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My Illness – Closing Business

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Jan 092013
 

I have been ill for six years, disabled for two, and have only now finally received a diagnosis. The path to that diagnosis has been a constant battle with the health care system in the US, its reluctance to treat those who don’t have financial resources to bleed, and its reluctance to acknowledge that my illness is real and debilitating. No other country in the Western world would have forced me to go through all this hell. In no other Western country would I have had to research my own illness, research to find a doctor competent to diagnose and [...]

Sewing Commissions Closed

 Conversational, Corsets, Costuming, Custom, Drawing, Fine Art, Free Clothing Patterns, Historical Inspirations, Learning Tools, Painting, Ready-Made, Sewing, Shop, Shop, Tools and Supplies, Tutorials, Tutorials, Web Site Updates, Work in Progress, Work in Progress, Workshops, Workshops  No Responses »
Oct 162011
 

To make a long story short, all sewing commissions are temporarily closed. I am working on the corset orders already arranged, and I welcome inquiries, but I cannot commit to new commissions at this time.  I do not know when I will open my business to new orders again.   The long story sounds like the Perils of Pauline.  This is a vastly abridged version. I have been dealing with worsening chronic, often debilitating pain, which has contributed to slow turnaround of orders in the past few months.  I have not had normal health insurance in years, but was able [...]

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