I found this gem in my Inbox this morning, courtesy of The Lingerie Post:
What do you do when your compass breaks down? The Catlin Arctic Survey recently came up with an unusual idea. They are on their way to the North Pole to measure the shrinking icecap. But when compasses get so c...
[More]
Be the first to rate this post
- Currently 0/5 Stars.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
I am teaching this weekend and my beginner bra class consists of "only" 4 students. But the four are sisters - on a girls weekend away from home doing what they love to do. Sew. The sisters seem to have a fabulous collective sense of humour as illustrated by the following prank.
I ...
[More]
Currently rated 5.0 by 2 people
- Currently 5/5 Stars.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Exactly what goes into a bra? If you are a first time bra-maker, the list of "stuff" can be quite intimidating. Let's go through the necessary bits for a basic bra one by one.
FABRICS - you need two different fabrics: one for the cups and one for the band. The ba...
[More]
Currently rated 4.0 by 1 people
- Currently 4/5 Stars.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Join the colleagues you’ve never met on the first ever Bra-making Convention on the High Seas. We’ll spend eight fun-filled days and nights in February 2010 cruising the beautiful islands and waters of the Caribbean. This is the chance of a lifetime to come and share your bra...
[More]
Be the first to rate this post
- Currently 0/5 Stars.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
At least 8 years ago in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan (now that's a long return address!), a student in one of my bra classes asked me if I carried or could get a strap adjuster that she particularly liked. It was on her ready-to-wear bras but now that she was going to make all of her own br...
[More]
Currently rated 5.0 by 1 people
- Currently 5/5 Stars.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Here are some emails back and forth about how the blog move came to be. You may find the whole situation interesting.
A faithful blog reader, Marie-C wrote to me in February:
"Hello, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but your blog has been censored. ...
[More]
Be the first to rate this post
- Currently 0/5 Stars.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
In the 1970’s we banned our bras or we burned our bras in an effort to exert our rights as women. I was a little too young and under- developed to fully appreciate this movement at the time, but the slogans and the whole politicalness of it remains a strong sentiment of the 70’s to me....
[More]
Currently rated 4.0 by 1 people
- Currently 4/5 Stars.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
You know what they are - those wonderful clips found on the top of commercial nursing bras that allow you to unfasten the outer cup of your nursing bra while still ensuring a firm hold on your baby. No one understands what a precious balancing act this is, until they have to try it for themselves....
[More]
Currently rated 4.5 by 2 people
- Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
We bought new pins recently - pins I had never seen before. Linda brought some in to show us, and I was so impressed with them, I ordered a bunch to carry in the shop. Now what, may you ask, could possibly be new about a pin? Aren't they all they same?
That's where you would be wrong...
[More]
Be the first to rate this post
- Currently 0/5 Stars.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
When I was younger, my mother would get all excited about the day after a snowfall. If it snowed hard, the kids would be home from school, under mom's feet. It wasn't that day that mom looked forward to. No, sir.
What my mother liked about the Snowfall-Boxing-Day was that...
[More]
Be the first to rate this post
- Currently 0/5 Stars.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5