$'s saved. LeeAnne has a
great video too which shows bras in THE most fantastic colours...all
home dyed fabrics!

Bronwyn ;-)
also in the Land Downunder!

Sharon Harper wrote:
But doesn't it really really irk you when you find "the" bra or "the
knickers" that are perfect and you buy a half dozen pairs. Then when they
are about due for replacement or you want more you can never find them!!
They've "improved" them or stopped making them! Man that burns my butt!

Shrink!! - I think its time for bed!
--
Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 01:49:27 +0000 (UTC), Sally Swindells
wrote:

So I never will get into the bra's I grew out of, and was saving for
when I strink again?

Ok, here is my number one pet peeve in the "knicker improvement" department
(and I use the word "improvement" as loosely as possible). For some reason,
underwear manufacturers have not figured out that we ahem full figured
folk have padding EVERYWHERE - not just in the hips, thighs, tummy, etc.
Hello people, when women gain weight, the crotch area needs more (not less)
coverage!!!!!

Lisa, USA, who thinks the person who invented the butt floss thong panties
and the subsequent THONG PAD to go therein is a maniac who should be shot.

"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
u...
But doesn't it really really irk you when you find "the" bra or "the
knickers" that are perfect and you buy a half dozen pairs. Then when they
are about due for replacement or you want more you can never find them!!
They've "improved" them or stopped making them! Man that burns my butt!

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send" wrote
in
message ...
Kate Dicey wrote:

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.

*chuckle* Well, once you finally find the *ONE* manufacturer who makes
them, then you don't have to look for them any more, just a distributor
who hasn't gone out of business -- a store, not someone working out of
their home. ROTFL.

Melinda, who prefers to make her own but hasn't had time recently.

Sharon - that is one of my pet peeves. My favorite "knickers" were
"improved" several years ago & I just recently found a pair that I like &
that fits me perfectly. I went back & bought more - I suppose I should go
back & really stock up in case they decide to "improve" upon them. I even
found them at Costco recently, so I guess I'd better put them on my shopping
list!

Pauline
Northern California
"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
u...
But doesn't it really really irk you when you find "the" bra or "the
knickers" that are perfect and you buy a half dozen pairs. Then when they
are about due for replacement or you want more you can never find them!!
They've "improved" them or stopped making them! Man that burns my butt!

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send" wrote
in
message ...
Kate Dicey wrote:

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.

*chuckle* Well, once you finally find the *ONE* manufacturer who makes
them, then you don't have to look for them any more, just a distributor
who hasn't gone out of business -- a store, not someone working out of
their home. ROTFL.

Melinda, who prefers to make her own but hasn't had time recently.

There was a place I used to buy my girls nappies (diapers) in bulk way
cheaper than at the supermarket. We had a wonderful relationship until they
"improved" the durn things and they proceeded to leak and cause irritations
to my girls be-hinds. So began a series of trial and error, from the
cheapest to the most expensive brand (I even did a nappy survey once where I
didn't have to buy them for 4 months - just fill out a book each day -
perfect). In the end I settled for a mid-way price brand. Alas since then
they have been "improved" also. Why? They were perfect the way they were.

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"Pogonip" wrote in message
...
Sylvia L. Dalefield wrote:
Ha!!!!!
I thought they only did that here in Kiwiland...........nice to know the
Ozzies have the same problem
Sylvi



"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
u...

But doesn't it really really irk you when you find "the" bra or "the
knickers" that are perfect and you buy a half dozen pairs. Then when
they
are about due for replacement or you want more you can never find
them!!
They've "improved" them or stopped making them! Man that burns my butt!

Here, too. Very frustrating. There is a place called the Vermont
Country Store that sometimes brings back some things, but certainly not
all.

I notice the same behavior in the grocery store. I find something, try
it, it goes over well at home, I go to buy more, and they don't have it
anymore.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth