I sew and I have made my own designs.

As you all know by now........I hate to sew! How is it that I am sooooooooooo fanfuckintastic at it, yet I hate it?

*smacks myself upside the head*

I've made everything from Saudi Arabian army uniforms to stage drapes for Convention Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. My biggest claim to fame can be seen on each years Academy Awards show. I helped design and made most of the seating for The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Ca., where the awards are held. You've also seen (but are unaware that they are even there) my work on television commercials such as AT&T, etc.......where a person is sitting in an unusual (egg shaped) chair and talking directly into the camera. These chairs are manufactured under the name Fritz/Hansen and proclaim to be "Made in Dennmark"......but they are made by me, right here in the good ole USA. We ship them back to Fritz and they send them out at a mark-up of 1000 percent or more. Some chairs retail for $4000.00 and more. They have a lot of hand sewing on them.....takes about 4 hours per chair. AT&T buys into this swag image for commercial reasons and so now you know why telephone rates are so high. We are paying for advertising that could be cut in half (or more) if they cut out the middle man......Dennmark in this case! I am now working up proto-types and some commercial seating for Coach Leather Co.........the company that makes luggage and purses at an unmentionable price. They have merged with Steelcase Furniture Co. and started making office furniture. You can see my work on steelcase.com. Click the Coach line (Leap and Coach). I made all the seating for the ads that are on the site. Can't prove it here.....but trust me! LOL!

I've had my own business once.......which is alot more exciting than what I do now. I used to design and sew original costumes for exotic dancers......(Yep! Strippers). I had to take a "real" job a while back because my husband's company changed insurance providers and the health insurance available was horrible. I carry the burden of health care provider........the absolute only reason I work for someone else! Well, not to mention.......not too many strippers or exotic dancers in Pa. Dutch country. And if they are here....they never come out in the daytime.....LMAO!

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~