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Going around the pattern with your scirssors, cut the flower shape from the folded chiffon.
The trick for this step is to have really sharp scissors. If you don't, then try only cutting some of the fabric at once, instead of all of it.
Moor Moroccan Henna Master Class in NYC, October 16, 2011
What our class lacked in numbers made up for in fun, creativity, depth and connection. We changed the class up a bit to teach these awesome women how to do henna, and then gave them the full Moroccan henna class. We were lucky to have a gorgeous and sunny day so we took the hands on hennaing session outdoors.
Henna by Nic
Lay your paper down on your plate. Hold one end as you do so, being careful to line it up with your previous marks.
Take your last jump ring and thread it onto the other end of the chain. Use pliers to bend the jump ring closed.
tripod mount for VQ1005
shape a piece of wood to the shape of your camera bottom.
drill a 1/2" hole centered below the lens.
epoxy a 1/4" nut with the same threads as your tripod in the hole.
continued in next photo.
With the top of the onion facing away from you, begin making vertical cuts as close together as possible. Do not, however, cut all the way through the onion! Make sure all your cuts stop short of the top of the onion, so that the onion remains in one piece, being held together by its top
Repeat step 1-3 (folding, pinning, and cutting) for the nylon tulle. You should have two little piles of fabric flowers, as shown.
Create of stack of tulle/chiffon flowers, keeping the centers in the same spot, but changing the direction of the petals. You should als alternate chiffon and tulle as you layer.
A flower needs to have at least 10 chiffon layers and 10 tulle layers. More than this will just make a fluffier flower, which is good if you like it that way :)
The important thing to know is that the ModEEG requires shielded electrode cables. Most electrode cables you see for sale online are not shielded.
The cables I (and many others) have made and getting good results comprise of the following:
o 25 feet (for 2ch + DLR) of RG-174 shielded coax cable (a common cable type available from many electronic suppliers).
o WBT-DSC electrodes from The Electrode Store: www.electrodestore.com/EEG/EEG.lasso?ran=3C2EC848&S=1...
o a handful of Molex .062" male and female connectors (get a bunch as I kept going back to store after I messed up some crimp attempts)
o mini-XLR or RCA to connect cable to your openeeg box. I used the regular (large) XLR balanced microphone connectors from Radio Shack and it seems to work fine.
I also use silver earclip electrodes for when I want to use the ear as reference (most of the time)
www.electrodestore.com/SpecialPurpose/SP.lasso?ran=5D55FB...
Also - I purchased some male .062" molex connectors and soldered them onto a short lead coming off of the earclip electrodes...that way I can swing from the earclip electrode to plugging in a regular disc electrode for bipolar montage (two electrodes on the scalp). I can post pics of this if this rambling is not making sense.
Here's pics on how to solder the Molex connectors to the shielded cable:
openeeg.sourceforge.net/doc/gallery/electrode-howto/
And an older OpenEEG newsgroup thread where this method is discussed:
sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=6977501
See my other EEG electrode picture posted here for a better shot of the earclip electrode 'mini-plug' made out of male/female molex and heat shrink.
Use this gardening watering well to help water garden plants. Just plant your favorite vegetables near the watering well, then fill the well with water. The water will slowly seep out of the bottom of the well, thus watering the roots of your plants.
Your first block will have the above dimensions (31 stitches by 31 stitches), but the points of the white triangles overlap when you add additional repeats.
Every block you stack ON TOP you'll skip the first row. For every block you stick NEXT TO, you'll skip the first column. Just remember that the white points and the ends of the blue lines must overlap.
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Here’s a few pointers on how to start a fashion business, from the perspective of someone who opened an online fashion business in the United Kingdom, selling to Europe and some of the gulf states. Firstly, some basic requirements in terms of personnel, technical knowledge, and resources, and then a step-by-step guide from fashion designs through production and sale.
Technical Expertise
So in starting a fashion business, who do I need? Well, you can be a jack of all trades, but you will need at least all of these disciplines: fashion designer, graphic designer, pattern cutter, photographer, dressmaker, web designer, salesperson.
When I started a ladies’ apparel business, I partnered with a fashion designer, so in-house we had about 3 of the above disciplines. The rest we outsourced. I think you could, at the start, do all of the above yourself if you are computer-confident fashion designer. Personally, I think the pattern cutter should be provided by your manufacture but more on that later.
Step 1: Design
Our fashion designer, a part-time freelancer, was asked last week if she could design 30 separate dresses for an upcoming, new brand. Her (fair) response: why do you need 30 unique pieces when you can have 10 designs in 3 separate colorways each? How to start a fashion business? Minimise outlay.
Check this one pattern for a simple example.
Step 2: Pattern cutting and fabrics
For our dresses, we chose a high-quality Bulgarian factory for our production. They were just great as they had some pattern-cutters, who as far as I am concerned are the backbone of the entire fashion industry. The patterns produced by these in-house pattern cutters were roughly cut according to our designs, in calico. These ladies were absolute experts and, although we did not speak the same language, understood the international words of ‘darts, seam, hem’ and the like. Pins between the teeth etc.
At this time, we also took many samples and prices of fabrics for use in the garments. We took these along to the factory, together with the designer, and asked for feedback from the pattern cutters on drape and elasticity, need for lining and the like.
Step 3: Proto fitting and adjustments
So then the proto-samples were cut, and again, as we were saving our pennies, and our designer is a size S – we fit the dresses on her. Yes, there was some hilarity, but with soap and pins, we managed to adjust the protos to a more universal ‘s’, and tweak an nudge a few things that did not quite work out. I cannot underestimate the importance of this procedure. The best way is to do it all together, in a room off the factory floor, and spend a day for fittings, tweaks and adjustments. For us, it was also a great bonding session with the factory folks.
Step 4: Salesman sample production, grading and photoshoots
Salesman’s samples are the finished product, with or without labels. Ah – there’s another thing. We did get offers from many companies on logo production. We opted for a satin embroidered logo, white text on black background, that came in at about $0.2 per label. We also asked the factory to provide care and size labels, which they did, for some more cents per dress.
For grading, we used quite standard size charts – 2 cm difference in width, 1 cm in length. We produced a few salesman’s samples for our market – 1 XS, 3 S, 1 M, 1 L.
Next up – photoshoots. We found a friend of a friend who set up the whole thing – for around 30 dresses, with retouching, and 3-4 angles per dress, plus about 5 lifestyle shots for banners/header images and things, cost about 1200 euro. It took a day, we had two models, 1 hairdresser and a makeup artist.
Step 5: (Optional) Setting up a shop (online), and producing stock
This depends on your business model. For us, we were a bit odd, because with our business model, we sent photos to potential clients, took orders, then produced them. For our online shop, we used Shopify. This was pretty cool in our case because Shopify take a % of you revenue per sale, but our site was just used as great way to showcase our product so in the end we just paid the base price.
However, whether you set up shop online or offline, I really suggest getting your customers at stage 4 above. How to set up a fashion business: secure some distributors first. It’s obviously far superior to producing 1200 garments on spec with all you and your friend’s savings – if you can find some sort of buffer with an upfront order, great. If not, then try to as much of the above as possible with as little stock as possible, and of course, anybody you ask about how to start a fashion business will tell you to use ALL your contacts/social networks/friends/families/dogs to spread the word as possible.
One last way to minimise your risk, make money and also showcase your designs is on Fashion Reserve, where the designs themselves, rather than the finished product, can be sold over and over again – register here to get going.