Ahem... (ponies)

[BudAshes]

shouldn't 4chan membership be an instant ban here?

wtf is with this creepy asperger's basement kiddies posting their semi-pedo obsessions and engaging in their anti-social rage behavior?

is this how low ATOT has sunk?

anti social rage behavior actually sounds kind of fun. Not so much fun in practice apparently as it just leads to posting ponies and nerd raging at people who don't even bother reading your whole rage reply.

 

[Fayd]

shouldn't 4chan membership be an instant ban here?

wtf is with this creepy asperger's basement kiddies posting their semi-pedo obsessions and engaging in their anti-social rage behavior?

is this how low ATOT has sunk?

dunno how liking a TV show and socializing about it exhibits "semi-pedo obsessions", or "anti-social rage behavior".

never actually seen the show, i'm watching episode 1 now. it's hilarious.

 

[Taejin]

shouldn't 4chan membership be an instant ban here?

wtf is with this creepy asperger's basement kiddies posting their semi-pedo obsessions and engaging in their anti-social rage behavior?

is this how low ATOT has sunk?

MLP is semi-pedo and anti-social rage?

Please explain. You seem to be a bit out of character, as you are usually a little more reasonable. That's what I thought, anyways.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Show a my little pony episode to a chameleon and what do you get ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FWUjJF1ai0&feature=player_detailpage#t=17s

 

[DominionSeraph]

 

[Evadman]

This isn't a photoshop. Ponies are everywhere.

 

[Terzo]

This isn't a photoshop. Ponies are everywhere.

Apparently they'll be at Comic Con as well. I haven't heard about any other MLP stuff being there, but a comic con edition may be testing the waters for a larger investment. I'd prefer to see more clothing and accessory type products. Have you broken even on the pony embroidery yet?

 

[Jeff7]

<snip>
This isn't a photoshop. Ponies are everywhere.

So does it contain 1 out of the 5 recommended daily Nutrients of Harmony, or what?

 

[deadlyapp]

This isn't a photoshop. Ponies are everywhere.

omg want.

 

[Evadman]

Have you broken even on the pony embroidery yet?

Not even close. I'm about a grand in the hole because I keep underestimating the cost of doing something. I'm losing between 50 cents and 3 bucks every time I embroider something. I should probably raise the prices by a buck or something.

Someone asked me a little while ago to make a die cut/shaped patch instead of putting the embroidery on something. I was sure it would not be possible without specialized equipment, so I didn't bother to even try.

Well, I tried recently just for sh!ts and giggles. I can't believe how well these came out, on the first try. I made some big changes to the way the thread was put down so that the design would be locked together. Without fabric in the middle, there wouldn't be much directional stability to the design unless the embroidery thread was doing the stabilizing. I also used several different types of non-directional stabilizer, and a lot more of it than a normal design.

I tried pulling one apart, and I was unable to do it by hand. I put one end in a vice, and tried pulling it apart in the strongest direction (left to right in this pic), and was unable to do it, even with my press. Thinking about it later, this makes sense. The thread I am using is pretty close to the thread used in tow straps, so the strength for a given size should be roughly equivalent. Theoreticly, I can weave a tow strap on my embroidery machine 4 inches at a time as long as I have the thread running the right way.

I think it would be possible to turn every design I have done into a patch, though some would be significantly harder than others to convert. The best part is that these three only cost me $1.83 in materials each. Doing a full size design would equate to about $5.40 in materials, about 40 cents more than putting the design on a short or something. When I priced out custom patches like this for another project about a year ago, I couldn't find anything cheaper than $14, and that needed several thousand count minimum in order to defray the giant setup cost. It's bonkers to me that I can make them almost an order of magnitude cheaper, and with a minimum of 1 instead of a few thousand.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Poni!

 

[Terzo]

Not even close. I'm about a grand in the hole because I keep underestimating the cost of doing something. I'm losing between 50 cents and 3 bucks every time I embroider something. I should probably raise the prices by a buck or something.

Someone asked me a little while ago to make a die cut/shaped patch instead of putting the embroidery on something. I was sure it would not be possible without specialized equipment, so I didn't bother to even try.

Well, I tried recently just for sh!ts and giggles. I can't believe how well these came out, on the first try. I made some big changes to the way the thread was put down so that the design would be locked together. Without fabric in the middle, there wouldn't be much directional stability to the design unless the embroidery thread was doing the stabilizing. I also used several different types of non-directional stabilizer, and a lot more of it than a normal design.

I tried pulling one apart, and I was unable to do it by hand. I put one end in a vice, and tried pulling it apart in the strongest direction (left to right in this pic), and was unable to do it, even with my press. Thinking about it later, this makes sense. The thread I am using is pretty close to the thread used in tow straps, so the strength for a given size should be roughly equivalent. Theoreticly, I can weave a tow strap on my embroidery machine 4 inches at a time as long as I have the thread running the right way.

I think it would be possible to turn every design I have done into a patch, though some would be significantly harder than others to convert. The best part is that these three only cost me $1.83 in materials each. Doing a full size design would equate to about $5.40 in materials, about 40 cents more than putting the design on a short or something. When I priced out custom patches like this for another project about a year ago, I couldn't find anything cheaper than $14, and that needed several thousand count minimum in order to defray the giant setup cost. It's bonkers to me that I can make them almost an order of magnitude cheaper, and with a minimum of 1 instead of a few thousand.

So basically these patches could then be attached to practically anything? And it would be cheaper than actually sewing the design as part of the item (e.g. attach a patch to a towel rather than sew the design into the towel)?

 

[BrokenVisage]

Ponies!

 

[Evadman]

So basically these patches could then be attached to practically anything?

Yep.

And it would be cheaper than actually sewing the design as part of the item (e.g. attach a patch to a towel rather than sew the design into the towel)?

Nope. it actually costs 40 cents to a dollar more than sewing the design directly on to an item due to the extra stabilizer and thread needed. The stabilizer is what keeps the design cleaner when embroidering something. Embroidering stuff usually takes 2 types of stabilizer, one on the top and one on the bottom. Embroidering something like a towel needs 1 piece of each type. These patches need double that. In addition, there is an entire layer of thread that is put down on top of the stabilizer first, with the thread running in the opposite direction than the rest of the design. This makes it so the patch is dimensionally stable, and so the thread doesn't pull out of the stabilizer when the design is being sewn.

It does save time though, because it is much easier to hoop just stabilizer than it is to hoop a towel. The towel has to be lined up, and the stabilizer doesn't.

 

[Powermoloch]

May science save us all

 

[qliveur]

Ahem... (cancer)

 

[DominionSeraph]

Ahem... (cancer)

Ponies are the chemo.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

shouldn't 4chan membership be an instant ban here?

wtf is with this creepy asperger's basement kiddies posting their semi-pedo obsessions and engaging in their anti-social rage behavior?

is this how low ATOT has sunk?

+1
Anti-Social rage is strong with this one:

 

[schneiderguy]

>this thread
>mfw

 

[sandorski]

Ponies!!

 

[DominionSeraph]

(Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

 

[zerogear]

It's ALIVE

 

[l0cke]

Okay, so who is going to Comic-Con and can get me a copy of this poster?

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/exclusive-my-little-pony-comic-con.html

 

[BrownShoes]

 

[HamburgerBoy]

wtf cartoon is that from?