Based on this thread, I think it's safe to assume that DominionSeraph is either "as queer as a three dollar bill," or is a 7 year old little girl...and I'm not so sure about some of the other posters here either...
Based on this thread, I think it's safe to assume that DominionSeraph is either "as queer as a three dollar bill," or is a 7 year old little girl...and I'm not so sure about some of the other posters here either...
:awe: I miss that show...
2 more embroidery designs based upon the first and last panel of this comic.
Both sets of colors for Celestia's mane are accurate depending on where in the character's mane I try to match the colors to. I think the 2nd one looks better.
That's... uh... someone else. Yeah.
Machine or no, this is mighty impressive. How exactly do you make the designs for them? Do you do a few sketches beforehand, then match those on some sort of input? Is the input something like a grid where you input the colors, then the machine sews for you?
Darn dbl post. Oh well. Edit it and put up more pics.
Someone on AT asked me to make Fluttershy earlier today.
Years ago...hell, decades ago, (60's through the late 80's) my mother-in-law owned a monogramming shop. She made high school letters...all by hand. She used a hand-operated (machine powered) chenille machine for each one. (I don't remember all the specifics about the machines, but they had a "hand crank" underneath that controlled the direction of the needle.
She made a bazillion bowling shirts every year, as well as all the varsity letters for several of the local jr. high and high schools.
If you visited during that time of year...you got put to work, cutting fabric, "pulling paper," trimming threads, etc. You earned your cup of coffee at her house...
So these hand stitched ponies bring back fond memories of earlier times? Hmm. :hmm: And here I thought you would be one of the last people to get into this thread.
damn E thats some nice stuff what do u do with they material you make?
Basically, I draw in a program (called Embird BTW), which is somewhat like MS Paint. You draw circles, columns, lines, and such. Then, you tell the computer which colors to put where, how long the stitches should be, how they should be orientated, which color goes first, how each point attaches to the other, etc.
Here's 2 shots of the program on the design I did above. The first shot is the areas, columns, and such laid out, and the 2nd one is with the sitches showing. IIRC, it took about 5 hours to make.
Embird cost about $500, and is basicly 'entry level' for embroidery programs. I've heard of a program called Pulse that can take a vector file as an import and do some of the conversion, but there is no test/demo version, and it costs $2500. No way I am going to spend $2500 just to try that out.
^^ those two are good.
The ones I posted in this thread are usually the test sew, which I do on scrap fleece or a washcloth. They sit on my desk gathering dust . The exception would be these 2, which I mailed to the author.
Interesting stuff. How did you get into this in the first place? Do you or did you used to sew by hand, and then starting using these programs when they became available? Or have you always used some sort of program? Either way, it seems like you'd have to have a working knowledge of sewing. Just wondering what got you started.
That's it! Thanks! I gotta try that out.Also, it seems like Pulse does have a Demo CD. At least, I'm assuming that is the program you're referring to.
About a hundred people asked me to do MLP stuff for them instead of just providing the designs. I put the store up so I wouldn't forget any orders, and so I could track cost. I'm trying to exactly break even so Hasbro is less likely to send me a C&D. Putting up the store appears (so far anyway) to be a waste of time. I've sold exactly 2 things, both for $2.10 less than it cost me to make and ship. So my profit margin now stands at -$4.20 not counting the test designs and such, so I am actually about $200 in the hole.You should make a quilt out of them! Maybe sell them on craigslist? I notice that from Jeff's link that there's a store, seems like you're one step ahead of me.
Echoing some questions I've seen, why isn't Hasbro (or are they?) making merchandise for the periphery demographic?
My first guess is that Hasbro isn't stupid and doesn't want to invest money in a fan base that may not bring enough returns to justify the initial investment. Then again, I imagine they could sell the rights to print MLP t-shirts and have the manufacturer take on most of the risk.
Only nitpick is I don't like the dad's mane in the first picture. I think it's because it seems too jagged.
About a hundred people asked me to do MLP stuff for them instead of just providing the designs. I put the store up so I wouldn't forget any orders, and so I could track cost. I'm trying to exactly break even so Hasbro is less likely to send me a C&D. Putting up the store appears (so far anyway) to be a waste of time. I've sold exactly 2 things, both for $2.10 less than it cost me to make and ship. So my profit margin now stands at -$4.20 not counting the test designs and such, so I am actually about $200 in the hole.
It makes no sense to me. There's a big market for some stuff (like T-shirts), and lots of people out there are selling at a crazy high markup. Hasbro hasn't figured out the demographic yet IMHO. Hub has, but not Hasbro.
Maybe the demand for washcloths and the like isn't that high? What category are the items you've sold so far?
The designs seem to be relatively small compared to the larger items (4x4 on pillow cases and bath towels). Maybe people who would spring for larger items want the designs to be a larger feature, although I guess that might be more difficult and certainly more expensive. Are larger designs feasible, or is that moving out of the realm of embroidery?