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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hi from sunny South Wales :)
« on: 25 January 2008, 20:50:32 »Quote
Hello John and welcome to the O O F
Some very nice designs you've made there.
Cheers
You'll have to come down to Llandow circuit sometime
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Cheers
You'll have to come down to Llandow circuit sometime
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hi from sunny South Wales :)
« on: 25 January 2008, 14:30:03 »
Thanks Mark
I have afew thoughts and will post some ideas when I get home from work this evening.
'Work is the curse of the drinking classes'.
I have afew thoughts and will post some ideas when I get home from work this evening.
'Work is the curse of the drinking classes'.
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hi from sunny South Wales :)
« on: 25 January 2008, 12:43:22 »Quote
Howdoo, and welcome to the forum.
You do tidy work, looks really good. I would hope that someone will come up with a suitable sharp logo that we could use....
Moved your comp thread to genchat, by the way, rather than in the techy part of the forum....
Thanks, my fault I didn't look further down the list of subjects!!
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hi from sunny South Wales :)
« on: 25 January 2008, 11:58:22 »
Here's a link to the message I was invited to post in the General section.
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1201261925
These are a few more I did when we went to Le Mans
I also create for other than car stuff
The horse on the T shirt is embroidered too.
So you can see, I love doing these and work hard to get it right. I love it when people get their shirt and love 'em.
John
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1201261925
These are a few more I did when we went to Le Mans
I also create for other than car stuff
The horse on the T shirt is embroidered too.
So you can see, I love doing these and work hard to get it right. I love it when people get their shirt and love 'em.
John
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hi from sunny South Wales :)
« on: 25 January 2008, 10:54:50 »Quote
Hi John and welcome to the forum.This one went down quite well ....
The embroidery work looks bloody good, I like the Ariel one 10th one down
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hi from sunny South Wales :)
« on: 25 January 2008, 09:49:46 »
Thanks for the replies guys.
Firstly the logo at the op right is not suitable for emroidery - the text is okay but one can't reproduce pictures in embroidery.
Perhaps a good idea, particularly if the forum is active, would be to have a little competition to design a logo. It can be a bit of fun and I've seen some great ideas on other forums.
Personally, I like the simple logos not because they're easie for me to do but they are usually clever - if you know what I mean.
Yes, the Atom is a scream. I've had mine for over 2 years now and I still get great excitement out of it.
Cheers
John
Firstly the logo at the op right is not suitable for emroidery - the text is okay but one can't reproduce pictures in embroidery.
Perhaps a good idea, particularly if the forum is active, would be to have a little competition to design a logo. It can be a bit of fun and I've seen some great ideas on other forums.
Personally, I like the simple logos not because they're easie for me to do but they are usually clever - if you know what I mean.
Yes, the Atom is a scream. I've had mine for over 2 years now and I still get great excitement out of it.
Cheers
John
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hi from sunny South Wales :)
« on: 25 January 2008, 09:11:05 »
I'm in work just now but this is from memory!
Minimum orders are 1 and we'll create the patterns free of charge, working with you until
it's right.
Polo shirts £15.99
T shirts £11.99
Sweat shirts £16.99
Rugby shirts £17.99
Fleece hats £9.99
Hoodies!! £17.99
These prices include the embroidery but exclude p&p which is charged at cost.
We use best quality clothing but if you have a requirement for cheaper items for shows or short duration causes, we can use lesser quality clothing. The saving isn't that great though.
Cheers
John
This is my daily drive
Minimum orders are 1
and we'll create the patterns free of charge, working with you until it's right.
Polo shirts £15.99
T shirts £11.99
Sweat shirts £16.99
Rugby shirts £17.99
Fleece hats £9.99
Hoodies!! £17.99
These prices include the embroidery but exclude p&p which is charged at cost.
We use best quality clothing but if you have a requirement for cheaper items for shows or short duration causes, we can use lesser quality clothing. The saving isn't that great though.
Cheers
John
This is my daily drive
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Newbie Welcome Area / Hi from sunny South Wales :)
« on: 25 January 2008, 08:36:44 »Hi guys
I hope you'll excuse my first post sounding like a sales pitch! I really don't mean it to sound that way. A member of this forum asked me to post here
Please do delete this post if it's considered out of order, I do understand
Since being a kid I've had a passion for cars and now at the ripe old age of 54 I've not changed! Two years ago I bought my most radical car to date - an Ariel Atom. I can't even use the excuse of mid life crisis as I'm well passed that.
Anyway, about the same time my partner and I started producing embroidered clothing for the Ariel Atom Owner's Club and it proved to be quite a hit with the members. It also provided a good income stream for the club too.
Since then, I've also produced designs for other clubs and circuits. I love doing it as it's an extension of my passion for cars.
Now I'm not sure if the Omega Owners Club has a logo or any merchandice, or indeed whether there's a need for such stuff?
Just to give you a taster, here's a few of the designs I've produced recently.
I also produce other designs - not car related
The horse is embroidered too.
