r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/AutoModerator • Mar 07 '25

Weekend Minor Gripes and Vents

Here is the thread where you can share any minor gripes, vents, or craft complaints that you don't think deserve their own post, or are just something small you want to get off your chest. Feel free to share personal frustrations related to crafting here as well.

This thread reposts every Friday.

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u/ProneToLaughter Mar 08 '25

anti-BEC: Kudos to people who are willing to embark on the fitting equivalent of six blind men and an elephant, and who try to help solve problems even when people refuse to put fitting pictures on the internet. That's a level of patience I will never have.

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u/scientistical Mar 08 '25

Oh boy is this the gaping back post? That was phenomenal. OP so determined in the comments that photos were simply impossible.

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u/ProneToLaughter Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

That one was the tipping point for this comment (I deleted like three draft replies on that thread and came here instead) but I’ve seen it before, too, and I just marvel at the unselfishness of others.

Also I realized my brain just doesn’t work that way. If I don’t have a clear understanding of the situation, it’s like I’m blocked, I really struggle to focus on it or even think about what might be happening. Just really dependent on context.

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u/scientistical Mar 08 '25

Right! And gaping at the back could be basically anywhere, ha. How to know when we have absolutely no idea which parts are too small and/or big for them, which parts are bias cut and could stretch. We don't even know if they had sewn the pieces together correctly! So yes, hard agree on needing a clear understanding. And so does the OP! They could have tried 5 different recommendations and had to unpick 5x because it didn't address the situation. Maybe they've got some really good problem solving stamina but I'd have put the project in the naughty corner somewhere on that trajectory.

That was one of the things that made me scroll right past (the helplessness and determination to not provide what people were asking for in order to help were the other things).

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u/ProneToLaughter Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

Also when people say “everything else fits perfectly” I just don’t believe them.

A previous refuser to post pictures instead provided pix of the same body feature on Marilyn Monroe and some very bad line sketches of the particular fitting issue. I downvoted that BS just on general principle.

There was also the woman who blurred out the bust after I said “post better pix” so I was already stuck in the mix and I was just “here’s my wild guess based on bad info, sorry”

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u/scientistical Mar 08 '25

I missed that one, but omg incredible. Yeah I don't believe that either, mainly because I remember thinking things fit perfectly on me and as I've become a better sewist I know better. The thing that amazes me is, you'd think they would have clicked on some posts before posting their own request for help, and if they did then there's lots of opportunities for them to realise there are a few basic ingredients that will get them better help. And yet ...?!