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More show shirt fun! Kathleen 07-23-2006
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Posted by Kathleen on July 23, 2006, 12:01 pm
        I got two more show shirts done and delivered last week. I discovered
that once the patterns are drafted and cut out, it's quite efficient to
assemble two shirts at once.
        A's shirt was made up in a holographic "liquid metal" lycra, iridescent
black for the body and iridescent lime green for the collar, cuffs and
facing. The collar and cuffs were embellished with aurora borealis
swarovski crystals.
        A picked her shirt up Friday morning and was thrilled with the finished
product. She was giving a presentation on showing your horse the next
day and immediately decided to wear her new bling. She was on her cell
phone bragging to H before she even left the driveway.
        H's shirt has black collar and cuffs, with a silver-on-black body that
reflects rainbow. Aurora borealis crystals continued the rainbow theme.
        My daughter took H's shirt to her at the barn yesterday evening. H
immediately donned the shirt then danced down the aisle at the barn.
This triggered a storm of pleading from a little girl who were there for
a riding lesson - "Mom, I really NEED a new show shirt. The one I've
got is just plain. Wouldn't me and Coco look so pretty in silver?
Please? What if I save my allowance?"
        Also present at the barn were K and R, my daughter's arch rivals. To
my daughter's catty delight, they were visibly envious and K eventually
choked down her pride and asked for our phone number so she could call
me about a shirt of her own.
        My daughter, A and H are all planning to wear their shirts to the rodeo
Wednesday evening. I'm going to bring the camera along and get some pix
for my portfolio. Due to a mix-up in ordering from StretchHouse, I
wound up with enough extra of the lime green fabric to make up another
whole shirt (I only charged A for what I actually used). At the
girls' suggestion, I'm going to go ahead and make up a shirt to take up
to the rodeo and see if it sells. Neon colors are big with the girls
who ride the speed events...
        And last night I took M fabric shopping for materials for a princess
seamed zip front, mandarin collared show tunic. M is a good friend and
a woman of substance. The ready-to-wear selection in plus-sizes is
pitiful. Most of the western wear catalogs only offer a few shirts in
large sizes, and the prices are nothing short of appalling. Considering
that there are lots of big women who ride and show, it's difficult to
understand the lack of selection.
        M chose a glorious royal, black, silver and gold brocade from the
special order book. She was pleasantly surprised when the total for
fabric and notions came to $75, and even more delighted when I pulled
out my Hancock Preferred Customer Card and a fist full of coupons and
brought the cost down to $56. I can't wait to get started because I
think she's going to look absolutely regal, but for this one I'm
definitely going to need to do a muslin first.
        
Kathleen


Posted by Sheila Heinrich on July 23, 2006, 4:22 pm
Kathleen - it sounds like you are doing a lovely job on these shirts! I
think that people really enjoy having a custom item made for them,
especially if they can be involved in picking the colours, etc.

Keep up the good work!

Sheila in Calgary

> I got two more show shirts done and delivered last week. I discovered
> that once the patterns are drafted and cut out, it's quite efficient to
> assemble two shirts at once. A's shirt was made up in a holographic
> "liquid metal" lycra, iridescent black for the body and iridescent lime
> green for the collar, cuffs and facing. The collar and cuffs were
> embellished with aurora borealis swarovski crystals.
> A picked her shirt up Friday morning and was thrilled with the finished
> product. She was giving a presentation on showing your horse the next day
> and immediately decided to wear her new bling. She was on her cell
phone bragging to H before she even left the driveway.
> H's shirt has black collar and cuffs, with a silver-on-black body that
> reflects rainbow. Aurora borealis crystals continued the rainbow theme.
> My daughter took H's shirt to her at the barn yesterday evening. H
> immediately donned the shirt then danced down the aisle at the barn.
<snip>
> And last night I took M fabric shopping for materials for a princess
> seamed zip front, mandarin collared show tunic. M is a good friend and
a woman of substance. The ready-to-wear selection in plus-sizes is pitiful.
Most of the western wear catalogs only offer a few shirts in large sizes,
and the prices are nothing short of appalling. Considering
that there are lots of big women who ride and show, it's difficult to
understand the lack of selection.M chose a glorious royal, black, silver and
gold brocade from the
special order book. She was pleasantly surprised when the total for fabric
and notions came to $75, and even more delighted when I pulled out my
Hancock Preferred Customer Card and a fist full of coupons and brought the
cost down to $56. I can't wait to get started because I think she's going
to look absolutely regal, but for this one I'm > definitely going to need to
do a muslin first.
>
> Kathleen
>



Posted by Doreen on July 23, 2006, 5:15 pm
Kathleen wrote:
> I got two more show shirts done and delivered last week.


The shirts sound ever so splendid. And congrats on your Super Cool Mom
status!

Doreen in Alabama

Posted by Kathleen on July 24, 2006, 9:07 pm
Doreen wrote:

> Kathleen wrote:
>
>> I got two more show shirts done and delivered last week.
>
>
>
> The shirts sound ever so splendid. And congrats on your Super Cool Mom
> status!

You know, in my tenure as a senior accountant/controller I generated
thousands of reports and statements for hundreds of users. And I feel
quite safe in saying that although the news was frequently very, very
good and always quite accurate, never once did a recipient do a dance
upon taking delivery.

Kathleen



Posted by BEI Design on July 24, 2006, 12:29 am

> I got two more show shirts done and delivered last week. I
> discovered that once the patterns are drafted and cut out, it's
> quite efficient to assemble two shirts at once.
> A's shirt was made up in a holographic "liquid metal" lycra,
> iridescent
<snip>

I love the part about the rival's having to eat a little crow.
;-) This sounds like such fun projects, congratulations!

Beverly



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