Freeby project

it will be fun twice, but NINETEEN TIMES? I'd want to commit hari kari.

That's exactly why it's worth digitizing. The work goes into the prep, the stitch-out is relatively simple and painless.

Remember this is for my DGD. ;-)

The repetition is really not a big deal, the design (which took about an hour to digitize) is saved to the embroidery machine, all I have to do is stabilize and hoop each jacket, and "let the machine do all the work". Hmmm, now where have I heard *THAT* expresssion before??? ;->

As for the names, they will be about 2", +/-600 stitches, so they will go very fast. DD is coming over tomorrow, I'll put her to work measuring for the locations and fusing the stabilizer while I ride herd on the machine. We can have a nice talk and lunch while we work.

Beverly

Yup.

And a perfectly legitimate reason for DD to get away from her in-laws for a few hours. We'll have a nice mother-daughter afternoon.

Beverly, who stocked up on pizza and frozen strawberry treats

To spend some time with you *is* a legitimate reason, with no further qualifiers.

Yabut, "needing" to do some work on a project for DD/DGD gets her out of the house without any implied "need" to "get out of the house". ;-) We have a long history of shared time together, this situation (having her in-laws in the home) is new and will take some accommodation and cooperation on the part of everyone. She does not want their feelings to be hurt. On the other hand, she doesn't want them to be so happy at her house that they never leave. :-|

Beverly

Understood. It's not an ideal situation by any means. But I think we need to be wary of guilt feelings, or feeling that we have to justify our activities. It's a trait that women adopt all too easily. We become so concerned with others' feelings that we sometimes forget our own, and there isn't much call for martyrs these days.

REALLY??? Well dang, I better cancel that order for a gross of hair-shirts. I was intending to embroider snazzy designs on them for all my female friends. ;->

I agree, about avoiding extraneous guilt trips. In this case, she is trying to be sensitive to the feelings of folks who are in a bad place financially, and don't need any more stuff dumped on them at the moment, especially the feeling that they are imposing, disrupting, interfering...even though they are.

We had a great day, she liked the sample of the logo I had stitched out, (and now I'm thinking I really need to make a tote bag to appliqué that sample on). She learned how to measure, fuse stabilizer, and we set up one jacket to embroider. Then we paused the job, went out shopping and had a nice lunch. Since I got back home I've finished the logo embroidery on five jackets.

Tip: Be sure the hang tags on RTW are *not* accidentally slipped into the embroidery field. Ask me how I learned this. :-( Fortunately, I was able to use my stitch eraser to remove the errant stitches, back up the machine to where the problem started, and finish the logo. No one except me would ever know there had been a problem. Now I'm wondering if I should remove the tag entirely, or return it to the family with a partial letter "C" chewed into it.

Beverly, very happy it didn't damage or destroy the garment

To help your get started:

Difficult. But while being so careful of their feelings, she may give herself some resentment toward them - which is also not good.

Good for you!

Or break your machine. Of course, I've never done anything like that....no, no. Never caught the edge of a garment in the embroidery, or simply sewn part of a garment into a seam.....while using the serger.... we'se perfeck. Ha.

I urged her today to call or e-mail me if she needs a break, and we set up a code. If/when she is just "up to there" with the situation I'll be her non-judgmental sounding board.

It's my machine, and I could replace/repair it. The jackets are expensive Nikes, and I doubt very much I could find a replacement if I ruined one. Yikes!

Riiiiigggghhhhhtttttt!

Beverly