Re: Stitched cap badges

Anne Wilson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.events
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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On 24/02/12 16:10, Claudia Rauch wrote:
> Hi Anne,
> 
> On 24 February 2012 16:57, Anne Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> 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
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