If you think I can help in anyway, please do let me know.
I sincerely hope I haven't caused any annoyance to anyone by posting this message, if so, please delete it.
Regards
John & Angie
Forgot to mention, this is a hobby just now as we both work full time though I'd love my partner Angie to give up her crappy job at M&S on slave wages to do this full time. I meanwhile work for the police - yikes!!
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General Discussion Area / Re: Omega Owners Forum - Logo Design Competition
« on: 14 February 2008, 06:05:26 »Quote
Did anything become of this?
I don't think so but do let me know
Cheers
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General Discussion Area / Re: Omega Owners Forum - Logo Design Competition
« on: 30 January 2008, 17:00:55 »
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General Discussion Area / Re: Omega Owners Forum - Logo Design Competition
« on: 30 January 2008, 12:32:24 »
Like this?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Omega Owners Forum - Logo Design Competition
« on: 30 January 2008, 09:09:47 »Quote
Do a profile drawing of what you want and I'll do a 'one off' special for you
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General Discussion Area / Re: Omega Owners Forum - Logo Design Competition
« on: 27 January 2008, 15:06:17 »
Fantastic day in Wales for a change
Anyone for some sideways fun?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzhRaXKolkc
John
Anyone for some sideways fun?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzhRaXKolkc
John
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General Discussion Area / Re: Omega Owners Forum - Logo Design Competition
« on: 26 January 2008, 21:23:58 »
I do like the simple designs
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General Discussion Area / Re: Omega Owners Forum - Logo Design Competition
« on: 26 January 2008, 14:32:33 »
[size=12]Okay, just so you guys know where we're coming from
Just over 2 years ago I did a mad thing and bought an Ariel Atom! At my age (53 then) you'd have thought I would have known better! Anyway, 2 years on and I'm still loving it My partner Angie has a Zafira.
Prior to buying the Atom I joined the 'owner's club' just to get some help in spec'ing the car - if you can call it that! At this time there weren't many members on the Atomclub forum but it became clear there was a demand for Atom clothing - T-shirts, polo shirts, hats etc; etc.
Angie my partner works like a slave for M&S for crap pay! One of her hobbies is sewing - you know, darning my socks and pants and all that We thought there might be an opportunity to start a little embroidery business to fill the need for Atom clothing so to cut a long story short, we spent a fortune on an industrial embroidery machine and started producing hats, T-shirts, polo shirts and the like.
The learning curve for me especially, was huge! For the last two years and a bit, I've been learning the art of digitizing and producing patterns while Angie has been learning to use the machine. We're just planning to purchase a 2nd machine.
We knew we had to be different from the big boys out there and so we differ from them in several areas.
1. We will accept orders for ONE item.
2. We manually produce all our own patterns and get it right before we stitch.
3. We don't charge any setup fee or charge for producing the patterns.
4. We operate from our conservatory in our house.
5. We both enjoy doing it.
What all this means is that we can take on work that most won't and we take pride in what we produce. Most of our work comes by way of recommendation from satisfied customers.
Because I have a passion for cars, I really enjoy designing patterns for this market. Of course embroidery alone doesn't suit all requirements so we've also started doing decals and iron on cotton etc.
Our main aim is to get Angie out of her crap job at M&S so she can devote her time to embroidery and actually enjoy her days
So there you have it.
Cheers
John[/size]
Just over 2 years ago I did a mad thing and bought an Ariel Atom! At my age (53 then) you'd have thought I would have known better! Anyway, 2 years on and I'm still loving it
My partner Angie has a Zafira.Prior to buying the Atom I joined the 'owner's club' just to get some help in spec'ing the car - if you can call it that! At this time there weren't many members on the Atomclub forum but it became clear there was a demand for Atom clothing - T-shirts, polo shirts, hats etc; etc.
Angie my partner works like a slave for M&S for crap pay! One of her hobbies is sewing - you know, darning my socks and pants and all that
We thought there might be an opportunity to start a little embroidery business to fill the need for Atom clothing so to cut a long story short, we spent a fortune on an industrial embroidery machine and started producing hats, T-shirts, polo shirts and the like.The learning curve for me especially, was huge! For the last two years and a bit, I've been learning the art of digitizing and producing patterns while Angie has been learning to use the machine. We're just planning to purchase a 2nd machine.
We knew we had to be different from the big boys out there and so we differ from them in several areas.
1. We will accept orders for ONE item.
2. We manually produce all our own patterns and get it right before we stitch.
3. We don't charge any setup fee or charge for producing the patterns.
4. We operate from our conservatory in our house.
5. We both enjoy doing it.
What all this means is that we can take on work that most won't and we take pride in what we produce. Most of our work comes by way of recommendation from satisfied customers.
Because I have a passion for cars, I really enjoy designing patterns for this market. Of course embroidery alone doesn't suit all requirements so we've also started doing decals and iron on cotton etc.
Our main aim is to get Angie out of her crap job at M&S so she can devote her time to embroidery and actually enjoy her days
So there you have it.
Cheers
John[/size]
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