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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 14, 2009, 7:23 am
Ok... Got a call from an architects office this morning. They wanted
to know if I could come and quote for a job needed for a publicity party
next Wednesday. Something about putting fabric on some frames... Would
I come down to Folkstone and see if this was something I could do?
Yes.
They are sending a car to pick me up tomorrow, as I don't drive and I'd
have to go by train. I can look at the job and give them a quote, and
then they'll send the car on Monday and Tuesday next week to pick up me
and all the sewing kit to do it in situ. This will allow me to sew and
fit rather than taking all sorts of comples measurements and then not
have it fit after all if the put it together wrong! :D It also gives
me part of tomorrow and Friday (plus the weekend if needed) to make sure
I have all the kit for doing the job. I might need to take an iron and
the ironing board or the table top cloth as well as the sewing machines
and etc...
I admit it. I'm bonkers. But it's money, and I need a couple of nice
pay jobs right now!
I'll let you know more tomorrow, when I know what it entails. Meanwhile
today's lazy morning has gone AWOL as I try to shift out the door what I
WAS going to do this afternoon and all day tomorrow. That's Ursula's
sleeve sample, Christine's frock, and an almost finished frock for a pal
from another newsgroup...
Looks like FTL sewing again!
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by on October 14, 2009, 4:09 pm
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> Ok... =A0Got a call from an architects office this morning. =A0They wante=
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> to know if I could come and quote for a job needed for a publicity party
> next Wednesday. =A0Something about putting fabric on some frames... =A0Wo=
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> I come down to Folkstone and see if this was something I could do?
> Yes.
Hey, Kate! It sounds much more interesting than trying to crank out a
Mad Hatter (still hunting down a hat) for a child that isn't too
thrilled with the costume, a White Rabbit that is currently home from
work sick and not in the mood to deal with fittings (not to mention
having glasses that just broke - again), and a Queen of Hearts who is
busy making the other costumes so hers isn't even started yet!!!
Alice is done, but Alice isn't too happy with hers either because she
doesn't really like the "apron thingy". Need all done in 16
days....so longer than you have to work, but at this point, I'd rather
be putting fabric on frames than dealing with cranky kids and sick
adult.....best of luck, but we ALL know you can do it!
Larisa
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 14, 2009, 7:04 pm
larisavann@comcast.net wrote:
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> wrote:
>> Ok... Got a call from an architects office this morning. They wanted
>> to know if I could come and quote for a job needed for a publicity party
>> next Wednesday. Something about putting fabric on some frames... Would
>> I come down to Folkstone and see if this was something I could do?
>> Yes.
>
> Hey, Kate! It sounds much more interesting than trying to crank out a
> Mad Hatter (still hunting down a hat) for a child that isn't too
> thrilled with the costume, a White Rabbit that is currently home from
> work sick and not in the mood to deal with fittings (not to mention
> having glasses that just broke - again), and a Queen of Hearts who is
> busy making the other costumes so hers isn't even started yet!!!
> Alice is done, but Alice isn't too happy with hers either because she
> doesn't really like the "apron thingy". Need all done in 16
> days....so longer than you have to work, but at this point, I'd rather
> be putting fabric on frames than dealing with cranky kids and sick
> adult.....best of luck, but we ALL know you can do it!
>
> Larisa
Starch the hubbty and vecro the kids to the ceiling out the way! ;)
I've got enought to do without halloween costumes. :D
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 15, 2009, 3:23 am
OK, so I completed the panne velvet dress hems and sleeves, and then
made a jacket to go with it. Unlined kimono style open fronted jacket,
using an adapted PJ/nightgown pattern from Wild Ginger's iCare patterns.
Toddler dress and Ursula's sleeve samples to be completed before bed, so
I'd better print off the pattern for the sleeves and cut the dress out
before I go out. And dig a wool sample out of the loft for the sleeve
sample. Need something that frays a bit the way her wool and silk
broccade does... I bet the box with the wool samples and small bits in
is at the BOTTOM of a stack of boxes FULL of real heavy stuff! Weight
lifting! Just what you need to be doing in high heels in a loft in your
business suit! (And this is LESS weird? :P )
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Ursula Schrader on October 15, 2009, 12:03 pm
"Kate XXXXXX" wrote...
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> OK, so I completed the panne velvet dress hems and sleeves, and then made
> a jacket to go with it. Unlined kimono style open fronted jacket, using
> an adapted PJ/nightgown pattern from Wild Ginger's iCare patterns.
That's a nice one! For whom did you do it? Anyone I know? ;-) I know that in
the end I will get a serger, too, so that I can do stuff like that, too. I
had to do the worn inside leg seams of my jogging pants (yeah, well, they're
called like that, even if you never jogged a step in them, apart from
rushing to the toddler's rescue). Did that on the Singer but it was a real
pain. Remembered the graceful ease of the imported serger and sighed.
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> Toddler dress and Ursula's sleeve samples to be completed before bed, so
> I'd better print off the pattern for the sleeves and cut the dress out
> before I go out. And dig a wool sample out of the loft for the sleeve
> sample. Need something that frays a bit the way her wool and silk
> broccade does... I bet the box with the wool samples and small bits in is
> at the BOTTOM of a stack of boxes FULL of real heavy stuff! Weight
> lifting! Just what you need to be doing in high heels in a loft in your
> business suit! (And this is LESS weird? :P )
Well, if it's not madness it's a good exercise (don't ask me for what).
Anyway, I'm dead grateful you're doing this. Slight panic is beginning to
prevail, including shouting at innocent (and not so innocent*) family
members. Had a nice conference with the chef yesterday and I really know why
he isn't very popular. He loves telling you what he can't or won't do. I'd
have loved to just get up and leave, but that's just a no-go. So I tried to
get what I wanted as much as I could. Keep your fingers crossed. Edgar still
hasn't got his suit, but we'll do that on Saturday, hopefully.
You really get the interesting stuff. I bet it'll be just nice relaxed work
with not much sewing and a decent pay on top. Please do tell all about it!
Remember, I'd almost have been an architect. ;-)
U.
*i.e. DH who doesn't stir a finger in wedding preps but plays with his new
toy, the wood heating. Grrr!
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