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By Kathleen Fasanella on Feb 5 at 7:06 pm
With the monster snow storm headed for the eastern coast of the US, my complaints last week about snow really sound juvenile. All it takes for me to weep and gnash my teeth is a light dusting you can still see the dirt still through. But snow is not all that’s going on this weekend, there’s a football game too. I love Super Bowl weekend. It’s the only weekend I can go shopping in peace. Be it snow or Super Bowl, enjoy one or both of them this weekend. Cuddle, be warm and till we meet again, here’s this week’s entries from the archives.
January 29, through February 4, 2006
Bias match-stripe
Piece rate is good
Sending patterns off for correction
Organic clothing blog
How to make a line sheet pt.2
Analyzing sales by size
Analyzing sales by size pt.2
Budget Marketing Materials: Large Format Postcards
Thomas and Eleanore pt. 2
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By Kathleen Fasanella on Jan 29 at 3:18 pm
It’s another great day -any day above ground is a good one. I’ve been distracted and preoccupied as of late but I’ve found a great new site that helps me dwell less on my grievances over silly things like snow (I do feel childish and petty) and to be more mindful. The site is an agent of change. I love the way she writes. She writes the way I feel so how come my words don’t come out as kindly as hers do? She’s definitely a model for me to emulate. For a sample, see When life asks more of you than it has before. And thanks to my friend Ann Katzen who told me about it.
As (nearly) every Friday, here’s this week’s entries from the archives. Hoping you enjoy a relaxing weekend.
January 22, through January 28, 2006
Color numbers
Importance of Product Identification pt. 2
Nameless Tutorial #9
Suffering Unappreciated Inventor
Manufacturing organic home furnishings
Button sewing problems?
Designer’s guide to a business plan
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By Kathleen Fasanella on Jan 22 at 5:16 pm
No time for chit chat today, it’s been a very busy day. Sometimes days pass and the phone never rings then days like today, it never stops. As ever, here’s this week’s entries from the archives. Hope your weekend is grand!
January 15, through January 21, 2006
The post office is closed
Yet another pet peeve: Waistbands
Getting a quote for cutting
More cutting and grading questions
What do fashion designers earn?
Fashion design isn’t glamorous
How to make a line sheet
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By Kathleen Fasanella on Jan 16 at 11:37 am
Hello my lovelies! Today is a beautiful day in the sunny Southwest, the start of a relaxing carefree holiday weekend. It is a good day to be alive. Look around you, whether it’s sunny, raining, snowing or windswept, we have warm safe homes, quality foods, entertainment, good roads, electricity, potable water, emergency services if we need them -we are truly fortunate. Others of us are in dire need. Unspeakable despair and grief. Pain, hunger and loss. The people of Haiti are kindred beyond the body of man. Haiti’s number one industry is apparel, did you know? As such, the apparel industry has banded together to contribute. K.I.D.S (Kids in Distressed Situations) is requesting donations (pdf) of apparel and footwear. If you can help, download this form (pdf). Soles4Souls is requesting donations of work boots, shoes, tents, blankets, duffle bags, food, and water. If you are able to send these goods, please contact Soles4Souls today.
As ever, here’s this week’s entries from the archives. Hope your weekend is grand and guilt free. Sorry, you know me. I have to stick that in there.
January 8, through January 14, 2006
Hot air designers
Sewing patterns for geeks
Article on SME
A question of line size
Paper wedding gown
If I were to produce a line pt 2
Top 10 lies of designer-entrepreneurs
Who’s copying whom?
Fix my pants
How to issue style numbers pt.127
Interview with a buyer
How to issue style numbers pt.128
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By Kathleen Fasanella on Dec 30 at 2:46 pm
Alas, I failed to post the entries for last week’s archives with all the comings and goings of the holiday. This time of year is always problematic with disruptions to my schedule but oddly, I didn’t recoup so readily this year. Changes are nice but also disconcerting; finding it difficult to regain my footing. Some years I’ve posted too much and people complain (not meanly) that it’s too much to catch up. I’ve been wanting to post what some will surely think is a homework post (it’s not, honest) because I really do like the topic (on seam allowance, no surprise I suppose). Then I wonder if people even have time to read so how lightly do I go? I take no small pleasure in January 2nd when theoretically, everything is back to normal and uncertainty removed. As a practical matter, I have a broken water pipe at the office and have no idea when it’ll be repaired. Very upsetting it is, I suspect a portion of one wall (with attached shelving) will need to be taken out to repair it. I am very distressed about it.
December 18, through December 24, 2005
Marketing only gets you so far
How to get from a 7 to a 10
Which fashion school is best?
