Show me the ropes?

boondooglejane · Jul 9, 2013

Hello, all! I joined last night and I was wondering if anyone could just tell me about the basic goings-on of the forum, that would be so so so helpful.

I've been into vintage fashions for maybe 2 years now, and most of my wardrobe consists of repros. I actually hated shopping and modern styles until I started finding repros. I'm also really into 1940's movies and World War II. Overall, I'm just a big history fanatic who loves to try to live old-fashioned.

dhermann1 · Jul 9, 2013

Hmmm . . . 35 people have looked, but no responses? The Powder Room is rather a forum within a forum here, so it really should be a lady who does the introductions. Anyhow, welcome to the Lounge, boondogglejane. You'll enjoy it here and learn a lot. Remember what Yogi Berra once said, you can observe a lot just by watching! Scan the various forums, not just the Powder Room, and you'll pick it up quickly.

sheeplady · Jul 9, 2013

The powder room is a separate space for the ladies. Gentlemen are allowed to post here, however; there are some threads that are women only (such as the pin-up thread). Women can post any other place on the FL as well.

Welcome!

Shantel Morris · Jul 9, 2013

Welcome!! My advice would be to lurk for a little bit and get the feel of the forum, then to comment and post as you feel comfortable. I must have lurked for a year or two before I signed up. -_-;

I like to go to read tips and posts from a while back, there's so much gold just a few pages from the front.

boondooglejane · Jul 9, 2013

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! All of these have been helpful.

wahine · Jul 9, 2013

Welcome boondooglejane and Shantel, you'll find lots of valuable information on the board. Have fun! :welcome:

Alice Blue · Jul 9, 2013

Hi boondogglejane, welcome to the Lounge. It might be worth taking a look at this FAQ: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/FAQ.html . It's also worth reading the stickies at the top of the Powder Room forum.

If you want to introduce yourself, there is an Introduction thread in the Observation Lounge: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?13888-New-Ladies-and-Gents-Step-Forward .

You can see what people have been chatting about lately by looking at What's New or New Posts. Posting pictures is a bit clunky, and I believe that you need to have over 10 posts to include a picture. Searching the forum is also a bit clunky - it's more effective to use Google Advanced Search and plug thefedoralounge.com into the "site or domain" field: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en-US.

Have fun!

wahine · Jul 9, 2013

Alice Blue said:
Searching the forum is also a bit clunky - it's more effective to use Google Advanced Search and plug thefedoralounge.com into the "site or domain" field: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en-US.
Have fun!

Now, that is a good idea! I often struggle to find what I'm looking for, but never got the idea to use Google. Thanks for the hint!

vintageTink · Jul 10, 2013

sheeplady · Jul 10, 2013

vintageTink said:

That's *a* rope. Not *the* ropes.

vintageTink · Jul 10, 2013

sheeplady said:
That's *a* rope. Not *the* ropes.

Picky picky. LOL

boondooglejane · Jul 10, 2013

Well, ropes being plural could imply that each of you show me your individual rope, therefore adding up to equal multiple ropes. She was just rope #1. Keep 'em coming!

Lady Day · Jul 10, 2013

Hi Boondogglejane,

To whet your appetite in vintage here, Id recommend these threads:

Powder Room/FAQ & Most Searched Threads
You will find a lot of archived info here. How to dress 20s, 30s, 40, or 50s, its here. Makeup? Here. Everyday vintage looks? Here. Tons of stuff.

That compilation should give you tons of reading

Also, as you can see, the Powder Room is separated into two areas: Beauty, and the main Powder Room. Beauty handles hair, makeup, physical activity things, etc.
The powder room handles fashion, jewelry, shoes, hats, wearables, and lady interests.

If you run into a problem with another member, please report it to a Bartender. Either LizzieMaine or myself.

Searching is your friend

, but most of all learn and have fun!

boondooglejane · Jul 10, 2013

Lady Day said:
Hi Boondogglejane,

To whet your appetite in vintage here, Id recommend these threads:

Powder Room/FAQ & Most Searched Threads
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I LOVE this so much. Great tips.

vintageTink · Jul 10, 2013

Lady Day said:
If you run into a problem with another member, please report it to a Bartender. Either LizzieMaine or myself.

What? I didn't do anything!

vintageTink · Jul 10, 2013

boondooglejane said:
Hello, all! I joined last night and I was wondering if anyone could just tell me about the basic goings-on of the forum, that would be so so so helpful.

I've been into vintage fashions for maybe 2 years now, and most of my wardrobe consists of repros. I actually hated shopping and modern styles until I started finding repros. I'm also really into 1940's movies and World War II. Overall, I'm just a big history fanatic who loves to try to live old-fashioned.

Do you sew?

boondooglejane · Jul 11, 2013

vintageTink said:
Do you sew?

No, but I want to get into it. I tried to learn as a kid (my mom knows), but I'm not the most coordinated person in the world. Any tips about learning?

sheeplady · Jul 11, 2013

vintageTink said:
Picky picky. LOL

boondooglejane said:
Well, ropes being plural could imply that each of you show me your individual rope, therefore adding up to equal multiple ropes. She was just rope #1. Keep 'em coming!

lol

Here's another tip: Don't drink fluids and read the FL unless you love the feeling after you snort your drink out your nose.

I'm all drugged up on steroids and I can't sleep. I think I may have woken up the husband chuckling.

sheeplady · Jul 11, 2013

boondooglejane said:
No, but I want to get into it. I tried to learn as a kid (my mom knows), but I'm not the most coordinated person in the world. Any tips about learning?

Do you have an adult education program near you? In NYS, it's associated with a program called BOCES. They have low cost classes on crafts. Also, often craft stores like JoAnn fabrics have sewing classes where you make simple projects. The women into JoAnns are really helpful, you just need to find the seamstress and when she works (there is always one who is an expert sewer, all the other staff know who she is). (It could be a he too, but I've only met women who sewed as JoAnns Staff.)

Once you get the basics in the class, you can pick the mind of the staff to see what patterns you can do and build from there. Many patterns aren't very complicated, just a bunch of tiny steps. It's learning to do all the tiny steps and then having the patience to put them together.

We have a great thread on sewing questions. There is a ton of info there and the ladies here are very very nice. I've used a lot of advice there. Feel free to ask questions.

Also, don't be offended if you ask a question and are referred to an existing thread. It's part of the culture here. You didn't do anything wrong, it's just the best way to get the info you need. Sometimes the threads can be hard to find, but existing members often know of the threads off hand and can find them more easily than a new member.

It's always good to do a search, it's probably come up before, but if you say you can't anything another lady will hook you up. Or you could be bringing up a totally new topic!

vintageTink · Jul 11, 2013

boondooglejane said:
No, but I want to get into it. I tried to learn as a kid (my mom knows), but I'm not the most coordinated person in the world. Any tips about learning?

I got some sewing books, scoured the Internet. There are tutorials everywhere.
We're also very keen to help.

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