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Our 3rd annual Patreon-member design concept tournament has begun!I don’t normally post much about our Patreon outside of the little blurb at the bottom of our newsletters, but this has been a really fun project over the last couple of years. At the request of one of our members in 2020, we created a bracket tournament where the Fezorati tiers pitch short descriptions of possible embroidery designs. They then vote on all of the entries to pick the top 16 that are entered into a single-elimination tournament with all of the Patreon members voting in numerous polls until we find...

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WARNING medical stuff to be discussed. [Update below] [Update #2 below below] [Update #3 below the below below] [Update #4 below the below below below] It is Friday August 19. This morning Maya had a final COVID test and we are now in quarantine until she enters the Hospital on Monday for her extensive reconstruction surgery. She is expected to be in the hospital for 3-4 days, then be mostly incapacitated for a week, and unable to drive for 8 weeks. While I will be able to do some fez production during this time it obviously won't be at our...

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There is a good chance that we will be experiencing intermittent production delays in 2022 due to serious medical issues. In October 2021 Maya was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her first surgery takes place January 13th, followed by months of chemo, then finally extensive reconstruction surgery in late Summer 2022. Currently Maya and I make all of the fezzes in our home studio and for the next 6 months my main focus will be on Maya and her recovery. We will still be able to continue to design and make fezzes, but it won't likely be at the same pace we have...

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Back in September we welcomed the COLLECT-OPOLIS crew into our studio for a chat about fezzes and collecting. We had a blast and not just because it was the first time we had more than three people in the same room in nearly two years. Check out the full episode on their new YouTube channel.

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Due to serious medical issues we have to cancel our upcoming shows. Update:We unfortunately need to change our plans for the upcoming months. Due to serious medical issues we will not be able to attend Emerald City Comic Con this year as we had planned in December. We also had to skip Tiki Caliente this month. This will also impact our planned shows thru Spring 2022 as Maya deals with her recent cancer diagnosis and gets through her treatments and future surgeries. We apologize for this sudden change of plans. Hopefully we will be able to return to doing some public events in Summer 2022, but...

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