Re: Stitched cap badges

Great Idea. I would love to buy a few of these, & I can stitch them
on.  I live in the USA, though, so shipping might be nasty!  It would
also be great if these patches made it obvious to people who aren't
familiar with KDE that it's promoting KDE.  For example, KDE could be
spelled out, or KDE.org could be spelled out.

Thanks,

Elcaset

On 2/24/12, Anne Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
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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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