Twinkle Lily

If you do a lot of sewing I cannot recommend getting an industrial machine highly enough!

I was lucky to have nabbed a Mitusbishi off ebay from an old lady who was suffering from Emphysema.  The wonderful lady had even serviced the machine so was all good to go.

After many teething issues where I dragged my mother in law to show me how to thread properly and give me some great tips I have enjoyably been sewing for 2 days straight....under no pressure at all (other than my sister being too slow at cutting - getting an electric cutter soon)

I tend to challenge myself at the best of times....from being a teenager, don't know why but I love it.  Even when I worked in Pathology I sat with a collegue and the general manager and we ran a comp to see how many specimens could be barcoded manually in the least amount of time. 
Well now it's how many pads can I get made in a week!  Whilst I was working elsewhere part time I could manage 100 menstrual pads a week comfortably, then with full time work I could only get around 50 menstrual pads done.  Now with the aid of a cutting person and the industrial machine I have 200 menstrual pads cut up and sewn, ready to be topstitched....I started on Monday afternoon so have till then to see if I can finish.  This is not only an awesome challenge for me personally but it also gives me an indication of what sort of KPI's I should set for contractor's/employees in the future.

Next week I'll be working on BabyHosen nappies and hpoefully get a good batch up and listed by the end of the week whilst my new contractor takes care of the menstrual pads.