Here's my latest project. These are the fishing shirts the girls are wearing as swimsuit coverups. The customer needed all three in two days (I can only sew at night) and each one took 90 minutes to stitch. Don't think I charged enough!! These are done with 8Claws and a Paw's KKMonogram. I was pleased with the results.

Do we ever charge enough? Your t shirts look great. Love the monogram

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by clintonmiss22 12 Jun 2015

thanks!

You've done a great job! They are all very nice.
Are there 'rules'/guidelines as for how to choose letters?
Do you choose the monogram design depending on how many names the person has? Or do you e.g. use a 3-letter design even if the person has only one given and one sir name? And if you have 3 names, is it then always the middlename being the middle (and biggest) letter?

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by clintonmiss22 12 Jun 2015

Thanks! Yes, there are guidelines for traditional monograms. Just google "monogram rules" or something similar. And rules are made to be broken, so there are a lot of newer looking ideas, too. The ones I did are first LAST middle name of teenagers - very traditional with last name being the bigger/middle letter.

These are lovely!

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by clintonmiss22 12 Jun 2015

Thanks!

beautiful!

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by clintonmiss22 12 Jun 2015

THanks!

They beautiful!!!

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by clintonmiss22 12 Jun 2015

Thanks!

Love them !!! Great job!

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by clintonmiss22 12 Jun 2015

Thanks!

Beautiful job on each of them. I like the color choices too. Very good stitchout.

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thank you!

Fantastic job. Great font and color choice. Also a nice choice on the size of the design for the shirts.

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks! Told customer this was as big as I could do so that I could just hoop them one time. I have a 5x7 hoop.

These turned out very nice. You used striking color choices. I'm sure that your customer will be very very pleased.

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks! These were her color choices. She wanted them to pop.

They are lovely. Love the font.

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks! I do, too. Stitches very nicely.

Pheeew, lots of stitching...great result!

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks!

Nice job and great font.
Do you take the back loose and then monogram or just stitch through it all?

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks! I've done it both ways. I've done it through the netting, and also unstitched the little triangle label and restitched it. These shirts came from Bass Pro Shop (I think) and they actually had a velcro piece at the bottom of the flap, so it was really easy to hoop them. I had told the lady since she was in such a hurry, I would need to stitch through the netting and she was OK with that. But that was before I saw the shirt. It was even quicker to hoop it through one layer.

They are terrific! You have done an amazing job on them./Lillian

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks!

Looks great hugs

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks!

Very pretty results for all your time. Make yourself one!

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks! I would want to leave the coverup ALL of the time.

They do look terrific. The colors are really eye-catching. Well done.

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks!

You really did an amazing job on the swim suit cover ups. Wow! 90 minutes for each one. I can believe that you did not charge enough :( Besides total stitching time there is prep time, machine usage, thread, stabilizer, etc. that many customers don't realize and, sadly, we fail to charge for. If you don't feel that you charged enough perhaps you should ask your customer not to disclose the price they paid to anyone. Explain to the customer that you did not realize the amount of time, etc., and, though you will honor the quote you gave them, that you could not do this type of project again without adjusting your fee accordingly. P.S. I like your flip flops/sandals in the photo, lol. I too manage to photograph my feet from time to time!

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks! Yes, I think of all of this, but this is mainly a hobby for me and sewing for my grands, so I'm OK with it as long as the requests are infrequent. You're right, I need to ask her not to advertise for me. :0) Lady was about to pick up the shirts so the pic was rushed. I definitely am NOT a photographer!

Super job on each one. My goodness, that is 4 1/2 hours of work plus hooping. You are super woman.

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks! No, just crazy. I don't know how to say no. :0)

They look wonderful, well done. Love Chris

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks!

These look stunning. I am sure you didn't charge enough I don't think that we do.

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks! No, I don't think I ever do.

they look great!~hugs~

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks!

Well done! I love the font...they look great!
I love the pretty colour you have used on the green one :)

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks. I like the font, too. The customer wanted fuschia and coral. I told her all I had was hot pink and orange. Stopped at a garage sale on the way to work the next morning and spent $60 on embroidery thread - still in plastic wrap! This pink and the coral were two of the colors I got. Made the lady happy. Me too!

Great job!! What kind of stabilizer did you use? And did you float the shirts or hoop them? Hugs, Laura*

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by clintonmiss22 10 Jun 2015

Thanks. I used heavy weight tear away and I floated the shirt. I don't hoop very many items. Never have been vergy good at it. :0)