Showing posts with label wardrobe planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wardrobe planning. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
I'm Dreaming of a White Valentine's Day. . .NOT
After a unseasonably mild winter we had our first big snow last Friday, with cold temps forecast for all this week so no thaw in sight. We got six inches here in Audubon, other areas around us got up to twelve.
My winter wardrobe is sorely lacking and I want something new for Valentine's day, so I dug through my stash and found a nice piece of wool with red in it to make up a new skirt to wear to church on Sunday. (Just about the only time I get to dress up.)
Any suggestions as to blouse color?
My winter wardrobe is sorely lacking and I want something new for Valentine's day, so I dug through my stash and found a nice piece of wool with red in it to make up a new skirt to wear to church on Sunday. (Just about the only time I get to dress up.)
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| View B - Skinny waistband |
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| Very Pretty Wool! |
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| Cut out and ready to sew. |
Friday, November 18, 2011
Inspiration to get sewing again
I found another Blog that inspires me to get back to sewing for myself again. I have tubs and tubs of fabric, boxes of pattern , notions galore, and time each day (that's the truly amazing part). So, herewith is MY pledge:
I, Rozy Lass, take the Seamless pledge until June 25, 2012. I will abstain from buying any new retail clothes until the end of my pledge. I will find ways to be fashionably dressed without buying retail and without contributing to the cycle of fast fashion consuming the high street. I will utilize thrift shops and consignment stores locally and most importantly I will craft my own clothes with my own two hands from my extensive stash of fabric, patterns and notions. I will post pictures of my creations on this blog to share with others my successes.
Here's the Pledge if you feel you'd like to join in. (There's a nice button that I wish I could add, but I'll be danged if I can figure out how to add it and make it work. Noble will be home in a month and promises to teach me all these little tricks. In the meantime, thanks for your patience!)
20 January 2012 Update
Noble came and went and we forgot to do the button while she was here. I pressed forward and finally figured out how to do it on my own. Yay, PFCMom. Check out the button on the left.
I, Rozy Lass, take the Seamless pledge until June 25, 2012. I will abstain from buying any new retail clothes until the end of my pledge. I will find ways to be fashionably dressed without buying retail and without contributing to the cycle of fast fashion consuming the high street. I will utilize thrift shops and consignment stores locally and most importantly I will craft my own clothes with my own two hands from my extensive stash of fabric, patterns and notions. I will post pictures of my creations on this blog to share with others my successes.
Here's the Pledge if you feel you'd like to join in. (There's a nice button that I wish I could add, but I'll be danged if I can figure out how to add it and make it work. Noble will be home in a month and promises to teach me all these little tricks. In the meantime, thanks for your patience!)
20 January 2012 Update
Noble came and went and we forgot to do the button while she was here. I pressed forward and finally figured out how to do it on my own. Yay, PFCMom. Check out the button on the left.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Clothing and Covenant Women
A post on another blog (Scriptorium Blogorium; see list at the right) inspired me to write this. She is concerned about being prideful and wearing costly apparel. It's an excellent blog and I enjoyed her post. Some years ago I studied all the scriptures have to say on the subject of modesty and women's clothing and such. After all the study I chose Doctrine and Covenants 42:40-41 as the principles to guide my choices.
And again, thou shalt not be proud in thy heart; let all thy garments be plain, and their beauty the beauty of the work of thine own hands; and let all things be done in cleanliness before me.
Michaela, over at Scriptorium, asks some wonderful questions to discover our own pride. I'd like to focus on the part about clothing being plain. Of the five definitions for that word, the second is the one I believe to be the one meant here.
2 easy to perceive or understand; clear : the advantages were plain to see | it was plain that something was very wrong.• [ attrib. ] (of written or spoken usage) clearly expressed, without the use of technical or abstruse terms : written in plain English.• not using concealment or deception; frank : he recalled her plain speaking.
From our mode of dress it should be easy to perceive or understand that we are women of covenant. We dress modestly, not calling attention to our bodies, in ways that express our virtue (cleanliness).I watched students pour out of high schools in Provo and Midvale, Utah and wondered who were LDS church members and who weren't. I certainly couldn't tell by their dress or demeanor. They all looked and acted worldly to me. I wanted the members to stand out, I wanted it to be plain to me by the way they dressed and acted. It wasn't and I wondered what more we could do to encourage them to be different.
The part about clothing being the work of our own hands seems to indicate to me that when the fashion of the world is incompatible with our covenants that we need to make our own so we can be perceived by others to be followers of the Savior. If that makes us look different, so be it. That is where the pride part comes in. I remember being persecuted and made fun of in Junior High because I wore dresses to my knees with white cotton bobby socks. This was 1969-1972, the first time around for the mini-skirts and hot-pants. I hated going to school; I hated looking different; as soon as the rules changed to allow wearing slacks I got some and wore them every day so I wouldn't look so different; although I still never achieved my aim to look like everyone else. I never did fit in fashion wise. Now in my adult years I'm glad for that experience because I no longer care what others are wearing. I don't follow fads. I like to wear modest, classic styles that seem to always be "in", or at least not dated looking by the next season.
