I am saddened to say that the Recession this country is in at this time has taken a huge hit on my online sewing business. It basically died and went away. I know I am not the only one in this land struggle-ing these days, but since I have always been self employed, I am struggle-ing maybe a tad more than those who have lost a job due to being laid off, unemployment is not an option for me. To make matters worse, I am under severe duress on the personal side of my life and all of it combined is making me realize that Dragonfly Studio can continue, but not the way it is now.
So I am greatly saddened to announce that I will no longer be accepting custom dress orders. I may be able to re-open this part of Dragonfly Studio down the line, but it won't be for at least a year or more. What will continue is my Mercantile section and the sale of my dress pattern, I will also continue to list items for sale on eBay.
The Mercantile features ready made Regency gowns, Spencer jackets and other Regency costume related garments as it always has and items will be listed as I can make them. All items can be purchased via PayPal shopping cart, enabling a shopping experience like you already have on the web. As always, you are more than welcome to ask specific questions prior to your purchase, I will gladly help you determine if a specific dress will fit you or not.
I hope to expand my pattern page to 2 dress patterns here soon, the familiar basic Regency gown pattern I developed over the years, which is so easily modified to create truly stunning designs and a new pattern, creating a more neo grecian look that works better with the very early years of 1800.
I also hope to add on a Spencer jacket pattern by spring 2011 and last but not least, realize a long standing dream of mine and make patterns available for a select few of the countless 1910 designs I did over the years. I know some of you will be drooling over this and yes, I know it's hard waiting, but I'm on it!
My clients have always been what makes this business of mine worth doing, I have met some truly inspiring people over the years, I have helped more than once make someone's dream come true, forged some friendships that have endured time and hopefully have had a positive impact to someone along the way.
I wish everybody a happy holiday season this year, keep your heads and noses up, stay positive, keep trying, don't loose hope, never give up.
Ute :o)
