Sigh, here we go again

I said didn't I?  

So yet again I find myself in the budget quandry that hits every year and makes me mad at myself and everybody else that the situation is never settled.

At the end of our performances this year I spoke to the director and told her that I HAD to have funds up front to do the costumes as the way it was just did not work.

There are two versions of how the funding has been dealt with over the years;

• I pay for everything I use then put in a reciept for what is owed me and wait up to six months for it to be paid back
• I pay for nothing, put in a reciept and wait up to six months to get any money for anything

So when I went for the first option I found myself spending up to £150 and waiting too long to get it back.

The following year I went with the second method and found myself playing catch up over Christmas as I had waited so long to get any money to pay for things.

Therefore this year was going to be a new method.  I spoke to the director as I said and she assured me that I could have at least some money up front to pay for fabrics, trims etc in good time to not have to rush through as performance time approached.

Happy with this conversation I felt comfortable with using fabrics that I already had to start on the costumes as you have seen.

Last weekend I spoke to the treasurer and asked for the funds promised.  'Oh no,' she said.  'I wish you had asked before, director has allocated all the money and now there is none left to give you!'

To say I am peeved is to put it mildly.

It is now a week and I have still not recieved any reply about this from director person!

So, you have been warned, I have warned you a lot about this haven't I?

Of course I have returned to work and been too tired to do much on my return home, I have however been working on my own little project which involves embroidery on the front panel of a dress and here is where I am at;

I have never attempted this kind of embroidery before so it's all new ground and I am pretty pleased with the result.  It is mainly bullion stitch with a bit of satin stitch on smaller areas and pearl seeds in the largest areas.  I'm not sure at this point how far I will take this onto the front panel but it makes a change sitting with a needle and thread and not hammering away on the sewing machine :D