[lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd?
On Monday, Dec 15, 2003, at 22:37 US/Eastern, Betty Ann Rice wrote: Lori is a business woman; it is her profession. No one in their right mind would volunteer to furnish about $500 seed money for 100 tees (usual minimum order to have a variety of sizes), have them printed, store, and mail them without personal compensation, IMO. Well, I might have been able to "stretch" to the seed money (the early response had been reasonably good; I might have gotten it back in time to re-apply to the OIDFA/Prague Congress ), though, originally, I volunteered only the design and the execution of the *lace* for the T-shirt. And, although I consider myself reasonably sane, I wasn't looking for compensation -- just thought it would be fun. Betty Ann is right -- there's no way I can handle all the rest of the logistics of such an enterprise -- the printing, the storing (in a smoker's house?!?!?) and the mailing (the pitfals inherent in international mailing are mind-boggling. Yet, most of the "I'd like one" responses had been from abroad). And, even before the printing, the layout -- not possible with the very tenuous connections my various bits of machinery possess (not to mention my total lack of "puter savvy"); there's a price one pays for owning a Mac OSX (and relative freedom from viruses), and lack of software/hardware is one "manifestation". So, I'm bowing out... I'm already almost a year behind on "delivering" on the "2-Pr Inventions" promise, and I'm not going to take on another one that I'm likely to screw up; I *hate* having "moral debts"... I still think the *idea* (been there, done that, got the T-shirt) was good, but the practicalities of it are way beyond me; I'm sorry. If anyone wants to take over the project, I'll stand behind what I'd promised earlier: I'll design and make the lace (free of charge), but that's all I can promise *and* "deliver" - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd?
O.K. Spiders, Lori gives us the solution for a top quality, perfectly executed long-lasting shirt. Anyone who has seen Lori's work can attest to her ability. Her prices are very reasonable as well. Thanks, Lori, for posting. Give Lori the idea, she can design the shirt, take the orders, do the work, deliver the shirts, and we pay her. Simple? You bet! I'm on board... Lori is a business woman; it is her profession. No one in their right mind would volunteer to furnish about $500 seed money for 100 tees (usual minimum order to have a variety of sizes), have them printed, store, and mail them without personal compensation, IMO. Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA Lori Howe wrote: > Yes I still do embroidered t-shirts. See here for designs I already > have. I can also do custom designs. > http://lace.lacefairy.com/Embroidered/Shirts.html > > Lori the Lacefairy > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd?
Yes I still do embroidered t-shirts. See here for designs I already have. I can also do custom designs. http://lace.lacefairy.com/Embroidered/Shirts.html Lori the Lacefairy -Original Message- Dear Lacemakers, Don't know if she is still making them, but our Lacefairy has an embroidery machine on which she was custom embroidering shirts and cover cloths for which she took orders at Lace Days. I have a lovely cover cloth she made that is a lacy (machine embroidered) round torchon doily image, with my name embroidered in the middle. Embroidery would require more labor and would cost more, but probably be more lasting than printed images. Lori? Can you tell us more about the shirts? Are they pictured on your Website? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd?
Hello All, I hope its OK, but I have mailed both chat and lace, as I thought the thread may interest those just on chat, as well as all of us on Lace . I have had several sweat shirts and T shirtds printed over the year - when I taught the textile class at school, and ran a Lace Club after school, my fuschia pink sweat shirt with a lace motif on it was much admired, all the wee lacers wanted one, and we eventually had it as the Lace Club uniform! That was 8 years ago, and the ones I had from Woodbridge Art Club were anything up to about 15 years old - all washed and worn *a lot*, and not showing any signs of disintegration!I ordered them all from Andrew (?) in Cornwall, but can't remember his name as I haven't bought any for about 5 years now.But - if anyone wants me to find out any more details - prices, colours, mailing etc - I would be willing to do it - but *after* Christmas and the New Year please! If nothing else, we could have the slogan "Lacemakers do it on a pillow" on a sweatshirt/T shirt, with a piece of lace. I will look forward to receiving comments! Carol - in a bright but jolly cold East Anglia, UK. - Original Message - From: "Clive and Betty Ann Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lace Arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd?
Diffinately include my bane - half stitch that changes weaver in middle of row !!! Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd?
So... The first question is: would any of you be interested in buying T-shirt designed along the lines proposed so far? I'd be interested if you're willing to post to Scotland - are they all going to be white or can we have colours? I fancy dark blue with gold lace! Pretty please jenny barron Elgin, Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd?
In a message dated 14/12/2003 02:37:51 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > So... The first question is: would any of you be interested in buying > T-shirt designed along the lines proposed so far? Tamara - as they say 'I'm game' but please don't shoot me Regards Liz Beecher I'm http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd?