My mother told of working in the temple one day and seeing a bride change into her "wedding dress" for pictures and the dress was strapless! My mother was absolutely flabbergasted. The workers are not allowed to say anything or criticize the patrons so she had to stand by and just watch. But she wondered where this girl's mother was, or RS President, or Bishop's wife, or friend; someone who could have advised her on proper dress. Or maybe they did and this bride was determined to wear what she wanted, when she wanted and to heck with covenants. I don't know what she was thinking. But I do know that by what she was wearing it was plain she wasn't keeping the covenants she had just made.
I taught our daughter, Noble, modesty by having her wear an undershirt or camisole her whole life. I taught our sons the same, wearing an undershirt under their clothing. This helps them not only be modest, but to get used to the feel of wearing undergarments in preparation of temple covenants. When Noble was in Military Basic Training she felt naked without her undershirts and asked me to send them to her as soon as she was at her next duty station.
I sure don't believe in a "uniform" such as the Amish wear, although it is tempting sometimes to dispense with all the choices and just have a few things to wear; I do however believe in clothing that is modest and makes it plain that I'm a follower of Jesus Christ, a covenant woman.
And again, thou shalt not be proud in thy heart; let all thy garments be plain, and their beauty the beauty of the work of thine own hands; and let all things be done in cleanliness before me.
Michaela, over at Scriptorium, asks some wonderful questions to discover our own pride. I'd like to focus on the part about clothing being plain. Of the five definitions for that word, the second is the one I believe to be the one meant here.
2 easy to perceive or understand; clear : the advantages were plain to see | it was plain that something was very wrong.• [ attrib. ] (of written or spoken usage) clearly expressed, without the use of technical or abstruse terms : written in plain English.• not using concealment or deception; frank : he recalled her plain speaking.
From our mode of dress it should be easy to perceive or understand that we are women of covenant. We dress modestly, not calling attention to our bodies, in ways that express our virtue (cleanliness).I watched students pour out of high schools in Provo and Midvale, Utah and wondered who were LDS church members and who weren't. I certainly couldn't tell by their dress or demeanor. They all looked and acted worldly to me. I wanted the members to stand out, I wanted it to be plain to me by the way they dressed and acted. It wasn't and I wondered what more we could do to encourage them to be different.
The part about clothing being the work of our own hands seems to indicate to me that when the fashion of the world is incompatible with our covenants that we need to make our own so we can be perceived by others to be followers of the Savior. If that makes us look different, so be it. That is where the pride part comes in. I remember being persecuted and made fun of in Junior High because I wore dresses to my knees with white cotton bobby socks. This was 1969-1972, the first time around for the mini-skirts and hot-pants. I hated going to school; I hated looking different; as soon as the rules changed to allow wearing slacks I got some and wore them every day so I wouldn't look so different; although I still never achieved my aim to look like everyone else. I never did fit in fashion wise. Now in my adult years I'm glad for that experience because I no longer care what others are wearing. I don't follow fads. I like to wear modest, classic styles that seem to always be "in", or at least not dated looking by the next season.
My mother told of working in the temple one day and seeing a bride change into her "wedding dress" for pictures and the dress was strapless! My mother was absolutely flabbergasted. The workers are not allowed to say anything or criticize the patrons so she had to stand by and just watch. But she wondered where this girl's mother was, or RS President, or Bishop's wife, or friend; someone who could have advised her on proper dress. Or maybe they did and this bride was determined to wear what she wanted, when she wanted and to heck with covenants. I don't know what she was thinking. But I do know that by what she was wearing it was plain she wasn't keeping the covenants she had just made.
I taught our daughter, Noble, modesty by having her wear an undershirt or camisole her whole life. I taught our sons the same, wearing an undershirt under their clothing. This helps them not only be modest, but to get used to the feel of wearing undergarments in preparation of temple covenants. When Noble was in Military Basic Training she felt naked without her undershirts and asked me to send them to her as soon as she was at her next duty station.
I sure don't believe in a "uniform" such as the Amish wear, although it is tempting sometimes to dispense with all the choices and just have a few things to wear; I do however believe in clothing that is modest and makes it plain that I'm a follower of Jesus Christ, a covenant woman.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Charting Your Own Course - Wearing Your Own Style
I've always, and I mean always, worn what I wanted without too much regard for what was in style. After all, I'm a pale skinned, red-headed, modest dresser. I made my own styles. And surprisingly, many times I was ahead of the game. What I wore one season would come in style the next year. It was uncanny. At other times though I was behind the curve and by the time I got something it was past its prime. But when you're a little nobody like me, who cares? Now in my fifties, and with a matronly (read fat) figure it is impossible to look stylish. (See below: I look TOP heavy in that outfit when I really have a fairly even hourglass figure.)
So Today I am Serious!
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