Off topic - how hard can this be to make

Tia Mary wrote:

This is easy -- easy Easy EASY! The major problem is that the fabric
used is probably pretty expensive since you will need a lot of it!
You need 4 pieces of fabric. Two pieces need to be a bit longer than
the persons shoulder to ground measurement and the width of the persons
measurement across the back plus whatever you think is necessary for
comfy ease of movement, seam allowances and hemming. The other two
pieces are for the "arms" and would need to be the length of the persons
arm plus seam, hem & ease of movement allowance and wide enough to
accommodate the persons arms plus the same stuff as the length.
Sew the large pieces together at the shoulder leaving a suitable neck
opening and finishing the opening appropriately. Sew one arm piece to
each side matching the center to the shoulder seam. Sew underarm seam
from the bottom of the arm to the bottom of the body. Finish arm pieces
appropriately. Sew velcro or snap tape, etc. to the bottom of the
garment leaving enough area open at both side seams for each foot.
If you use fleece, you don't need to finish the edges. Of course,
the kiddo will be fairly rough on this garment, I would think, so you
might want to hem the arms at the wrist -- maybe add a bit of elastic if
that's not too girly for him. The neck will have a bit of seam
allowance be turned inside to accommodate the shoulder seams and the
same can be done to the bottom where the velcro or whatever is sewn. If
you wanted to use snap tape instead of velcro, that would work and
likely be a bit more comfy -- not as stiff as velcro unless you use the
velcro buttons instead of a strip. If you wanted to go to the trouble,
you could do buttons & button holes but that's more work than I would
think necessary. CiaoMeow ^;;^


Tia Mary, I don't mean to sound flippant, but haven't you just described
the construction of a very basic dressing gown?

IMHO, a poncho is easier to put together and much more versatile, since
you don't have to 'account' for sleeves, a neck and facings/turnings
etc. Just MHO, though.

My DNephew (who is a rabid Rugby League footballer and surfer) asked me
to make him a 'thing' that resembled the blanket his sister wrapped her
baby in. Basically, it's just a fleece blanket with a corner pocket
piece sewn on as a sort of hood (you know the things they make from
terry cloth for babies' après bath wear?)

I had fun making a double-sided blanket in his footy team's colours. I
blanket stitched the edges in perle cotton and added a 'secret' zippered
pocket between the layers so he could hide his wallet and car keys while
at footy practice or on the beach. This blanket has lived in all sorts
of rude places (such as the floor of his jeep, the bottom of his
kit-bag, beneath his baby Shar-Pei etc etc) and still comes up
beautifully after a wash and a bit of fabric softener.

It's *hard* figuring out gifts for young men! I have to be secret santa
to the same kid this Christmas. What on earth do I get him? He's 22 and
a great boofy bloke of a boy who has everything that opens and shuts!

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

On Nov 18, 5:49*pm, lewmew wrote:
On Nov 18, 3:30*pm, wrote:



On Nov 18, 5:23*pm, lewmew wrote:

On Nov 18, 3:17*pm, wrote:

On Nov 18, 4:56*pm, Cheryl Isaak wrote:

DS, the macho hockey player, wants one of these

https://www.freesnuggie.com/Default.aspx?MID=523519

How hard could it be to make... Any thoughts ladies

C

I don't think it would be difficult, but given the cost of fleece per
metre, would it be cheaper to just buy one? I'm assuming that you'd
need two to three metres of fleece, which sells here for $12-$15 per
metre, last time I was looking. Just a thought...
Louisa

Around here, you can get it for about $4 a yard for solids - Joann's
this week. *If she wanted to go fancy, she could get some hockey
themed for about $6 a yard - it's regularly 50% off.

Linda

And where is this paradise of inexpensive fabric so I can stock up
next time we're south?

Louisa- Hide quoted text -

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Wally World (Wal Mart) here in Missouri always has fleece under $5 a
yard and Joann's is the place I mentioned above - I was just there
over lunch and all the fleece was 40% or 50% off; most expensive is
$13/yd @ 40% = $8.40/yd - if you need 3 yds., still less than $28
($19.97 plus S&H), but most runs in the $6.99 to $10.99 "regularly
priced" range.

our local Wal-Mart (Halifax, Nova Scotia) has the Incredible Shrinking
Craft section. I must check Joann's next time we're in MA. There
wasn't one near us where we lived, but some friends have just moved,
and I think there's one close to them. I'll have to have a look!

