Skirt Cafe is an on-line community dedicated to exploring, promoting and advocating skirts and kilts as a fashion choice for men, formerly known as men in skirts. We do this in the context of men's fashion freedom --- an expansion of choices beyond those commonly available for men to include kilts, skirts and other garments. We recognize a diversity of styles our members feel comfortable wearing, and do not exclude any potential choices. Continuing dialog on gender is encouraged in the context of fashion freedom for men. See here for more details.
Thanks for the praise. No production plans, I like to have unique one-offs and like to be the only wearer of those designer pieces.
Faldaguy wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 5:52 am
Great job. I envy the talent; maybe the legs too!
Not much talent involved but just my way of doing things. As an engineer you are supposed to make something that not there before. You have a mental picture of it and you try to make it in meat space. The more you do it the better you get. But it helps if you were working at a shipyard. There you learn how to form steel plates into curved forms. With fabric it is only much easier.
For the legs: biking, biking and biking. And living in the Netherlands is a great help.
All progress takes place outside the comfort zone - M J Bobak
In another thread about the acceptance of skirts by the SO, I said I would try a kilt like model aka a wrap skirt. My wife likes me in kilts but not very much in skirts. After some time in the designing, drafting, cutting and sewing department I could go to the showing department and make some pictures of the result. It is a little shorter than my original plan because it was the last of the bolt.
I will make another one in black a little longer.
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This one will be nice for the beach if the beaches will open. Also the weather is not much of a help now.
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Kirbstone wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 6:38 pmI wonder BL is there any boundary beyond which your multi-talents do not reach? ....
The first thing that comes to mind is making music, playing an instrument. Even with MIDI I can not make any progress. My brain can not interpret the notes and steer my fingers. I should have stated as a kid but just after the war, my family had other priorities.
Lightyears ago I made a sort of string instrument. With a piece of steel wire, a magnetic microphone, a plank and a spanner I made something that sounded like a guitar with build-in distortion effects.
All progress takes place outside the comfort zone - M J Bobak
denimini wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 10:46 am...... Are they buttons or press studs?
Those are buttons. The same type as used on jeans. They come as a two part assembly kit, a button and a sharp push pin like object. First you make the button hole, preferably in the right part and at the right spot. You mark the corner of the button hole on the other part and push the push pin through that spot. With some force you press the button on the sharp pin and your button is ready for action.
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The jeans buttons are new on me I often wondered how difficult it was to fit them. My skills don’t extend to completely making my own clothes but I often carry out alterations. They will come in useful in the future.
Shilo wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 10:59 am
The jeans buttons are new on me I often wondered how difficult it was to fit them. My skills don’t extend to completely making my own clothes but I often carry out alterations. They will come in useful in the future.
Sadly that link was to amazon.com and the postage costs are exhorbitant. Nil despirandum however a quick search of eBay revealed loaded of suppliers. I’m not clear whether you actually need an installing tool or can you just hit it with a hammer?