tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post2526788269827477196..comments2024-03-23T11:42:47.205+01:00Comments on Small Things: Lessons from GBSBLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481065265121629150noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-48289831445441076432013-05-04T21:38:15.155+02:002013-05-04T21:38:15.155+02:00Thanks for the compliment Barbara! It's commen...Thanks for the compliment Barbara! It's comments like yours that strengthen my belief in this choice!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12481065265121629150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-40671583928099961342013-05-04T21:35:22.482+02:002013-05-04T21:35:22.482+02:00Thanks Megan! I won't let other people hold me...Thanks Megan! I won't let other people hold me back, but it's just a bit tiring to have to explain things like that. Good thing that you don't let it get to you! Lots of people understand exactly why you did it. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12481065265121629150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-34481406428834147822013-05-04T21:32:01.995+02:002013-05-04T21:32:01.995+02:00Thanks for the links Lesley! I also liked the emph...Thanks for the links Lesley! I also liked the emphasis on techniques and not personal drama. I feel like it really represented what sewing is about. Well except for that timeframe of course...Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12481065265121629150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-38886446671650957602013-05-04T21:28:35.732+02:002013-05-04T21:28:35.732+02:00Come to think of it, I think a lot of things would...Come to think of it, I think a lot of things would work out better if you'd be mature and calm about it... It's just hard sometimes, isn't it? Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12481065265121629150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-67388801623289254752013-05-01T13:27:19.181+02:002013-05-01T13:27:19.181+02:00I love that you have started a pattern company and...I love that you have started a pattern company and can envision you having great success with it. Your designs have been original and very attractive.<br /><br />I too watched the show online. I'm hoping it gets picked up for a US version. I did very much like that they skipped all the personal drama and wonder if a US version would be able to resist throwing that "reality" bent to it.BarbaraShowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026317469719944260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-12578833495989460522013-05-01T01:40:02.974+02:002013-05-01T01:40:02.974+02:00I loved the show too and I did a big "YAY&quo...I loved the show too and I did a big "YAY" when I heard the call for contestants for a second series, even though I'm not in the UK. I really hear what you are saying with the career change. I have a PhD in biochemistry, but I choose to make money on the side sewing cushion covers for people rather than doing science, which I gave up 10 years ago when my first son was born. It is stress-free, but requires enough skill and calculation to be interesting (I only do it here and there). Best of all, I am my own boss, can take on as much or little work as I like and have plenty of time left for my family and, of course, my sewing. Stand proud and follow your dream, then you can look back and feel happy you did it :)Megan Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501701179886166733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-47385895440336817332013-04-30T04:37:40.272+02:002013-04-30T04:37:40.272+02:00I'm in the US and watched the series on YouTub...I'm in the US and watched the series on YouTube. I absolutely loved it! Yes, practice and experience really show. I too am glad that the act of sewing got so much exposure. <br /><br />I also enjoy watching you (and other bloggers) develop patterns, drape, sew etc. :)O. Jollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356242657508306170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-59536535007357259862013-04-30T00:29:45.648+02:002013-04-30T00:29:45.648+02:00I'm in the US so I've only read about the ...I'm in the US so I've only read about the show. I will have to check it out on YouTube! I sounds really cool!!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811422794928682283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-44091769979155110002013-04-29T23:43:05.605+02:002013-04-29T23:43:05.605+02:00I found the show on youtube, if anyone wants to wa...I found the show on youtube, if anyone wants to watch it that can't on the BBC site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8te1WAO20I<br /><br />I really enjoyed it, I thought it would be something like Project Runway but it is completely different. I really like the emphasis on technique and the lack of personal drama. I think the person who won really deserved it. She reminded me a lot of my grandma with her no nonsense approach and saying that she would rather do something that she has time for well instead of trying to rush something else. I think that's where a lot of the contestants went wrong, they picked too time consuming things and then had to rush them and they turned out sloppy.<br /><br />I wish they would give the contestants of Project Runway one of these challenges because I think some of them would fail horribly at following pattern directions and executing techniques properly, some of them get pretty sloppy.willes27https://www.blogger.com/profile/02020242728431039751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-63706215107550967902013-04-29T20:55:39.010+02:002013-04-29T20:55:39.010+02:00Hehehe, thank you :)Hehehe, thank you :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12481065265121629150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-86707066605389863602013-04-29T14:02:59.711+02:002013-04-29T14:02:59.711+02:00I have to find this show!I have to find this show!Sky Turtlehttp://skyturtle.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-26282188578693468802013-04-28T14:12:48.077+02:002013-04-28T14:12:48.077+02:00Absolutely, couldn't agree more. I've love...Absolutely, couldn't agree more. I've loved watching the show, but if I had to quibble - the time frames kinda made things seem unreasonable. The whole "oh, I just whipped this up last night' thing frustrates me now end, not just because I'm a sewing tortoise, also because it feeds into the whole fast fashion mantra. It does make good tv though... I'm envious the Brits got to get exposure to it!<br />How maddening that people would react that way to your endeavours - You're on the front line re-educating people! It never ceases to amaze me that if something doesn't exists in someone's fish-bowl, then they have a hard time imagining other people would take interest in it. Some of my closest friends still don't get just how much sewing means to me. Soldier on, captain!poppykettlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089242289854891320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813212817291263893.post-69641555101181694292013-04-28T11:22:55.944+02:002013-04-28T11:22:55.944+02:00Great article, I'm from Turkey, so I didn'...Great article, I'm from Turkey, so I didn't know about that TV show in UK. Thanks for posting this. Also, it really interested me that you said "Try something, and when it doesn't work, rip it out and try again. That's how I sew at home, too, because you have plenty of time for do-overs. What the winner had over the other contestants, is that she usually got it right the first time.", I think sewing is something you have to be serios about. Mature, devoted, calm and full patience. Only then, you can make a good work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com