Louisa

On Nov 18, 8:02*pm, Trish Brown wrote:
Tia Mary wrote:

* This is easy -- easy Easy EASY! *The major problem is that the fabric
used is probably pretty expensive since you will need a lot of it!
* *You need 4 pieces of fabric. *Two pieces need to be a bit longer than
the persons shoulder to ground measurement and the width of the persons
measurement across the back plus whatever you think is necessary for
comfy ease of movement, seam allowances and hemming. *The other two
pieces are for the "arms" and would need to be the length of the persons
arm plus seam, hem & ease of movement allowance and wide enough to
accommodate the persons arms plus the same stuff as the length.
* *Sew the large pieces together at the shoulder leaving a suitable neck
opening and finishing the opening appropriately. *Sew one arm piece to
each side matching the center to the shoulder seam. * Sew underarm seam
from the bottom of the arm to the bottom of the body. *Finish arm pieces
appropriately. *Sew velcro or snap tape, etc. to the bottom of the
garment leaving enough area open at both side seams for each foot.
* *If you use fleece, you don't need to finish the edges. *Of course,
the kiddo will be fairly rough on this garment, I would think, so you
might want to hem the arms at the wrist -- maybe add a bit of elastic if
that's not too girly for him. *The neck will have a bit of seam
allowance be turned inside to accommodate the shoulder seams and the
same can be done to the bottom where the velcro or whatever is sewn. *If
you wanted to use snap tape instead of velcro, that would work and
likely be a bit more comfy -- not as stiff as velcro unless you use the
velcro buttons instead of a strip. *If you wanted to go to the trouble,
you could do buttons & button holes but that's more work than I would
think necessary. *CiaoMeow ^;;^

Tia Mary, I don't mean to sound flippant, but haven't you just described
the construction of a very basic dressing gown?

IMHO, a poncho is easier to put together and much more versatile, since
you don't have to 'account' for sleeves, a neck and facings/turnings
etc. Just MHO, though.

My DNephew (who is a rabid Rugby League footballer and surfer) asked me
to make him a 'thing' that resembled the blanket his sister wrapped her
baby in. Basically, it's just a fleece blanket with a corner pocket
piece sewn on as a sort of hood (you know the things they make from
terry cloth for babies' après bath wear?)

I had fun making a double-sided blanket in his footy team's colours. I
blanket stitched the edges in perle cotton and added a 'secret' zippered
pocket between the layers so he could hide his wallet and car keys while
at footy practice or on the beach. This blanket has lived in all sorts
of rude places (such as the floor of his jeep, the bottom of his
kit-bag, beneath his baby Shar-Pei etc etc) and still comes up
beautifully after a wash and a bit of fabric softener.

It's *hard* figuring out gifts for young men! I have to be secret santa
to the same kid this Christmas. What on earth do I get him? He's 22 and
a great boofy bloke of a boy who has everything that opens and shuts!

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

What about a night out, like rugby tickets, concert, movie? I have two
brothers and I understand! T-shirts with smart aleck sayings were also
popular.

Louisa

wrote:

snip

It's *hard* figuring out gifts for young men! I have to be secret santa
to the same kid this Christmas. What on earth do I get him? He's 22 and
a great boofy bloke of a boy who has everything that opens and shuts!

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

What about a night out, like rugby tickets, concert, movie? I have two
brothers and I understand! T-shirts with smart aleck sayings were also
popular.

Louisa

Ooooo! That's *brilliant* Louisa! Tickets to an at-home match and a
smart-alecky T-shirt will do perfectly! Thanks for that! ;-D

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

On Nov 19, 11:02*am, Trish Brown wrote:
Tia Mary, I don't mean to sound flippant, but haven't you just described
the construction of a very basic dressing gown?

Some figures on the snuggie site look slightly, well, monastic - just
add
a cowl. That thought led me on a wild goose chase for similar robe-
like
modern clothing. Had no luck finding out whether burquas are warm or
come in winter thicknesses, but this Arabian thobe:
http://alhannah.com/products/th645.html
comes perilously close to being on-topic for this group because of the
cool
embroidery, but it's much more expensive than a 'snuggie'!

-Fred.

