binki
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While we do embroidery and we mostly do garments that we supply we do take in supplied garments and this is what I really don't understand.
1) Waterproof Jacket. 20,000 or more stitches (holes poked in the 'waterproof' garment) and guess what happens. It leaks.
2) This one I had to have a wavier signed. Now the embroidery thread we use is Poly and that is made from petroleum products which on its face is flammable. So this guy comes in with a racing uniform that is flame resistant and wants us to make and add patches to the uniform that are flammable. I let him know this stuff will start on fire. He was ok with that.
3) Heirloom items to decorate. We almost always refuse these orders as we cannot replace them. We did do embroidery on a linen napkin that was over 100 years old according to the customer. We told her that it would probably be destroyed in the process and again a waiver of liability. So it sewed out ok but had a number of defects as a result of poking hundreds of holes in something so fragile. The customer didn't care, it was a birth of a great grand daughter to be recorded on the item in memory. The end result was more important to her than the item condition itself.
I have to chuckle at the first and don't understand the second. The third I was afraid of a lawsuit but it all worked out.
1) Waterproof Jacket. 20,000 or more stitches (holes poked in the 'waterproof' garment) and guess what happens. It leaks.
2) This one I had to have a wavier signed. Now the embroidery thread we use is Poly and that is made from petroleum products which on its face is flammable. So this guy comes in with a racing uniform that is flame resistant and wants us to make and add patches to the uniform that are flammable. I let him know this stuff will start on fire. He was ok with that.
3) Heirloom items to decorate. We almost always refuse these orders as we cannot replace them. We did do embroidery on a linen napkin that was over 100 years old according to the customer. We told her that it would probably be destroyed in the process and again a waiver of liability. So it sewed out ok but had a number of defects as a result of poking hundreds of holes in something so fragile. The customer didn't care, it was a birth of a great grand daughter to be recorded on the item in memory. The end result was more important to her than the item condition itself.
I have to chuckle at the first and don't understand the second. The third I was afraid of a lawsuit but it all worked out.
