27th and 28th April 09

Well what a busy couple of days, it is now my last week, the month really has flown by. Yesterday I finished Cherry's pink flamingo bra, she promises me pictures of her wearing the bras I have customized for her which I look forward to seeing. I also made some ordering phone calls made trips to the post office etc then I helped make more satin roses and pin them onto one of the wedding dresses. Today I customized some ring cushions with ribbons and bows, sorted receipts and started customizing a pair of pants for Cherry this time with a Marie Antoinette theme.

I have decided from working at Eternal Spirits and working so much with Cherry Deville I want to base my final collection on Burlesque costumes. I can't wait to begin my research!!

23rd and 24th April 09

Yesterday and today have been very busy! I have been helping to tidy clean and set up for the event tonight, as I speak I am squeezed into a waspie ready for the party, a very unusual feeling I have not experienced before!
I have also done more hand sewing on Cherry's bra and have made some satin roses with brooch backs on to go on to a wedding dress, I must say i'm impressed with the result!
I have made trips to John Lewis and someone's house to get a rug to cover the carpet where the artist (whos exhibition it is tonight) has got charcoal on.
Now I am off to serve drinks and enjoy the party!!

22nd April 09

I have been a very busy bee today! I made two trips to the market to buy ribbon, lining, brooch backs and wadding, the second trip wasn't that successful as I couldn't find what I was looking for. I had to make 2 arms out of kalico and stuff them to pin on the mannequin for when garments are made with arms/arm holes. I then spent the rest of the day hand sewing brooch backs on to some fabric flowers and making phone calls to various suppliers to place orders. I had a bit of trouble with this as I had problems trying to order online so gave up and phoned a company.

21st April 09

Today the first thing I did was finish Cherry's bra, all I have to do now is wait for her to try it on tomorrow then sew the popper studs on to the cups and bra itself.

I then had to help prepare for the press day in London tomorrow, I laced up corsets, found knickers to match them, worte out labels and did some other sorting. Tomorrow I will be helping to clean tidy and prepare the boutique for an event friday night to display an artist's work who has been doing some drawings for the boutique.

20th April 09

Today I carried on sewing frills on to Cherry's bra in between though I helped label up more fabric rolls and phoned a chocolate company to find out where an order was. My fingers are now very sore from all the hand sewing! Cherry came in to try the bra on and was happy with it but made a few suggestions, I will carry on with this tomorrow if I get chance but Susi told me tomorrow will be a busy day with preparing for a press day in London on Wednesday. Today i've been told some good fabric and trimmings suppliers, i've also learnt more about types of silks and satins.

17th April 09

Today I got started sewing frills on to Cherry's bra, in between doing this I tidied the boutique ready for a meeting with the bank Susi was having, made tea and coffee for them and created a diagram on excel for the meeting.

16th April 09

Today I spent most of the day designing and sketching ideas fo dresses to go in the boutique. When Cherry visited she had another bra she needed customizing, this time in pink for her flamingo act. This means more hand sewing although I always look forward to seeing the end result.