The Sewing Place

For Sale & Wanted => I saw this & I thought you may be interested! => Topic started by: WildAtlanticWay on March 14, 2019, 09:35:57 AM

Title: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: WildAtlanticWay on March 14, 2019, 09:35:57 AM
I’ll start the ball rolling.

Deal of the Day: Thursday 14th March
https://www.amazon.co.uk/apb/page/ref=gbps_tit_s-4_c0f6_eabceabb?handlerName=OctopusDealLandingStream&deals=eabceabb&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=cad61525-4a82-450c-b883-5f7c0db2c0f6&pf_rd_s=slot-4&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=gb_main&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=VRAA8W7TERBC1N5NMBRX

(Amazon have been having a few sewing items as Deal of the Day recently.)

Pussybow blouse free pattern.
https://www.sewmag.co.uk/free-sewing-patterns/sewing-bee-pussybow-blouse
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: b15erk on March 14, 2019, 09:54:44 AM
Thanks WAW, love a bargain and a freebie!  :)

Bring them on!

Jessie
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: Lowena on March 14, 2019, 09:56:39 AM
Would anyone under the age of 140 ever wear a pussybow????
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: Efemera on March 14, 2019, 10:15:11 AM
I love anything with bows and frills... and yes I’d wear one....I think they look lovely on younger folks.
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: snoozi soozi on March 14, 2019, 10:53:18 AM
Would anyone under the age of 140 ever wear a pussybow????
Does anyone know any 139 year olds to ask?

I'm a great deal under that age and I quite like them  :D
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: Greybird on March 14, 2019, 11:33:00 AM
I liked them first time around, but I've found that when you have watched something fashionable grow tired and out of date you can never quite see it with enthusiastic eyes again. Wouldn't wear one now.
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: WildAtlanticWay on March 14, 2019, 12:01:22 PM
@Lowena
Maybe you could save your opinions on what you like/dislike for the main SewingBee thread?

I think it would be good to keep this thread just for posting about items for sale related to the SewingBee, pretty please?  :angel:
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: annieeg on March 14, 2019, 12:04:39 PM
Loved Pussy Bow tie blouses first time around and love them now!
Have a recent vogue pattern for one which I will definitely make. 
I confess to having an M&S version in my wardrobe.
My favourite outfit when I was 16:  Mid calf length kilt, with long length waistcoat and white satin pussy bow blouse with full sleeves/narrow cuffs .. I felt like a million dollars!
I still remember that outfit  to this day and I wore it in 1971!
Bought clothes from BIBA and Carnaby Street (particularly remember a really nice black/white print crepe maxi skirt, really swirly  :D).
Remember my calico overblouse (a bit peasantish) with tartan flares!
I grew up in Central London so BIBA, Carnaby Street, Chelsea Girl ... all those shops were easily accessible for me.
Must stop now before I go too far down memory lane, but the late 60's/early 70's were absolutely the best times :) :)
Annie
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: Bogwoppit on March 14, 2019, 14:00:31 PM
Amy gran wore pussy bow blouses, in 70's paisley fabric. She always joked the bow caught the peas she dropped so she could eat them later
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: BrendaP on March 14, 2019, 16:22:26 PM
Amazon have got it wrong! 

GBSB showed them using Gütermann rPET (https://consumer.guetermann.com/en/product-finder/sew-all-thread-rpet) recycled polyester thread, not the regular Gütermann poly SewAll, even though away from the reel you probaby couldn't tell the difference between the two
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: Greybird on March 14, 2019, 16:37:06 PM
What is it recycled from?
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: BrendaP on March 14, 2019, 20:11:13 PM
rPET means recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate.  Water and fizzy drinks bottles and any other plastic cartons with a 1 inside the recycling triangle symbol.
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: Greybird on March 14, 2019, 22:36:05 PM
Thank you @BrendaP . It's obvious once explained - thread made from recycled materials. I had been imagining (with difficulty) unpicked thread and couldn't think how it could be done - how daft can you get?!
Title: Re: GBSB Sewing Bee episodes related items for sale
Post by: Marniesews on March 15, 2019, 12:30:21 PM
I'd been wondering why it was a fashion I never even considered back in the day.

My body shape has changed a lot in the last 5 years and then it hit me that it was because it's not that flattering when the ties act as a pendulum below a prominent bust! Very shortsightedly I'd entirely overlooked how useful it would be as a pea retrieval system though. @Bogwoppit