January 18th, 2012, 10:47 AM
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Re: Emboridery on Leather
The old saying by embroiders is "If I can hoop it, I can stitch it." and for the most part that is true. I have stitched leather, satin, cheese cloth, plastic, and a wide variety of things. I even thought about embroidering a bullseye on my neighbors cat... not seriously but the thought did cross my mind.
If you are supplying the item to be stitched you should add enough into your profit margin to cover it if you have an issue. If the customer is bringing in a item you dont have that profit marging to play with.
A few years ago my wife brought three dresses from a friend and asked me to stitch a snowflake pattern on them for Christmas. The first two came out great but when I stitched out the third my machine missed a few stitches in the middle of the design. I did not catch the mistake until i had unhooped the dress and try as i could I could not realign it. I attempted to remove the stitches and redo it. Long story-short I had to buy a new dress for my wifies friend that I originally was doing as a favor.
At about that point I researched and added the following Loss of Property Agreement to my invoice that I have the customer sign before the attempt.
Loss of or Damage to Property Agreement: I acknowledge, that during the course of embroidery, damage to the garment or item embroidered can and does occur. This damage may be caused by the embroidery machine, Digitizing process, and or human error. If I supply my own property to be embroidered, I agree to release AJ's Stitchin' Time, its owners and employes of any and all responsibility of loss or damage to my property.____________________________________
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AJ’s Stitchin’ Time
Dennis Wilson
Embroidery Machine Technician
www.ajstitch.com
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