not sure of the subject: popular bloggers?

SweetieP

I don't even know what the subject of this should be and maybe I'm alone in thinking this but honestly there are some REALLY ugly clothes/pattern/tutorial blogs out there.  

 

I know that on at least one occasion I know that there's something that I think is particularly ugly and someone on my FB feed will post about how cute it is.  And I just want to yak.  One of them happens to be a very popular blogger - but honestly most of the patterns she mixes I think are just gross.  And her latest pattern is really hideous.  Yet so many people are fawning over it.  blech.

alibee09

Obviously we need to see a link now.

KellyMRocks

yeah, I agree. There are SO many crafty/DIY/style blogs. Some are fabulous, some look like a thrift store threw up the worst of the 70's on them. 

SweetieP

I'll have to see if I can find it --- it was in my reader and I have so much stuff in there I don' tknow which it was.   If it's who I thought it was, I'm sure to get flamed for it! lol

futrkingsley

Yeah, me too.  And are you talking about a clothes pattern (like to sew a dress) or some other type of pattern?

I have tons of craft/sewing blogs in my blog reader and some of them are just silly.  "Tutorials" for stuff that no one needs instructions to make.

SweetieP

Kelly - for sure!  In fact, there are a few on my pinterest account that I saved but didn't comment on because what I *really* wanted to say was "it's not vintage:  it's rusty old crap that no one wants...even if you "refurbished" it".  (The one I saw yesterday was an old, rusty 6 muffin tin that they were re-using as a shadow box.  Ummm, really?   Sorry but it just looks bad...and how would you display it?  The garbage can would have been my choice....)  lol

SweetieP

The one I saw this last week was Little Boo Blue - which I know has a huge following but her latest tunic looks just bad imo. Some of her stuff is cute - and the stuff that I've seen that friends have made based on her patterns are cute...but honestly some of the awful color/pattern combos just are barf-a-rific.

futrkingsley

Wow, there are so many blogs just like that.  If a blog I like links to one like that I usually take a peek, and quickly decide it's too froo froo for me and pass. 

Smuches4u

So I took a peek.

My taste would not be those fabrics or color/combo (tunic specifically).  When I first spied that yellow thing I thought it was a craft apron made of garbage/scraps.  LOL

The cut of it, with the right fabric would be adorable for summer with some capri length leggings and a sassy wedge.

SweetieP

futrkingsley:

Yeah, me too.  And are you talking about a clothes pattern (like to sew a dress) or some other type of pattern?

I have tons of craft/sewing blogs in my blog reader and some of them are just silly.  "Tutorials" for stuff that no one needs instructions to make.

I'm exactly the same!!!

SweetieP

Smuches4u:

So I took a peek.

My taste would not be those fabrics or color/combo (tunic specifically).  When I first spied that yellow thing I thought it was a craft apron made of garbage/scraps.  LOL

The cut of it, with the right fabric would be adorable for summer with some capri length leggings and a sassy wedge.

I guess I have a hard time picturing it.  It just is lopsided and with fabric combos that I don't particularly care for.  Maybe if I was a size 4/6 I could consider it! lol

futrkingsley

SweetieP:

Smuches4u:

So I took a peek.

My taste would not be those fabrics or color/combo (tunic specifically).  When I first spied that yellow thing I thought it was a craft apron made of garbage/scraps.  LOL

The cut of it, with the right fabric would be adorable for summer with some capri length leggings and a sassy wedge.

I guess I have a hard time picturing it.  It just is lopsided and with fabric combos that I don't particularly care for.  Maybe if I was a size 4/6 I could consider it! lol

From a quick peak, it looks like most of her stuff has exposed seams (which just look messy to me unless used really sparingly) and uneven hems.  It's certainly a style, but it doesn't seem like one that people need help to make for themselves.  Whatever.  I'm not a blogger, but I am a sewer and I guess there are other wanna be sewers out there who need tips, right?  On even basic stuff like how to iron a hem so you can sew it straight?

LV2006

I have to agree - a lot of her pattern combos (and fabric choices in general) are really NOT to my taste.  But I have to say I do really like her patterns - I use them both as-is and as a jumping off point for my own designs.  I will NOT be using that adult-size tunic though - it could be cute on the right person but not great for my short little sausage legs