Blog Date: 5-10-09
Dear A-Team !!!!
Success !!!! What a Great Week !!!! West City Center’s Open House / Fashion Show was outstanding. Such team work !!! Nothing went wrong. It was just perfect !!!! I was told that about 800 guests came to check us out !!!! Everyone loved our machine embroidery and ½ scale dress form display. Our part of the fashion show was terrific with the feathers. It said a lot about recycling. Those of you who presented assignments (from my courses) for the Open House or Modeled or staged us for the Fashion Show will receive extra credit.
The end of the week was capped off by our semester trip to the LA garment district. Two students took advantage of coming with me. Of course, I spent too much money. BUT I keep thinking of the savings I got up there; verses what I would have spent picking up the same things in San Diego.
We have 4 weeks left till the end of the semester. Come to class and learn some more !!!!
Stimulate your curiosity. Discover the answers to questions that you just can’t put into words. Master at least one new technique. Come to class.
Embroidery:
This week, we are embroidering on Chiffon. I gave you each a piece of it. You will need to bring: Clear dissolvable “Solvy” on top and some kind of dissolvable “Aqua Magic” on the bottom. You will also need to bring some Rubbermaid draw liner. This rubber-lace drawer line comes in 2 thicknesses. You will need the “thinner” kind. This will help your chiffon stay in the hoop. I MUST thank Grace for the tip on the Rubbermaid draw liner. This is SO much better than wrapping your hoop with adhesive bandage tape. I just NEVER want my machine or hoops to ever be gunk’d up…………..
For those of you who are going to continue on in the summer embroidery class, please buy your text book early. The name of the book is: Machine Embroidery Wild & Wacky: Stitch on Any and Every Surface by Linda Turner Griepentrog and Rebecca Kemp Brent. www.Amazon.com has it for 14.99. Make sure the embroidery disk of designs is in good shape. The first day of class, we will be deciding on what we will be doing the rest of the summer semester.
Basic Sewing:
We will be continuing with our Portfolios. We are almost completed. We still need to do buttonholes, zippers, necklines, unlined pockets, inset pockets, and I don’t believe we covered all the seam finishes. There is so much to learn. AND…in LA…I got you each a graduation present. When you turn in your completed portfolio, you can start work on this….. WHAT FUN !!!!
Patternmaking:
The class decided that it will take us the rest of the semester to complete our curved dart dress. This is fine. This means…that next September, we will be continuing this class. The name of the Fall 2009 Patternmaking class will be: ½ Scale Production Patternmaking. I don’t want to push through this process. There is a lot to be learned so that when you need to do this for your own companies, you do it easily.
There has been a Grand Opening in our Point Loma neighborhood !!! Apparently, it sells home décor items, fabrics and trims. Check it out and let me know !!!!! The store is located need the corner of Rosecrans and Midway next to Tuesday Morning. Monday-Saturday 10 – 6. Closed Sundays.
Mariana Lifestyles.
3555 Rosecrans Street
#107B
San Diego, CA 92110
619-223-2339
I once gave Gitta the name of a specialty store in Parkway Plaza that specializes in enhancing body parts. They also have girdles that mold your figure after post-partums, operations and other plastic surgeries. The store’s name is: Colombianas: Slender Bodies. Their phone number is: 619-447-3252. I had a report this week, stating that what this store sells helped someone with their back problem. I want to pass this on, in case you too, need be helped.
Here is a link to a video about washing your hands: http://www.my-ce.tv/?rnd=419691410
Job Listing for a Costume Designer (Thank you Tina !!!):
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/med/1156178869.html
Free Embroidery Design: http://www.advanced-embroidery-designs.com/newsletter/20090504.html
MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR SKILLS !!
Dear A-Team !!!!
Success !!!! What a Great Week !!!! West City Center’s Open House / Fashion Show was outstanding. Such team work !!! Nothing went wrong. It was just perfect !!!! I was told that about 800 guests came to check us out !!!! Everyone loved our machine embroidery and ½ scale dress form display. Our part of the fashion show was terrific with the feathers. It said a lot about recycling. Those of you who presented assignments (from my courses) for the Open House or Modeled or staged us for the Fashion Show will receive extra credit.
The end of the week was capped off by our semester trip to the LA garment district. Two students took advantage of coming with me. Of course, I spent too much money. BUT I keep thinking of the savings I got up there; verses what I would have spent picking up the same things in San Diego.
We have 4 weeks left till the end of the semester. Come to class and learn some more !!!!
Stimulate your curiosity. Discover the answers to questions that you just can’t put into words. Master at least one new technique. Come to class.
Embroidery:
This week, we are embroidering on Chiffon. I gave you each a piece of it. You will need to bring: Clear dissolvable “Solvy” on top and some kind of dissolvable “Aqua Magic” on the bottom. You will also need to bring some Rubbermaid draw liner. This rubber-lace drawer line comes in 2 thicknesses. You will need the “thinner” kind. This will help your chiffon stay in the hoop. I MUST thank Grace for the tip on the Rubbermaid draw liner. This is SO much better than wrapping your hoop with adhesive bandage tape. I just NEVER want my machine or hoops to ever be gunk’d up…………..
For those of you who are going to continue on in the summer embroidery class, please buy your text book early. The name of the book is: Machine Embroidery Wild & Wacky: Stitch on Any and Every Surface by Linda Turner Griepentrog and Rebecca Kemp Brent. www.Amazon.com has it for 14.99. Make sure the embroidery disk of designs is in good shape. The first day of class, we will be deciding on what we will be doing the rest of the summer semester.
Basic Sewing:
We will be continuing with our Portfolios. We are almost completed. We still need to do buttonholes, zippers, necklines, unlined pockets, inset pockets, and I don’t believe we covered all the seam finishes. There is so much to learn. AND…in LA…I got you each a graduation present. When you turn in your completed portfolio, you can start work on this….. WHAT FUN !!!!
Patternmaking:
The class decided that it will take us the rest of the semester to complete our curved dart dress. This is fine. This means…that next September, we will be continuing this class. The name of the Fall 2009 Patternmaking class will be: ½ Scale Production Patternmaking. I don’t want to push through this process. There is a lot to be learned so that when you need to do this for your own companies, you do it easily.
There has been a Grand Opening in our Point Loma neighborhood !!! Apparently, it sells home décor items, fabrics and trims. Check it out and let me know !!!!! The store is located need the corner of Rosecrans and Midway next to Tuesday Morning. Monday-Saturday 10 – 6. Closed Sundays.
Mariana Lifestyles.
3555 Rosecrans Street
#107B
San Diego, CA 92110
619-223-2339
I once gave Gitta the name of a specialty store in Parkway Plaza that specializes in enhancing body parts. They also have girdles that mold your figure after post-partums, operations and other plastic surgeries. The store’s name is: Colombianas: Slender Bodies. Their phone number is: 619-447-3252. I had a report this week, stating that what this store sells helped someone with their back problem. I want to pass this on, in case you too, need be helped.
Here is a link to a video about washing your hands: http://www.my-ce.tv/?rnd=419691410
Job Listing for a Costume Designer (Thank you Tina !!!):
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/med/1156178869.html
Free Embroidery Design: http://www.advanced-embroidery-designs.com/newsletter/20090504.html
MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR SKILLS !!
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