On Saturday, Dec 13, 2003, at 20:33 US/Eastern, Clive and Betty Ann Rice wrote: Maybe this needs to be moved to "chat" but I'll not do it. O.K. by me to be here... As one reprobate to another... Unless and until someone objects, I'm staying here too; much bigger audience :) The reason the "home-made" tees don't do for the long haul is because the commercially made ones are screen printed from the design and I believe they are sealed with extreme steam or heat (I could be wrong, but think that is the reason). There; I knew there had to be a reason why I had no trouble with my stash of them. One has to choose a good, commercial tee shirt printer, and the initial rum is no less than 100 to be economically viable. Then we come to the sizes: small, medium, large, XL, XXL, and how many of each to include in the initial printing of 100. The XL and XXL cost more as well. However, another organization I belong to, made a neat profit on our first printing of 100. Tamara, shall you and I become entrepreneurs? Well, the two of us had "rubbed" well before, I don't see why we couldn't do it again, for gain... :) *If* there's an interest in the resulting product... What we would need -- from Arachne at large -- is: a) suggestions for the "early learning stage nightmares" that ought to be included in the lace pictured (I'd try to do my best to design a pattern using as many of those as possible) b) suggestions for the recipient of profit (if any) -- Arachne as such has no legal "body" to receive it, nor do we need the money, since Liz Reynolds keeps shelling out for the domain. Many of you may not be familiar with Betty Ann -- she doesn't post too often -- but those of us "Down South" and in the North Carolina Region Lace Guild do know her. She has -- recently -- designed a logo pin for the guild *and* organised its execution (staunchly refusing to accept a product that wasn't "just so" ) at very reasonable rates... She has the necessary 'puter skills to tweak any of my ideas into shape, and we live near enough (within my driving distance ) one another to communicate beyond e-mail... So... The first question is: would any of you be interested in buying T-shirt designed along the lines proposed so far? - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd?
Dear Lacemakers, Don't know if she is still making them, but our Lacefairy has an embroidery machine on which she was custom embroidering shirts and cover cloths for which she took orders at Lace Days. I have a lovely cover cloth she made that is a lacy (machine embroidered) round torchon doily image, with my name embroidered in the middle. Embroidery would require more labor and would cost more, but probably be more lasting than printed images. Lori? Can you tell us more about the shirts? Are they pictured on your Website? Is anyone from Finland on the list? The ladies from Finland all wore matching shirts at an OIDFA convention several years ago. I loved them! Are they still in good condition, or did they wear out quickly? Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Maybe this needs to be moved to "chat" but I'll not do it. O.K. by me to be here... I think Tamara has a smashing idea, and I have gotten tee shirts printed (3 color-all cotton-Hanes or Fruit of the Loom) for less than $5 apiece - that was a couple of years ago; may be more now but I doubt it. The reason the "home-made" tees don't do for the long haul is because the commercially made ones are screen printed from the design and I believe they are sealed with extreme steam or heat (I could be wrong, but think that is the reason). One has to choose a good, commercial tee shirt printer, and the initial rum is no less than 100 to be economically viable. Then we come to the sizes: small, medium, large, XL, XXL, and how many of each to include in the initial printing of 100. The XL and XXL cost more as well. However, another organization I belong to, made a neat profit on our first printing of 100. Tamara, shall you and I become entrepreneurs? Happily Musing, Betty Ann in Roanoke Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: A T-shirt for the "in" crowd?
On Saturday, Dec 13, 2003, at 07:17 US/Eastern, Clay Blackwell wrote: I think it's a clever idea - but wonder if the medium is going to do it justice? If you look at your other "lacey" t-shirts, you'll see that there isn't much detail to be seen... the individual threads just aren't there. So the "oops" samples may not look much different from the correct version... Well, I was thinking more along the lines of one large sample. Well-designed, it could be packed with *visible* oopsies :) Say, 3-4 repeats of a reasonably simple edging (threads dangling, suggesting a project cut off in disgust, to lend it versimilitude ). I could, easily, make a messed up footside, a cluster of "holly leaves", maybe some mis-matched roseground, and I dare say I'd manage to mess up a fan too, not to mention any half-stitch trails/diamonds... If necessary, one could have arrows pointing to the delinquents :) I imagine the lace (single colour) running down the centre, like an oversized placket, with the 4 lines of text (small-ish lettering) on eiter side staggered (right/top; left/bit lower; right/lower still, next to better lace; left, at the bottom, next to a good example): "Been there... Done that... Not anymore... [EMAIL PROTECTED]"(or IOLI, or whatever; whoever wants to claim the pat on the back for improvements ) As for the "staying power" of the images... None of the (commercially made) T-s I have are peeling or getting fuzzy as yet, though one of them is 7.5 yrs old (the first Arachne commemorative, with the 6-legged spider) I don't wear (and wash) them all that often, except the long-sleeved one (2yr old) from The Lace Museum, but, still... I'm not displeased with the return for my money on any of them, as none were all that expensive. - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
