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Atomicchick
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 08, 2003
Posts: 577
From: Southern California
|  Posted: 2004-09-10 10:05 pm Permalink
Just saw one of those fancy sewing machines at the LA fair. Some run in excess of $5,000! Yes, $5,000!!!! Can I just send you some shirts and pay you for the tiki embrodary? Those tiki designs are sweet!
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cynfulcynner
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1800
From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
| Posted: 2004-09-13 10:35 am Permalink
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On 2004-09-10 22:05, Atomicchick wrote:
Just saw one of those fancy sewing machines at the LA fair. Some run in excess of $5,000! Yes, $5,000!!!! Can I just send you some shirts and pay you for the tiki embrodary? Those tiki designs are sweet!
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Some of these machines can cost a LOT -- the top-of-the-line Bernina 200 comes with an Internet connection and retails for around $7K -- and the commercial machines are even more. However, you can find good-quality sewing/embroidery machines for much less, starting at $300-400.
If you want to send me some blank shirts, I'll be glad to embroider them. E-mail me at cynner AT atdial DOT net (replace AT and DOT with @ and period, obviously) and we'll work something out.
--cindy
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cynfulcynner
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1800
From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
| Posted: 2004-09-19 01:30 am Permalink
More machine embroidery pix....all of these are towels.
The one on the left was a gift for Martiki.
The one on the right was a "thanks for letting me crew on your sailboat" gift -- Macondo is the name of the boat.
--cindy
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Kalikiana
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 01, 2004
Posts: 84
From: South Lake Tahoe
| Posted: 2004-09-19 02:20 am Permalink
WOW!
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TNTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 464
From: Knoxville, TN
| Posted: 2004-09-19 12:52 pm Permalink
[ This Message was edited by: TNTiki on 2004-11-06 16:20 ]
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Unga Bunga
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5734
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2004-09-19 1:30 pm Permalink
Ya Cyn,
I would love to have some bar towels for my bar.
Let me know if you have the time and PM me a price.
Great work!
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puamana
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 02, 2002
Posts: 291
From: Seattle, WA
| Posted: 2004-09-20 10:31 am Permalink
Very cool stuff, and the towels are a great idea ! If you decide to take on more commissions, please PM me, too !
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Tiki-Toa
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 30, 2004
Posts: 1012
From: Somewhere on Planet Tiki
| Posted: 2004-09-20 11:44 am Permalink
Cyn love the new stuff, keep em coming!
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cynfulcynner
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1800
From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
| Posted: 2004-10-18 5:27 pm Permalink
I've decided to make a set of curtains for my bedroom. Here's the fabric I'm using:
It's all cotton, with a texture like that of barkcloth. The design is actual size.
There are tons of home decor fabrics out there in tiki, Hawaiian, googie, and midcentury-modern patterns.
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cynfulcynner
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1800
From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
| Posted: 2004-11-23 12:07 am Permalink
Here's a shot of the finished googie curtains:
This project was SUPER EASY. The curtain rod and rings are from Ikea. The rings have little spring clips on them, so I didn't have to sew the curtains with anything at the top for the rod to go through. All I had to do was hem the edges and clip them into place. The hardest part was hanging the rod and getting it level.
Now I can commence with the tiki-embroidered holiday gifts....
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martiki
Official Mixologist
Joined: Mar 29, 2002
Posts: 3056
From: http://www.smugglerscovesf.com
| Posted: 2004-11-23 08:00 am Permalink
Just noticed this thread today (duh) and wanted to publicly thank cindy for the killer Foggy Grotto towel! It's even better looking in person.
I decided it was far too nice to get crapped up with grenadine and other sticky stainy things, so it's our hand towel in the new tiki toilet.
Mahalo!
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BARNETT
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Dec 02, 2003
Posts: 82
From: SanAntonio, Tx.
| Posted: 2004-11-25 02:09 am Permalink
Maybe I missed it, but where did you get that cool fabric that you used for curtains, Cyn!?
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Gigantalope
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 01, 2004
Posts: 913
From: Shinola, California
| Posted: 2004-11-25 09:31 am Permalink
The idea of every TCer having thier own tiki nappy is suave indeed. Maybe tho dirinking overalls would be...you know...more on the mark...can you embroider...fireproof fabric?
Those are sweet. Thanks for sharing
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cynfulcynner
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1800
From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
| Posted: 2004-11-27 10:19 pm Permalink
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On 2004-11-25 02:09, BARNETT wrote:
Maybe I missed it, but where did you get that cool fabric that you used for curtains, Cyn!?
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I bought it at Britex here in SF (http://www.britexfabrics.com/); you can also order it online from Repro Depot (http://www.reprodepot.com/).
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BARNETT
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Dec 02, 2003
Posts: 82
From: SanAntonio, Tx.
| Posted: 2004-11-28 01:56 am Permalink
Oh-boy-oh-boy! Thanks!
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