Work is a many splendored thing.....

Yesterday was a get my butt in gear day so I was not pressured to get the job done for Hershey Motors.  I got the art work on the same day that I picked up the jackets.  I immediately set about determining the size I would need for the jackets and sent it off to my digitizer.  I had the design back within 24 hours and it was perfect.  The design was the company name around an outline of an antique car.  The car design had small, intricate lines that do not always translate from line drawing to sewing with thread, but ti stitched out beautifully.

I stitched out a test design and then headed to meet Evan at the Morgantown office.  He approved the design and he wanted it all in white, rather than the two color design in the file.  I also got the approval to stitch the design on the right as the jacket had a nifty zippered pocket on the left hand side where the design would normally go.

So, yesterday I got the machine set up, found a way to use my clamping system which makes hooping for the design super-simple.  I had to test sew a couple of additional designs to make sure the tension was right and that the thread was the right one.  White thread and red thread are the hardest ones to work with.  They both take some intense processing to get to the color just right, but it makes the thread more vulnerable to breakage.  But I found a white that would go through the machine easily and gave a beautiful, smooth design.  So I started with the first jacket.  I sat and stared at the machine to make sure there were no hiccups.

It stitched out beautifully.  So I put in jacket number 2.  Again, it stitched out beautifully.  So I put in jacket number 3 and began going through the piles of stuff that had begun to grow in the office.  So, not only was I working on an actual paying job, I was clearing up piles and piles of clothing blanks and papers and catalogs that had grown into an unyielding amount of clutter.  Can you say "two birds with one stone"?

By 1:00 AM, I had finished 9 jackets and had two trash bags of junk ready to head out to the garbage can for Wednesday.

I also found that by the end of the day I felt as though I had really accomplished a great deal and did not have time to fall asleep in my recliner.  I guess, once I get back on my feet after my knee replacement surgery, I should get back into doing more embroidery.  The extra money coming in would be nice and keeping busy will make the time go by better than just doing nothing.

So happy that I have this business to keep me busy!!!