Comments on Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Most Awesomely Bad Pattern Finalists!

The cat stuff!! That is so funny. It really makes ...

2009-11-22T21:09:45.544-05:00

The cat stuff!! That is so funny. It really makes me laugh. I don't like clothes on animals but this is hilarious.

Poor kitty... I made my cat a t-shirt (he was licking himself so much his skin was raw so had to stop him somehow) and he HATED me for it. Do people really make these things?

The men's pattern could be made into an awesom...

2009-11-20T12:27:23.180-05:00

The men's pattern could be made into an awesome Star Trek costume so it still has some merit :)

Um, I totally had #1. Maybe two of them. I'm...

2009-11-19T15:36:18.025-05:00

Um, I totally had #1. Maybe two of them. I'm a child of the 80s whose mother kept sewing way past when I asked her to. Saddest part? I ALWAYS got compliments on that outfit (in my defense, it was a lovely shade of olive with red ribbon trim on the collar in place of the lace, but still).

I think it looks lovley!

2009-11-18T10:35:37.326-05:00

I think it looks lovley!

it's a contest between the apron chaps and the...

2009-11-18T01:22:47.575-05:00

it's a contest between the apron chaps and the bibbed jumpsuit but the bibbed jumpsuit won in the end. it's really tres awful.

the men's jumpsuits are not too bad considering how many people wear similar stuff on factory floors.

as for the cat accessories.....i can't imagine any feline willing to be subject to such indignities.

the mental image of mustard jumpsuit guy trying to...

2009-11-17T15:58:13.616-05:00

the mental image of mustard jumpsuit guy trying to retain any dignity while using a urinal is hard to wipe from my mind, but the 90's adult baby jumpsuit wins by a hair..

My daughters wore those jumpsuits when they were t...

2009-11-17T13:40:11.232-05:00

My daughters wore those jumpsuits when they were teenagers and I personally thought they were so cute.
But the cat accesories yuck to each his own I suppose

Dear God. Imma let you all finish voting, but tha...

2009-11-17T04:49:13.669-05:00

Dear God. Imma let you all finish voting, but that women's jumpsuit is definitely some of the worst pattern of all time! OF ALL TIME!!!

I like the cat pattern too - seriously, it's cute. My three cats wore lace collars on my wedding day - bridesmaid's outfits.

Number two pretty much combines all the worst elem...

2009-11-17T01:08:52.309-05:00

Number two pretty much combines all the worst elements of every bad outfit I wore in the early 1990s as a little girl. Just add some cabbage roses on a black background, and you are set!
The Renegade Bean

gagtastic!

2009-11-16T22:33:50.682-05:00

gagtastic!

Hey! I like cat clothes!

2009-11-16T20:38:23.817-05:00

Hey! I like cat clothes!

I had to go with the 90s jumpsuit--if only because...

2009-11-16T19:27:13.781-05:00

I had to go with the 90s jumpsuit--if only because I remember things like this (and *gulp* wearing them!), and still cringe at the memory. lol!

Oh gertie, I'm sitting here shaking and crying...

2009-11-16T18:07:45.544-05:00

Oh gertie, I'm sitting here shaking and crying with laughter. This post has made my day! BTW my doggie Alf wants me to resize the cat pattern. Where can I get it!

I...wore #1. My grandma made that for me, but she ...

2009-11-16T18:06:49.149-05:00

I...wore #1. My grandma made that for me, but she took off the bib thing. D:

Stunningly dreadful. I have a stash of my grnadmot...

2009-11-16T17:26:41.554-05:00

Stunningly dreadful. I have a stash of my grnadmother's mags from the 1950s-1980s with some wonderful awfulness - but nothing quite this terrific.

The 1st jumpsuit. I don't think fashion ever ...

2009-11-16T16:26:34.502-05:00

The 1st jumpsuit. I don't think fashion ever got more awful than that.

OHMYGOODNESS... are you actually meant to wear the...

2009-11-16T15:52:45.807-05:00

OHMYGOODNESS... are you actually meant to wear the bib jumpsuit OUTSIDE!?!?!?!?! LOL!!

omg!! my mother made me that ladies jumpsuit--may...

2009-11-16T15:49:50.221-05:00

omg!! my mother made me that ladies jumpsuit--maybe the kids version of that very pattern!!--when i was 12!! it was made out of blue ticking with pink hearts--ugh!! now to make sure that no photos of me in that horrid ensemble exist....how embarrassing!

A televised debbate, Pattern Junkie? it sounds lik...

2009-11-16T15:33:49.116-05:00

A televised debbate, Pattern Junkie? it sounds like a surrealistic nightmare...
As men (and women, isn't it, Rosie the riveter?) actually sometimes have to wear these jumpsuits for work, I don't think it is that silly (but ok, styling is atrocious). And whatever it is, I can't figure an animal pattern that wouldn't be silly, so this vote would be for the whole category.
So I chose the ladies jumpsuit, as it is both impractical, toroughly ugly in its design, and that as a cherry on the cake (and even if I like stripes, polka dots and flowers) I find its styling atrocious!

simplicity did a whole line of pet patterns. If I...

2009-11-16T15:18:18.845-05:00

simplicity did a whole line of pet patterns. If I remember right, it included several that had matching human portions, so you and your dog could match. the drugs were so much better in the 70s.

http://sew-n-sewpatterns.mybisi.com/product/69503/Simplicity-3973-Dogs-Kids-Matching-Hat-Coat-PATTERN-Santa_695451.html

for instance, if you ahve an urge to buy one.

Where do I lodge a complaint? I wanted to vote for...

2009-11-16T14:55:33.348-05:00

Where do I lodge a complaint? I wanted to vote for more than one! LOL But had to finally narrow it down to the last one. I can not even conjur up the image of some man with the bloused legs of this horrible jumpsuit. Horrible.

It was the cat backpack that clinched it for me.

2009-11-16T14:25:40.386-05:00

It was the cat backpack that clinched it for me.

Oooh, that jumpsuit is a sight to behold... I stil...

2009-11-16T12:57:25.407-05:00

Oooh, that jumpsuit is a sight to behold... I still don't believe anything can beat the 'pinnie-chaps' for surreal badness, but jumpsuit has to come a close second!

Coincidentally, I came across this site today which includes a wide variety of very funny vintage pattern covers - http://clothedminds.blogspot.com/
Some are just goofy, but others are really very awesomely bad! Had me chuckling for ages and I still haven't gone through half the posts.

ACK! that jump suit! AHHH! I wanted to elect it a...

2009-11-16T12:14:51.638-05:00

ACK! that jump suit! AHHH!

I wanted to elect it as awesomely bad.. but there is NOTHING anywhere near awesomely about it.

JUST SCARY!! omg.

I had to vote for #1, he 90's jumpsuit, becaus...

2009-11-16T12:14:21.398-05:00

I had to vote for #1, he 90's jumpsuit, because as a four year old in 1991, instead of getting a new pretty Easter dress, my mother chose a terrrrrrrrible floral jumpsuit, with exactly that collar and volume. I am scowling in every single photo that year, and am apparently still bitter.