Trish Brown wrote:
Tia Mary wrote:


This is easy -- easy Easy EASY! The major problem is that the
fabric used is probably pretty expensive since you will need a lot of it!
You need 4 pieces of fabric. Two pieces need to be a bit longer
than the persons shoulder to ground measurement and the width of the
persons measurement across the back plus whatever you think is
necessary for comfy ease of movement, seam allowances and hemming.
The other two pieces are for the "arms" and would need to be the
length of the persons arm plus seam, hem & ease of movement allowance
and wide enough to accommodate the persons arms plus the same stuff as
the length.
Sew the large pieces together at the shoulder leaving a suitable
neck opening and finishing the opening appropriately. Sew one arm
piece to each side matching the center to the shoulder seam. Sew
underarm seam from the bottom of the arm to the bottom of the body.
Finish arm pieces appropriately. Sew velcro or snap tape, etc. to the
bottom of the garment leaving enough area open at both side seams for
each foot.
If you use fleece, you don't need to finish the edges. Of course,
the kiddo will be fairly rough on this garment, I would think, so you
might want to hem the arms at the wrist -- maybe add a bit of elastic
if that's not too girly for him. The neck will have a bit of seam
allowance be turned inside to accommodate the shoulder seams and the
same can be done to the bottom where the velcro or whatever is sewn.
If you wanted to use snap tape instead of velcro, that would work and
likely be a bit more comfy -- not as stiff as velcro unless you use
the velcro buttons instead of a strip. If you wanted to go to the
trouble, you could do buttons & button holes but that's more work than
I would think necessary. CiaoMeow ^;;^


Tia Mary, I don't mean to sound flippant, but haven't you just described
the construction of a very basic dressing gown?

IMHO, a poncho is easier to put together and much more versatile, since
you don't have to 'account' for sleeves, a neck and facings/turnings
etc. Just MHO, though.
....snipped....

Well, yes, that description is pretty close to a what you term a very
basic dressing gown. Just one BIG difference -- the bottom is closed
except for where your feet stick out. I have made loads of robes out of
bath towels using the same directions except for the closed bottom and
having to hem anything.
Unfortunately, a poncho isn't really anything like what Cheryl's DS
wants. It would be so much easier to make a poncho -- get a big square
of fleece fabric, cut a hole for the head opening and you're pretty much
done!!! I will agree with what others have said -- Cheryl should buy
the silly thing and personalize the heck out of it for her DS :-)).
CiaoMeow ^;;^

PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

wrote:
I don't think it would be difficult, but given the cost of fleece per
metre, would it be cheaper to just buy one? I'm assuming that you'd
need two to three metres of fleece, which sells here for $12-$15 per
metre, last time I was looking. Just a thought...
Louisa

The thing could be made of heavy toweling but I'm not sure that would
be less $$ than fleece and it probably wouldn't be near as warm. Cheryl
lives in New Hampshire and it gets bitter cold up there in the winter
(remember my visit there in early January for the Birthday Stealth
Sleigh Ride??).
Anyone have other options? All I can come up with is to make the
garment out of old blankets bought at a second hand store. The all time
best thing would be to get some hockey print fleece at a REALLY good on
sale price! Now THAT would be worth the time and effort since Cheryl's
DS *IS* a hockey dude!! CiaoMeow ^;;^

PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

On 11/18/08 4:49 PM, in article
, "anne"
wrote:

lzoltynospam@now says...

I do think it might be so much easier, and less time consuming to just buy
them

Cheryl could personalize the heck out of store bought one with team appliques


Or just leave it alone. He wants the blue one!

The real problem is if I buy one, I have to buy 4.....

C

On 11/18/08 5:56 PM, in article
,
"bungadora" wrote:

On Nov 18, 1:56*pm, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
DS, the macho hockey player, wants one of these

https://www.freesnuggie.com/Default.aspx?MID=523519



I think my x-BIL used to call them Couch Potato Jackets.
And I agree with him. But with the price of heating oil not dropping like
the price of gas, a extra layer is an extra layer.

Cheryl

On 11/18/08 8:38 PM, in article
,
" wrote:
SNIP

our local Wal-Mart (Halifax, Nova Scotia) has the Incredible Shrinking
Craft section. I must check Joann's next time we're in MA. There
wasn't one near us where we lived, but some friends have just moved,
and I think there's one close to them. I'll have to have a look!

Louisa
And if you're in MA, you ought to let the NE chapter of RCTN know and we'll
arrange a get together.


Cheryl