Originally Posted by kwendt
Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Soft background music, this seems to put me in a buying mood.
I am 77 years old and love to make my own clothes, but it is difficult to measure myself. I would gladly pay 40 or more dollars for a private half hour of accurate measuring. I even have a book that tells far more than any other one how to and where to measure. I'd give that book (after they used it on me) to any LQS that had such a service. And in doing so, I'd have to search the store for pretty fabrics for my clothing, since I don't want to spend all that time on just cheapie fabrics. And of course I'll most likely see masses of other materials that would make lovely quilts that I just have to have.
Ah Ramona... can you tell us what the name of that book is? I would love to find a copy for myself. I'm only 46 and new to sewing/quilting, so if someone such as yourself tells me about a REALLY good thing... I want it! Please tell us... thank you!
Here's a thought - I'd suggest to you both that you find a Bernina Dealer in your area that also sells the "My Label" software.
http://www.berninamylabel.com/
First off, NAYY.
I don't even sew clothes (horror stories from home-ec class 35 years ago - I've never gotten over the experience), but I was blown away by this software.
It is just software, pricey at $500, but it has nothing to do with Bernina sewing machines, they just happen to produce and market the software.
If you could find someone, maybe through the dealer, that already has it, I'm sure they'd love to measure you for a fee, and maybe even print out some patterns for you (since you already know how to read and sew them).
Really, very,very cool.