{"id":7568,"date":"2020-08-04T09:51:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=7568"},"modified":"2020-08-04T09:51:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:51:20","slug":"assiut-mask-project-part-4-orders-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2020\/08\/assiut-mask-project-part-4-orders-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Assiut Mask Project: Part 4 – Orders & Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"H<\/span>ello gang!<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time of this writing, this project is in full swing. I’m using scraps and left-over bits and pieces of assiut, I will run out of fabric very soon! This project is really using scraps, so most of the pieces are smaller than the mask pattern I developed back in April.\u00a0 Click through to this blog post<\/a> if you would like to download the pattern in .pdf form.<\/p>\n

Adapting the Pattern<\/h2>\n

Because I’m working with smaller pieces and scraps, I found making a few pattern variations has helped me use up some of the smaller pieces.\u00a0 This purple assiut fabric was purchased to make assiut hair flowers<\/p>\n

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Read the “Assiut Hair Flower”<\/em> blog post here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

On this portion of an assiut shawl, the embroidered motifs are quite widely placed and sparse. To maximize the amount of silver on the bra, I created a two-piece pattern that would place the larger motif in part A and a diamond on part B.<\/p>\n

Managing The List<\/h2>\n

This started off as a very low-key project that I didn’t advertise. I didn’t want to do a big build of masks to put them up on Etsy.\u00a0 I simply wanted to use up scraps, bits, and pieces to make a practical, yet lovely, pieces for my friends in dance.<\/p>\n

WHEW – did I underestimate demand?!?<\/p>\n

I had over 100 requests for masks within a week of the first pictures showing up in my Facebook Group<\/a>.\u00a0 I made a simple hand-written list in my Studio Davina Log Book with names and fabric preferences.\u00a0 This list got pretty darned long!\u00a0 So, I broke this list into batches and started working down the list in order.\u00a0 This week, I’ll be working on batch #3 and possibly cutting and organizing batch #4.<\/p>\n

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Order Processing Workflow<\/h2>\n

Here’s my order process:<\/p>\n

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  1. Make a batch of assorted colored masks<\/li>\n
  2. Take photos with large numbers<\/li>\n
  3. Reach out via messages to people on the list with 2-4 options<\/li>\n
  4. Once they have selected their mask, tag it with their name – Old-school with a scrap of paper and pin<\/li>\n
  5. Message them with payment instructions<\/li>\n
  6. Check PayPal to confirm payment<\/li>\n
  7. Ship<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Each order includes a thank you card, directions insert, and the mask they chose.\u00a0 We are shipping using United States Postal Service with classic stamps. I can simply leave them for pickup by my mailman.\u00a0 For those folks living in town, they are welcome to stop by my place for a porch pick up.<\/p>\n

    Back to the Sewing Machine<\/h2>\n

    And so I leave you here, my friends, as I need to head back to the sewing machine to make a whole pile of more masks.\u00a0 If you would like to read the previous posts in the series, check out the list below. If you are making masks, I wish you great luck and good fortune!<\/p>\n

    Happy Costuming (and mask making!)<\/em><\/strong>
    \nDawn Devin ~ Davina<\/em><\/strong>
    \nAugust 3, 2020<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    This is the fourth blog post in the series:<\/p>\n

    Post 1:\u00a0Assiut Mask Project: Part 1 \u2013 Project Planning<\/a>
    \nPost 2:\u00a0Assiut Mask Project:     Part 2 \u2013 Materials Prep<\/a>
    \nPost 3: Assiut Mask Project:     Part 3 – Order of Construction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>

    Hello gang! At the time of this writing, this project is in full swing. I’m using scraps and left-over bits and pieces of assiut, I will run out of fabric very soon! This project is really using scraps, so most of the pieces are smaller than the mask pattern I developed back in April.\u00a0 Click […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[45,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assiut-assuit","category-belly-dance-costuming","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_9751-copy.jpg?fit=360%2C537&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YZtR-1Y4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7568"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7580,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568\/revisions\/7580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}