Thursday 25 August 2011

A bit of excitement, and some work

I have been asked to embroider some school jumpers: a friend's boys' school have switched uniform suppliers and the new quality is poor, so could I embroider on some M&S ones for her.  It wasn't a problem except i translated 'jumper' into 'sweatshirt' as that's what the local uniform is, and she really meant jumpers, and they are much harder to design for.  I didn't have any sacrificial jumpers to practice on, so I picked up one in a charity shop.


Thanks to Loronda who is a very accomplished designer and who has helped me quite a few times over the years, I got the design sorted: although it did take several practice stitchouts!

A boring job, but at least in brings in some money!


And the excitement: Postie brought me something:

A clue . . . Someone could have got it free with a car

Another clue . . . It cost me a couple of hundred pounds.

A third clue  . . .  If I break it I can replace it for about £15

Any idea yet?

There are some people who will think this slightly sad, and possibly pathetic (that will be Brian), but I think this is VERY exciting.

My car has a new registration number . . .


ta da!

Apologies for the flash reflection, I had to wait for Brian to come home, and the nights, sadly, are drawing in.

5 comments:

  1. I think it's not sad, it's you. And they really help when you're having one of those days at the supermarket!! Good one!

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  2. Hi, thanks for the comment on my blog! Yes, an international name come in handy, however it's charming with a name with another touch too. Benta must be so rare in the UK!One of my closest friends is called Bente.

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  3. Great number plate!
    I'm glad you're getting paid for those sweater badges, I can imagine that's the sort of thing some people might imagine you could just run up a few (hundred) of out of the goodness of your heart!

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  4. I love the number plate!! I dont love the having to do the logo on the school jumpers, well done to you for getting it done.

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