Yessick was closed last week for the fourth. On Monday Rachel and I were busy catching up on the last week emails and mail. We receive new books of fabric from vendors which requires us to send an update to the designers and storage away in the correct location. I also returned memos back to the vendors and I called vendors on pricing and availability of fabrics. I also went through the discontinue fabrics in Miles Tabbot. On Tuesday a designer specified a fabric was discontinued. Rachel and I looked for similar fabrics that the design could use instead. On Wednesday I went through Michael Thomas’s discontinued fabrics to update the material library. The sales rep from Miles Tabbot located the discontinues fabrics. The firm allows me to take the discontinued fabrics for our library at UTK. On Thursday Rachel and I organized the hardware cabinet. We label each containers of hardware so the designer can find the resource quicker and easier. On Friday we organized Robert Allen fabrics in the resource library.
Marsha, the owner, decides what vendors the designer purchase from. The Project Manger, who is Rachel, keeps the library up-to-date. Vendors mail list of discontinue books or patterns. It is the Project Manger job to locate the books and patterns. The firm’s library is separated by categories and by color. For example all the leathers are stored together, and rug samples are in one area. This system is easier and quicker for the designers. Rachel also emails the designers when new books of fabrics arrive.
On the left is Jonathan and the right is Rachel Streans, who is my supervisor. They both are not NCIDQ certified but working on it. Jonathan started working at Yessick in April. Rachel started in February. Jonathan is looking for a house in the Chattanooga area. He watches the Bachelorette which I do too. I have gotten close with Rachel. She is a member of the ASID.