I will never again: Mail the project without writing the pattern first.
I will never again wait until the last minute to start a huge project.
I will never again send a submission to a yarn company using another company's yarn.
I will never again overnight a project, which takes away from my earnings.
I'll never again offer a design based on craft store materials in addition to yarn. (Beads, jewelry findings, string, leather/suede lacing, certain flosses, flat-backed rhinestones, foam sheets, etc.)
I may contract 1 or 2 designs out a year, but I never will let her weave in the ends and sew the garment together.
I'll never again agree to a design swipe from a clothing catalog without knowing the yarn they have in mind!
I'll never again propose three skirt and top sets done in all single crochet.
I will never forget to measure the item before felting it.
I will never again send a pattern to a contractor without making sure I've specified which kind of increases and decreases to do..subtext - wonky stripes.
I will never again submit an intricate garment design without thinking very carefully about how I'm going to size it up and down...
I will never start a sample garment for a yarn store owner without agreeing on a price and terms of payment because I want to be nice.
I will never not have paid work to do.
I will never again agree to do an afghan that has 180 pieces that have to be sewn together!!!!
I will never start a sample garment for a yarn store owner without agreeing on a price and terms of payment because I want to be nice.
I will never work a booth at a trade show without knowing how much I will be paid and the terms of payment.
I will never take a project with an impossible deadline.
I will never turn down a dream client the first time they offer a job because I don't think I can meet their deadline.
I will never offer to do volunteer work when I have paid work to do.
I will never again agree to do an afghan that has 180 pieces that have to be sewn together!!!!
I know, I know, you want to ask, "why?" to all these answers, but, I didn't ask them "and why?" LOL.
5 comments:
Oh so true! All of it! I need to print this out and tape it to the wall as a reminder....
No need to ask why!
Thanjks for this list! We can all learn from some and agree with many of the others:)
Great advice - thanks for sharing this!
Thanks so much! This was very helpful to me, a budding designer. So interesting, in fact that I put a link to this article on my blog:)
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