A Cocktail

No I'm not having one. Don't drink much, but this design is making me think about it. It's the design for the charity event in September. Not quite sure how I got entangled in designing a cocktail waitress outfit - considering I have not designed a costume in a while and actually created a finished product. It can be done but with the learning curve of the new - ridiculously particular serger that does fifty million different things - I have felt a bit pressured and not accomplishing much.

Today however, I took a piece of fabric, and cut a ten inch trip, then sewed it together and made viola -- A Mini Skirt. I then took another piece of fabric and cut a nine inch strip, sewed it together and voila - a mini skirt lining. Then I put it on the butt model mannequin, and voila - A Cocktail Waitress outfit! Still need a top but at list I am halfway through and it really is pretty -- will be beautiful after I add the l'Amore Intimo touch. Content Happy Life is Good.

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What's Up With L'Amore?

L'amore Intimo was in meeting most of the day yesterday. Ok - not really but I did have to deal with the Trademark office. They needed for be to reply to some nuisances they found. The attorney looking over everything was very helpful and I gave them extremely sound arguments about the originality of the mark.

But after those hours L'amore Intimo closed for it's annual observance of the president's birthday. It seems the birthday goes on for more than a day too. The factory was gifted with a new serger!! It's not a Bernina but it's the top of the line Singer. Bernina coming though - I can feel it! For today I am completely happy.

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May - The Emerald

Cleopatra's favorite gemstone has been a labor of love at best. The design is working out well now that the serger is working well. This one will come on line tomorrow. I believe Cleopatra would have proudly worn this little gem!

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Threading that Serger Sucks

It really needs to be a better way to thread a serger overlock machine.  If you don't thread it exactly right, the machine won't work properly.  The trade off for sometimes a half hour in threading and re-threading and correcting what you just did, and starting over, snipping thread and those dog-gone tweezers -- the trade off is a beautifully professional finish, an effortless rolled hem, and quality hand made little nothings that will be worth the non-returnable purchase.  Cool.

Now if I only had a machine that did embroidery.

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