Husband friend wife asked me to embroider her shower curtain with birds and flowers. All the designs are from emblibrary. She gave me $ 20.00 for job well done.
26513I think you have a spectacular work of art here with your shower curtain gift. You are very good at the designs, placement, and not allowing them to pucker up.
I've been thinking about your concern about this friends next request. Try inviting her over to show her how the design stitches out. Perhaps she will understand how much work it is before settling on her request for a king sized blanket. I hope that you don't feel like she is taking advantage of you!
I like your idea of an embroidered shower curtain. I'm trying to get my house ready to sell, and I think that an embroidered shower curtain would add something quite nice to the bathroom!
16302You did a beautiful job and got to use these lovely designs. I'm glad you are happy with the outcome. Sometimes, we do what we do for love.
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158718These are great designs for this project. You must have a terrific thread stash. Niecly done!
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33641$20.00? Did she forget to move the decimal point to the right? That lady does not have any respect for your work. A good bottle of wine,a bouquet of flowers and a thank you note would be better than $20.00.
Do not let people take advantage of you. Beautiful work!
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by buanlester
31 Jul 2014
thank you, that will be nice she will do that because this is not the first time I embroidered something for her.
1077I would stand in line to get the DEAL for $20 & I know it cost you more then that perhaps she didn't understand what it cost you? The time it took & the threads needles hydro everything counts. I have learned that you must charge by the 1000 stitches. I have seen this price form $1.25 to $2.25 just for the first 1000 stitches! You did a fantastic job on this! ~hugs & kudos to you & your big kind heart!~
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by buanlester
31 Jul 2014
I'm just happy to give it to her, now my problem she wants me to embroidered a king size quilt and I don't know how can I say no. that's my big problem now.
by justonlyme
31 Jul 2014
How about suggest that she get a machine and you would be willing to give her lessons, but a king sized quilt would be too much for you to do. I have the same problem; difficulty saying "no".
You did a wonderful job though!!
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255054A very unusual request, you have done a magnificent job.. I agree with the others you should have got more, this was a lot of thread and time and it was a request not a gift..
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45918Wow...this is so beautiful and worth more..although $20 is better than nothing
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4758Beautiful! 16 of those intricate designs, it must have taken you a couple of days, so many stitches, so many thread changes!
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by buanlester
31 Jul 2014
yes it took me 10 days, waking up early and stop before 7 to get ready for work.
14530551046446Agree with everyone saying you deserved more $$. However, I'm sure it made you feel good doing something so special for a friend and that she will be displaying it for everyone to see what a great job you did!
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2872This shower curtain you've done looks lovely. Good to hear you got paid for the work too. Thanks for sharing it. :~D
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6951you work cheap like maybe 50 would be bettter lol \
lovely job
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by buanlester
31 Jul 2014
that will be nice but.....that's ok at least I don't need to worry about it.
360666Wow. That is beautiful! You did a great job. However, maybe next time you should let the person know the number of color changes & stitch count & maybe suggest a price more than $20? But, you are right, it did help pay for some of your files, etc.
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35675Beautiful Job. Gosh all the hours of work you put into this project. The planning and lay out alone would have been a few hours. Sure hope she appreciates the time and effort you put into this project. I have done things myself for people and know I should have been paid more but I am happy with what I got (especially if I really like the person) I just tell myself I have covered the cost of the designs so I am ahead.
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119791Your are a better friend than I would be! I wouldn't even hoop that many designs for $20.00. You did a great job and deserve waaaay more than $20.00.
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64She sure got a bargain. Should have given you more for such time consuming designs. Lovely job.
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10909WOWZER!! Love this. Even if the EmbLibrary designs you used were somehow 14 for $14.14 or on sale for one of their deals, that's a LOOOOOT of thread! EmbLibrary designs are beautiful and it's my fav site, but they're also very very dense with thousands and thousands and thousands of stitches PER design. $50 for you, sillygoose! :-)
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81Beautifully executed, a real bargain and a great job! :-)
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35301It looks great but I don't think I'd use it as a shower curtain as it may get spoilt. You put a lot of work into this.
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12407Absolutely beautiful shower curtain! You did a fantastic job!
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23577She should have given more! She got a great deal and you did a GREAT job!
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72397Very pretty! She did get a good deal, it was so nice for you to do that.
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23282Very nicely done and agree-she did get a good deal-Embroidery Library designs do use a lot of thread. Hopefully you are lucky enough to have a multi-needle machine too, because there are a lot of thread color changes in these designs-I just did a blossoms and bluebirds design up last night on a bag and had to change thread 22 times-I only have a single needle Janome. I love their designs though and I love the way this curtain came out. ~linda~
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by buanlester
30 Jul 2014
there are design that u have to change the thread 40 times and I'm just using single needle, the whole project is more than 400,000 stitches. thank you for the compliment.
20173Lovely designs, Well done on the placements too, but yes i think your friend got a bargain at your expense :)
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42046Well done! She did get a very good deal for only $20 -- that was a lot of work and thread.
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57675she sure did get a bargain..it is lovely...soozie
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