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Zahiyya: Welcome to the Designers Plants and Coffee Podcast, where we're sewing, sipping, and staying rooted.

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We're three creative women building handmade businesses and sharing real conversations about design, growth and what it really takes to make things that matter.

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So grab your coffee, pull up a project, and let's grow together.

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We are recording our last episode of.

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Zahiyya: The season and we're just going to go through what we're working on and why we're taking a break so that we can move forward

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in our businesses and see you back whenever we start again, whenever that's going to be, which will be soon. It's going to be soon.

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We just have to get, you know, get everything together and get our schedules together.

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Anyone who want to take it out first.

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Naima: I'm working on corporate clients, doing tech packs, fittings, education and yeah, tech packs, fittings, tech design.

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Just working on more clients and getting more clients.

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LaTisha: All right, well, next week is back to school for me.

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So, you know, this week is all about teacher prep, project prep and mental prep.

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Just getting ready for the new semester.

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You know, I try to keep it fresh so I give them different projects.

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Right now I'm trying to get my syllabus out by tomorrow since they don't really have stuff stores so they can get their pattern.

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So it's just a whole lot of sharks in the air right now.

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I'm also still taking private clients, so if you want to learn how to sew one on one, you know where to find me in D.C. metro area.

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That's it, back to school for me.

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Zahiyya: I'm working on the COVID Me Chic Collective.

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It's going to be a foundation member price for the 29th through the fifth.

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That's when the cart's going to be open.

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But you can get on the mailing list.

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I'm going to leave a description below.

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Basically, it's been what we've been talking about.

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It's mainly fitting for the hips, bust and waist, all the curves that we have, making sure your clothes fit.

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There'll be a pattern a month, there'll be a community, you know, just, you know, different skills of the month things.

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So just if you want to learn more about it, just hit the link below and you can sign up and then you'll get your information for that.

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That's the main thing I'm working on.

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Also, I do take corporate clients and stuff like that. I'm still working on that. And that's it.

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I mean, I got kids in school,

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sending kids to college and getting another one ready next year.

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So it's a lot of stuff going on.

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Yeah, it's a lot of stuff going on. So it's all good stuff. All, all good stuff.

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So yeah, that's what we're working on.

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So it's just like our plates are full so we just going to take a little break.

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You know, self care and all of that other stuff.

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So we'll definitely see you in a couple of months.

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Any closing words before we get out?

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LaTisha: All right. So while we're gone, if you see something in the fashion world you want us to talk about, if you have any questions,

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if you come across anything, you are, you still have access to us. So please just hit us up. Social media, email.

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We still monitor the chat in our videos.

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So you see something, if you're watching old videos and something pops up, hit us up in the video chat. Not leaving you.

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We are going to, this is our mid season break.

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Naima: A couple of things that I know we just lost Arani, but also, yeah, that's one of the really big.

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So to check out some of his, his greatest collections and the, the Ralph Lauren collection or Collab with the HBCUs has been extended.

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So let us know what you think about that collection.

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Zahiyya: Just, just, just put, put what you think about the collection in the comments.

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We'll love to, we'll, we'll chat in the comments to see, you know, see if y' all thinking the same thing we thinking.

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Naima: Keep looking out for changes in digital patterns now that all of the pattern groups have basically folded. Yay. Independent pattern makers.

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Zahiyya: There's a lot of stuff happening in the fashion world and the creative world, the craft world.

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So if you see anything happen that you want us to talk about for the season that's coming up, hit any one of us up Instagram

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like Naima said, email in the chats, the video chats or whatever, we are definitely still going to be monitoring and checking everything.

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We're still here, just not recording anymore.

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So until next time, I am Zahiyya from COVID Me Chic along with Naima.

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Naima: From Fearless Threads and LaTisha of Keeping youg Stitches. See you next time.

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Zahiyya: Thanks for hanging out with us on the Designer's Plants and Coffee Podcast.

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If you love this episode, please leave a review, share it with your creative friend or tag us on Instagram.

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Until next time, keep dreaming big and growing slow.