Re: Stitched cap badges
Anne Wilson <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 24/02/12 16:10, Claudia Rauch wrote: > Hi Anne, > > On 24 February 2012 16:57, Anne Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> As some of you know, my "other" hobby is machine embroidery. >> I've been playing around with the idea of creating embroidered >> cap badges, you know, around 3cm square, of the KDE logo. Do you >> think there would be a sale for these? I'm not quite far enough >> on to have done final costings, but I feel quite confident that I >> could make them pretty cheaply, assuming that I can create >> batches at a time - that's the bit I haven't tested yet. If they >> can be done for under 50p, say, that should give a useful profit >> for KDE. >> >> If you think they could be useful, I could do a small batch (FOC) >> for you to take to some KDE booth presence, to see how they are >> accepted. If there's a market we could consider doing a larger >> batch at an agreed price for selling at Akademy/Desktop Summit. > > Do you mean badges that you can then iron on the caps or how do > they work? I generally think that's a great idea, especially if you > have fun making them :) I could imagine that people would buy them, > yes. > > I think they would have to be stitched on. I'll make some enquiries, but I don't know any backing material strong enough to support the design and still be iron-on. I'll do a bit more experimenting on the batches this week, and I'll be visiting my materials supplier on the 5th March, so I can ask about that while I'm there. Anne -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9HzgwACgkQj93fyh4cnBeuRACaAsIXZCUs/epojvRLHa8GCaT9 aMQAnAk0NjvXK59Ch/BguyXWzEjCuHGe =e86Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ This message is from the kde-promo mailing list. Visit https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set digest on or temporarily stop your subscription.