jksmom6

I do not like PR in Los Angeles. I just returned from a trip to NYC to visit my daughter and buy fabric. There is no way that LA is the best location for PR. I did not like PR as much this year. In previous years more of the actual designing process and the workroom were featured. I was very disappointed that Irina won. Her designs were boring, and so bleak. Althea or Carol Hanna had far better designs, details and color. I will be glad when PR moves back to NYC. I have bought PR DVD's, but I am not interested in purchasing this years DVD's. I also did not like having so many different judges. In NYC Michael and Nina are based there and are regularly judging the designs.
What I did enjoy this year was the fact that several of the designers were self taught or taught by mother's and grandmother's and did not go to fashion school. I believe that speaks volumes for the home sewers instead of the negative comments by Michael and Heidi in the past when they make comments like "it looks a little home sewn". Statements like that are very insulting to seamstresses everywhere! I am just thrilled that sewing and designing shows are cropping up every where. I teach sewing and it certainly has brought me students who want to learn to sew so they can create fashion themselves.