It’s been some time considering that I answered in a general way some of the common questions that are emailed to me, so maybe it’s time to do so again …
The #1 question I seem to get lately is not so much a question, but a request for me to make people stuff. I wish I could, really, but being able to sew well for other people is a special gift and requires huge reserves of time and patience, neither of which I have. At all. So, while I sympathize with your desire for the prom dress, wedding gown, or shirtwaist of your dreams, you need to make those dreams a reality in some other way.
Probably question #2 is “How big is your closet?” to which the answer is, “Not big enough!” Heh. I do make a lot of dresses, but I tend to rotate them in and out of service and keep the things I can’t possibly give away (fewer than you’d think) in big plastic tubs. Also, I’m a klutz so it’s the rare dress that avoids life-ending ketchup or ink stains for a lot more than a year or so.
Question #3 tends to be “Will you link to me?” I’d like to, I’d really like to (okay, not the skeevy spam-farming fake-watch-selling people, you know who you ARE) but ideal now I’m idly contemplating a site redesign and waiting on that to mess with my links, considering that changing all that is going to be a huge horrible PITA. any suggestions for the redesign would not be taken amiss. (Oh, and if you are asking me to link to your most current me-too “fashionista”-type site that has nothing to make with dresses or vintage but is instead all crappy overpriced handbags, celebrity sunglasses, and embellished jeans: who do you think you’re fooling? Either you’ve never read this site AT ALL, or your reading comprehension has been adversely affected by the gigantic Freakin’ logos unevenly distributed about your person. Ahem.)
Question #4 seems to be “Would you like to participate in our banner ad campaign?” to which the answer is also “No, thank you.” I only want to run ads on this site that are for small services who support home sewing or sell vintage fashion. This indicates I’ve turned down dunnohowmany jeans companies (Again: what is it with the jeans people and reading COMPREHENSION?), major diet companies, financial services companies, etc.
Question #5 is “Will there be a lot more secret Lives?” Answer: yes. Soon. I promise.
I’m assuming the question that will be a lot of often asked in the comments on this post is “WHERE can I get that pattern up at the top of the entry?”, so I’m heading it off at the pass by saying that it’s on eBay ideal now (from Rita at Chez Cemetarian). feel complimentary to click through and visit it!
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