https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:47:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815787 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:00:14 +0000 Anonymous 1815787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mom and I used to make regular doll clothes, but not Barbie clothes. I never have cared much about Barbie, and the clothes are teeny tiny. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815784 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:37:24 +0000 Sheila 1815784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Xtabay: Does anyone make Barbie outfits these days??? Back in the day we used to love to make doll clothes, especially when they would match our own home-sewn outfit. But I wonder if this is still a popular hobby. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815783 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:34:53 +0000 Sheila 1815783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie: Yes, this has been my hope. I am an experienced home seamstress and know that professionals really work every bit of fabric out of the whole cloth. Still, when I look at the way some garments are fabricated they look like there would be leftover pieces.</p> <p>L'Abeille: Yes, my daughter went on an SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) journey and she was known to make very interesting medieval-looking garments that she wore to events.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815718 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:39:20 +0000 Anonymous 1815718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe they could use them for Barbie outfits?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815712 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:24:17 +0000 L'Abeille 1815712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually as I recall from eons ago when I used to sew, the weird wide-and-long shape at the top of the sleeve piece, required to accommodate both the shoulder and underarm, was always the hardest pattern piece to fit on the fabric with any efficiency. I can imagine that the cold-shoulder modification could lead to less fabric wastage overall.</p> <p>Although I hope this doesn't bring a return to medieval styles with sleeveless tabards and separate laced-on sleeves! (Speaking as an ignorant layperson whose daughters dabble in period clothing.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815575 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:45:10 +0000 Angie 1815575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sheila, there aren't any "cut-outs", because that's not the way the patterns work when you're making the garments. The pieces of the pattern are put onto a lay and there is minimum waste like with any other style. It's NOT like a donut with a hole cut out of it.&nbsp;</p> <p>Binkie, is dead right.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815518 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:02:05 +0000 Anonymous 1815518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I doubt anything will be recycled. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815513 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:51:19 +0000 rachylou 1815513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The wastage is huge and considered an environmental problem, sad to say... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815425 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:17:53 +0000 Sheila 1815425@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy: I'll be on the lookout for these bits and pieces next season! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815414 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 05:25:30 +0000 Anonymous 1815414@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I suspect that they will show up as parts of applicay designs next season. Really, I hope that the polyester is returned to fuel oil. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815385 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 03:16:16 +0000 Sheila 1815385@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cindysmith: one can only hope so. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815343 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 01:00:51 +0000 cindysmith 1815343@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Textile recycling? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815338 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:17:37 +0000 Sheila 1815338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Binkie I think you are right...my musing was half in jest, half-serious. But there are so many examples of this style lately that I started wondering about 'where does all that fabric go'??? Haha. Fabric Heaven. Maybe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815336 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:52:00 +0000 binkle 1815336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bet that their technology is so advanced that the computers can lay out the pattern pieces for minimal wastage. As in, they lay out sleeve pieces that are designed not to have to "cut out" the shoulder as a second step. And then fit other pattern pieces into that area. At least for mass production factories maybe? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-wonder#post-1815318 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 22:55:11 +0000 Sheila 1815318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>...what the heck do garment manufacturers do with all the scraps from the 'cold shoulder' cutouts? I know some of these are pieced, so most likely no fabric is wasted, but for others??? Is it recycled? Sold to quiltmakers? </p>