Fab - here I am sewing away making things for tribal girls. One such girl buys 2 alice bands from me. Then she goes home and makes them for her mothers emtire troupe. Then she comes here today to have some pants made and says "Oh Ja, Im selling these now" I tell her that that sucks, Im trying to earn a living here! She says "If you see a good idea go with it". I was gobsmacked and did my usual keep quiet and stew about it. Now hours later I want to burn her fabric and send her the ashes with a note "copy this bitch!" *sigh* Then I pop past my other competition's page (Same one who has photos of dancers on her page without their permissions as "examples" ) on facebook and Lo and behold a new album full of hair stuff - just like mine.
And what is the answer to this? In the short term - I tell miss copy pants that I will not make her pants In the long term I decide that whatever I make must be so recognisable as mine that no one can copy it without everyone knowing its a copy.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Hello Kitty Costume
For a while I have been thinking about sewing a silly costume for myself. I fould a bag of metal hello kitty charms for R20 at the bead shop in Linden, a while ago I bought a bit of hello kitty fabric with large motifs of her face and on Saturday I found bags of pink buttons and another kind of hello kitty fabric - this one is a check with tiny kitty faces. I also have lots of pink fabric scraps, feathers and sequin dot. I might also get some fo the pink and black stripped fabric to make pants - those Im not sure about - dunno if my legs can carry that off!
I began the belt - its a 2 piece Mardi Love style belt which will have hello kitty faces as the hip accents and the check fabric as the band. I began beading it on saturday whilst watching the saturday afternoon Bollywood movie on TV. The hip accent faces will take quite some time - I only managed to finish 1 that afternoon. I did the charm fringe on one piece and got half way on the other. Today I will carry on with it and perhaps finish the front of the belt. I forgot about the buttons and edged the lower front with other beads which I will have to replace with buttons.
I havent decided on the the style of the top yet.
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I began the belt - its a 2 piece Mardi Love style belt which will have hello kitty faces as the hip accents and the check fabric as the band. I began beading it on saturday whilst watching the saturday afternoon Bollywood movie on TV. The hip accent faces will take quite some time - I only managed to finish 1 that afternoon. I did the charm fringe on one piece and got half way on the other. Today I will carry on with it and perhaps finish the front of the belt. I forgot about the buttons and edged the lower front with other beads which I will have to replace with buttons.
I havent decided on the the style of the top yet.
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