Engineers gone wild
Batch product development 2
Get off your lazy butt
Design review tutorial 1
Importance of Product Identification
A post about nothing
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By Kathleen Fasanella on Dec 23 at 3:08 pm
We had two pieces of good news last week. On December 15th, the CPSC passed (by unanimous vote) an Interim Enforcement Policy (pdf) on Component Testing and Certifications of Children’s Products and Other Consumer Products to the August 14, 2009 Lead Limits. This will permit manufacturers to issue GCCs that rely on component testing and/or component testing results provided by component suppliers. Yes, again, we can use supplier provided documentation. However, there’s one big caveat; the manufacturer remains responsible (read: liable) for compliance under the CPSIA. In other words, if your products are found to be out of compliance with the law and you used your supplier’s testing results, you are liable, not the supplier. Greater due diligence will be required in sourcing your inputs. Be wary of lower cost input suppliers.
On December 17th, the CPSC voted to extend the stay of enforcement on third-party testing under the CPSIA for an additional year. Other than the obvious, it gives the CPSC some more time to issue final rules. Likewise, we still don’t have enough labs certified to provide testing services. It is hoped that these two issues among myriad others will be resolved before this current stay of enforcement expires in February of 2011.
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By Kathleen Fasanella on Dec 19 at 3:21 pm
Remember when I said my neighbor (the mechanic) was 8.75 months pregnant? Well, I was exactly right. Little Hoseah (7.5 lbs) was born last Friday. He’s a pretty, quiet and happy little boy. Thanks to all of you who sent gifts or dropped off useful items. They appreciated them very much. I provided everyone’s address save Celeste’s. Sorry Celeste.
I hear the east coast is weathering a heavy snowfall. Here, it’s a balmy 55 degrees; it’ll be 60 tomorrow. Can’t say I miss snow but I’m sure many of you enjoy it. I’ve spent the day sewing up last minute gifts, which I doubt will arrive in time but that’s what I get. I had a trial sewing not having the right color thread for the industrial machine so I pulled out my little home sewing machine. It’s a good one, a Pfaff. Long story short, I miss home sewing machines the same way I miss snow. As in not. Someone told me I could use home thread on an industrial and I tried it. Results are mixed. It’ll sometimes work in a pinch.
Without further ado, here’s this weeks entries from the archives. Hope your weekend is grand.
December 11, through December 17, 2005
Delicious is good
Hiring a PR firm pt 2
Bra pattern making
A question of men and women
Knits are evil
Pattern puzzle: Julian & Sophie
You have got to see this
Batch product development
Slavery or Bravery. Pick one.
The eight deadly sins of waste
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By Kathleen Fasanella on Dec 9 at 4:13 pm
It just never ends does it? Four points are important for you to know.
First, the CPSIA product testing workshops are taking place at the CPSC this Thursday and Friday. It will be available by webcast (details) if you’re one of the many who could not attend.
Second and most importantly, this from Rick Woldenberg (most emphasis mine):
You may not realize it, but we face a serious crisis right now. Last week, the CPSC held a hearing that discussed the possible extension of the testing and certification stay. The Commission is under pressure to ramp up implementation of the awful CPSIA and this therefore puts the testing stay in peril. Chairman Tenenbaum has heard the concerns of regulated businesses that some advance warning is needed, so Rumorville in forecasting a quick consideration of the question – possibly as early as next week. Commissioner Nancy Nord commented on the implications of the stay in her blog last week. At least one Commissioner, Bob Adler, is openly hostile to continuation of the stay. This is a big deal to companies regulated by the CPSIA.
[...] The Commission’s sense of urgency to get this irritant off their plate is creating rumors that they intend to act as soon as the next business day after the workshop. As outrageous as this might seem, it’s really worse – the workshop is not about the stay. The workshop is about component testing, frequency of testing, sampling schemes, when to require additional testing, etc. The CPSC has not asked for comments about the lifting of the stay but at least one Commissioner has reasoned that if it was a “big deal”, the CPSC might have heard from more than the Handmade Toy Alliance. [Apparently, both Bob Adler and Jay Howell believe that the CPSC has had not heard from anyone other than the HTA on the stay, which is certainly not true.]
If the stay is lifted on two months notice with all these rules open, undrafted or in process, utter chaos will break out…
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By Kathleen Fasanella on Dec 5 at 8:19 am
Brrr~ we got a cold snap and several inches of snow yesterday. Snow and cold makes me pout and unproductive. I’d rather go to sleep Halloween night and not wake up until mid March in a cranky stupor to complain about spring winds. It even snowed in Houston! I didn’t think that was possible. My neighbor (who rents the space behind my office) makes me deservedly ashamed of myself; she’s a mechanic and outside working on cars every day. You know, the typical lazy Mexican. Here’s a photo of her, her baby is due next week. I fret because they don’t have much; I’m collecting donations of essentials (which can be mailed to my business address). She has another child, a sensitive, quiet and kind boy about seven years old. He feeds the birds when I’m away. Christmas will be grim for them this year.
As usual, here are this week’s entries from the archives. Here’s to hoping your weekend is worry free and comfortable.
November 27, through December 3, 2005
Sleeve cap ease is bogus
Saran wrap pattern making method #2
Stock size update
On becoming a pattern maker
Industrial sewing machines
Dress forms
What is Kaizen?
The crisis of Kaizen
Evidently, I’m still mean
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