Multi-tasking is the new word for "effective time management".
Put your water on to boil for tea. Move your laundry from washer to dryer, then load washer, then fold what came out of dryer. Steep your tea. Power up your computer. Clear breakfast dishes from table. Pour tea. Log in. Check email while waiting for laundry to signal the load change. Lather, rinse, repeat. Get nothing else done for the rest of the day.
not related at all: i'm thinking of picking up some sewing work on the side. please be honest with me - do you think that my skills are worth paying for? and, how much do you charge for a custom project?
Verbosity filter DISENGAGED!elfie_elfieApril 30 2009, 18:05:51 UTC
You pay attention to details, which is good. I am impressed with your ability to tackle the patterns I find to be difficult under my own hands. And I like how the finished garments look. You have never turned them inside out when you show off, however, so I don't know what your actual work looks like. (I'm pretty sure your work is great. You wear fitted stuff, so there's no hiding things like chewed-up seam allowances and asymmetric side seams. Things to pay attention to for customers are thread-nests and colour matching, tidy seam finishing and making yourself work with materials that don't particularly inspire YOU, but for which the customer has paid
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Re: Verbosity filter DISENGAGED!mad_mApril 30 2009, 20:47:49 UTC
no, this is all good. i've experience sewing things for friends where they've turned out to be the most brutal critics of fit, without understanding that if i sew up the neck of the shirt anymore they won't be able to pull it over their head; where the fabric turned out to be more garish than they thought it would... but in this case, at least i'd be paid for it.
i think i could handle working on commission if the customer said, "this is exactly what i want, and i won't be a pain in the ass about it if it isn't as it envisioned in my head if you execute the plan perfectly."
i have from time to time considered doing etsy, and local craft fairs, but the up front expense is something that i balk at - having the inventory sitting around, etc. how has your experience been with that?
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Put your water on to boil for tea.
Move your laundry from washer to dryer, then load washer, then fold what came out of dryer.
Steep your tea.
Power up your computer.
Clear breakfast dishes from table.
Pour tea.
Log in.
Check email while waiting for laundry to signal the load change.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Get nothing else done for the rest of the day.
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i think i could handle working on commission if the customer said, "this is exactly what i want, and i won't be a pain in the ass about it if it isn't as it envisioned in my head if you execute the plan perfectly."
i have from time to time considered doing etsy, and local craft fairs, but the up front expense is something that i balk at - having the inventory sitting around, etc. how has your experience been with that?
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