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November 6, 2020
I know not everyone got to get onto the November Free General Q & A, and don't worry - we will have another one scheduled next month. I absolutely love doing these, and we will definitely be doing more of them.
I'm so impressed with how well you all are doing with your sewing. You are so close, and you accomplish so much. It's those little details at the end that get maddeningly annoying and seem to resist any sort of solution.
I know I've been there. I could sew up a shift in nothing flat, but it was finishing that neckline, sleeve cuff, or even the hem that always got me.
Course, this was back when I was a beanstalk, and fitting wasn't an issue. When I started my company, I learned how to fit all shapes and sizes! This last part was really empowering cause I kinda felt that way when I was learning from my teacher. She was also a great designer and had some of the famously well-dressed clients in my metropolis. She could sew for any of her clients and fit them beautifully.
I was simply picky about how my clients looked, the same way I was picky about how I looked. So I learned solutions on how to fit different or unusual shapes to where we liked them. It was always a puzzle to me, and today it's still the same way. Today, I'm picky about how you look and want to teach you how to fit, flatter and fashion for yourself.
Many of the fitting problems I see on the live videos are ones that I'm familiar with cause I've seen them on my clients. If they aren't, it's even more fun. It's like taking on the client whose son was getting married after she had a double mastectomy but didn't have time for any reconstruction surgery....or the client is a dwarf....or the client who had back surgery to correct her disfiguring scoliosis and wanted a strapless dress. These were all fun
challenges, and it really brought a lot of light and fun to my clients' lives.
It's a lot like the movie "The Dressmaker," where she changes many women's lives by putting them in a glamorous dress. That seems so "simple," and yet that involves not only correct fitting but proper placement, proportion, flattery all in the latest fashionable look. The fit is essential, but so are the other parts that truly reflect a person's character and personality. This is the artistry of sewing, and there isn't a sewist out
there that doesn't want this. I want it for you too!
UPDATE: I was going to do the Hoodie Class at Bernina of OKC Friends Facebook page. However, because of some things going on with the store, we've rescheduled to:
Saturday, November 21st, at 2 pm.
If you can't make it, respond to this email with "Hoodie Class" in the title, and I will send you the video and the accompanying Resource Document where the conversation will continue.
Now, I'm disappointed, but this does give you a lot more time to gather fabric for this class. Emily "thinks" she has some of that marvelous gushy stretch fleece (this is what I'm using in class) in black, white and red solid. Solids are a great way to start.
This fleece runs about $14.95/yard, which sounds high, but the minute you sink your hand into this fleece, you will thank me. Depending upon your size, somewhere around 2½ to 3 yards will suffice for this jacket. The red is a tomato red, not a cherry red, and of course, the black and white are standard classic colors. Do NOT discount a white hoodie for the winter. It's that "winter white" look that is elegant and yet completely relatable. I have
a real itch to do this in white for myself - for that occasion when I want to walk the dog and look just a little more special than usual. After all, I have neighborhood street creds I have to keep up!!! You may see white hoodies, but they are the sweatshirt kind of fabric. What makes this so fun is that you are taking the hoodie style (basically a monk, updated to laborer, updated to hip-hop/rapper style) and using an upscale print. What really knocks this
type of look out is a chrome or gold fixture zipper with the mechanism exposed. This is just the sort of creative thinking that the hoodie style is going through. Making a hoodie in something opposite of laborer/biker/rapper color gives it a whole new look. And remember, in class, I'm going to teach you some really fun tweaks to do to this jacket that will help you make it "your" look.
I have the full supply list located here. And this also will include some fabric ideas, and if you're lost about what to get - comment in that supply-list document, and I'll answer you there.
Things are progressing on the site. There's still a lot of tweaking, but we have the basic site laid out, and I like it. It's a lot more navigable than the old site, and this is intuitive on the new site, whereas it was jury-rigged on the old site. The new site is a lot cleaner. When you do this a couple of times in the last 5 years, you do learn
what's really working and what's not.
Of course, I would still like to hear from you. Please take a minute and go over there and click around. The Resource Library is still not operational, but click on things to see if they work for you. If there's something you see that's confusing, needs fixing, or simply doesn't look right. PLEASE, let me know! While I have the techs working on this, I can correct it now!
Bear with me cause believe it or not, I think we're a little ahead of schedule and can't wait for this to be finished!!!
Below are links to the new blog, so try them out too and LMK if there's something hinky!
On the Blog
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