April 4, 2014

Posted on April 4, 2014

Well, Friday is weigh-day. I’m not sure what the result may be. My clothes feel loose. The measurements that were taken at the beginning of my European Pattern Drafting course have changed – I’m down 4 centimeters. That’s a good thing. SO I have to redraw version 4 of my pants pattern draft. Yeah! Tomorrow is a day off from work so I’m going on a sewing binge. I have to reduce my fabric stash (last weekend, Fabricland had a 50% off member’s sale so I binged on suiting material). For those of you who have no problem purchasing ‘off the rack’, you have no idea how empowering it is to be able to lay down a pattern developed from my measurements, cut it…

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January 23, 2014

Posted on January 24, 2014

Most of the time, when I look at photos of actresses in glamorous gowns, all I can think of is, “That woman needs a good burger. And fries. And a chocolate milkshake.” Why do I think of them at all? Because it strikes me as so bizarre that these young women who have tons of money, who could buy anything they want in terms of food and enjoyments, look like they are starving. What gets me is how normal women with flesh on their bones are characterized: ‘butterbodies’. As if that’s a bad thing. Just think of butter – meltingly salty-sweet, soft, creamy, luscious on the tongue. Makes everything taste better. When a photog catches a shot of ‘side-boob’, there is great excitement in…

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