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Patchy clothes on Ebay *caution*
I wish I would have known about the mama's here that do patchwork. I posted so many times with no response so I went to ebay to get a casual nursing dress.
It fell apart the first washing. After the second washing I had to resew 7 different areas.
I have only had the dress about a month and paid $50 for it and it is literally shredding. (gauze bodice).
The nursing area has no closure and the applique was frayed and the ugliest sun I have ever seen. But I would have lived with those things had it not needed so much repair after washing the way I was instructed.
Red Hot Mama is the designer. Be careful. I feel I threw away $50 and she is not willing to work with me becuase it has been a month. (in which she told me she woudl be in Finland for a month)
Basically I got ripped or lied to or both.
Ya know.. Im not 100% sure, but I think she is the mama I bought patchy side panel pants from.. Ill have to check, but they guatamalan patches are coming apart.. wel all the patches are.. I had to take it apart, line w/muslin & sew it back together again.. hardly worth the money I spent!!! Sorry you had a bad experience
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Boo Hoo Cheryl.
I wish I woudl have known about momma bee, Hastings and Daniai (or soemthign liek that)
Just saw a thread that they do patchy. I woudl have been so happy to give them the money for the dress.
I'm so glad you posted the note! I've been watching her stuff on eBay for like a year and was planning to give DH the link to see if I could get him to get me a skirt from her for my birthday in November. I think my plans just changed.
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Be Yee Glad threads is the sweetest mama and her work is absolute QUALITY!
phunkymonkey is also works of art.
Or buy used clothing off ebay. I have never had a problem with the used clothing I get so far on ebay.
Just can't always get a hold of nursing dresses though.
If you get anything from Red hot mama -avoid the gauze.
And applique will cost you extra and so will nursing openings and both of these were bad from the beginning.
Maybe if you find another style, it will last.
Poor gal is a single mom, but I am a mother of 7 so my budget is just as tight.
Ah man! I am sorry! Her being a single mom should have nothing to do with the fact that she is selling a product for a decent amount of $ and it should be quality, yk?
I know of one awesome designer on eBay that does patchwork. Her stuff is more a work of art than an article of clothing, IMO. Let me see if I can find her ID again. I think it may be sew-fun.
I mainly do strippy clothing right now, but planning to start my first detailed patchwork starting tomorrow. Don't know how long it will take me, but I'm psyched.
WOW, just checked out phunkymonkey! Really cool. I'm going to have to make myself something like her sea turtle skirt in a nursing dress. I did a strip skirt and tank last week in puple with a moon rising over a tree applique Just drafting and experimenting with a nursing dress pattern.. I'm going to play with it a bit, make and wear some myself and then I'll give you mamas a heads up with the progress.
-Hastings
The time and effort involved in patchwork...amazing!
And then your neck, back and butt falls off after being at it for so long! LOL It would be OK with me if my butt fell off!
I'm all for losing extras (I'm willing to donate my back to anyone that'll trade right now!). Yeah-- it can be a bit tedious, but the results are so much fun love how your bag turned out btw I just really like patch stuff and can't force it on enough family members so I'm gonna have to go pro lol. Just glad I discovered clothing. Everyone I know already has enough quilts to survive an iceage.
-H
I think my plans just changed. 
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