Wednesday, November 19, 2014

That Feeling...

   Have you ever gotten that feeling when you agree to embroider something and that yes instantly becomes regret? 

   Well, that was me this week. My uncle stopped by with an golf bag to embroider for one of his co-workers that is retiring. When I saw the golf bag my throat knotted up. He wanted a large logo embroidered on the side of the bag. Which, generally, if you have read my previous blog post on "embroidering hard to hoop items" you would know that I use Fast Frames and sticky back stabilizer to assist me.





    Unfortunately, this gold bag was going to stretch my limits. It was a hard case! How am I supposed to get that onto my machine. Granted, I do have a large machine, and I can fit large and bulky items on it. But, this. This was going to really give me a run for my money. Speaking of, because I am embroidering it for my uncle I am not charging him for the time and effort, just the stabilizer and thread.

  So, today is the day that he is coming by to pick it up. I still haven't touched it yet, because it is a scary project. Ha. And right before he left my house he said, "this bag was the only one, so don't mess up". Um...Thanks.

  I prepare my sticky back on my fast frame and pick up this giant hard case golf bag to hook up to my machine...and as I start to unzip the side pocket a little more I quickly realize that the whole side comes right off the case. I start giggling and almost instantaneously my nerves calm and I am ready to work!








 That was a God thing, seriously. I would have had to of held that bag up on my machine for 1 hour (without any hiccups). My arms would have been so exhausted to say the least, But. think about it. How much time I would have wasted just holding a bag up! A heavy bag. A LOT!

So, Cheers to me for finding out that the side pocket comes off before I have held the golf bag up for almost an hour!


   What do you think? Our school logo. It looks amazing, if I do say so myself :-) The only thing I don't like about high density designs is how it tends to pull the material. I did use an extra layer of tear away stabilizer, but, I still got some pulls. Next time, I think I will use cut away instead.

Until next time!






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