I just completed a bulk order last week. Well, since I am a one woman show, a bulk order to me is... well... anything that is ordered in 10 or more pieces in the same design.
15 pieces were required & I already had 6 pieces of these fellows (1 was sold at the Purrzaar organised by
Cats of the World Photo Exhibition), I mean, girls, on hand, so I sewed up the rest of the 9, complete with the name 'Jiun' on the bums. This was ordered by the cousin of the bride-to-be for her hen's night giveaway to all her revelling cronies.
I am especially proud of this batch, because I didn't have to travel ANYWHERE to get these babies done. Previously, I went back to my parents place, as I have a lovely industrial
overlocking machine there & I didn't want to waste the money on another inferior (domestic) machine, as industrials are THE BEST to use. Unfortunately, I found the journeys to-&-fro to be quite a hassle, as recently, I have been working more with jersey fabrics, rather than wovens, which require the give of the overlocking stitches.
Why did I not bring the industrial machine back to my place? Well, I am not having my VERY OWN place at the moment. Whilst waiting for my new place, we are bunking in with my in-laws
& there is just no room for a bulky industrial machine here. I could still just about get away with this second hand domestic. It would be nice if this fellow could last me forever, as well, as you can toggle the settings to give you the rolled hem stitch, for neat edging, when you are lazy to sew a proper folded hem in clothes making (yes I am contemplating making myself a few smocked dresses) & it's got a differential feed, for toggling the fabrics. You can make a frilled edged skirt just by a twist of a knob! I think you can do it on the industrial as well with no toggles, but you need the experience (ie. you have to know how hard to pull on the fabric whilst sewing).
Also, with last minute orders like this one, requiring less than 2 weeks to complete, it's a real time-saver to have everything there for you, all in one place. I have travelled back to the folks's place only to have forgotten to bring tails/tags/various other pieces. A real pain, I tell you!
9 pieces of flower power MiniMeows, all ready to be sewn up!
Well I didn't take pictures of the new ones as you already know what they look like. I still have the fabric for these, so they can be re-ordered.
MiniMeows (with personalised name) - $29 + 5 = $34 each
And yes, an order of 10 MiniMeows or more is given a 10% discount.
I also made these elongated ones. Little kids would love these as bolsters, hence the name Mowlsters. These fellows are approximately 55cm in height.
