Working on the prototype still

After I received some really, really great feedback from my girlfriends, I updated my prototype again. I've lost count on how many prototypes I've gone through by now. Oh well. It's a process and I haven't given myself a deadline or any sort of time line. Who needs the added stress?

My friends have been sharing the Sammie Bib with their friends and the response has been good. They'd all like samples and that gets me really excited! I even created a professional survey for them to fill out online through surveymonkey.com. (it's free!)

So I've enlarged the bib quite a bit because it completely didn't even occur to me that terry cloth shrinks...a lot. I did receive good points for absorbancy and strechyness. I'm also experimenting with a different type of fabric. It's supposed to be even more absorbent than terry cloth but a hell of a lot thinner, which will be much easier to work with. After cutting through so much terry cloth and suffering from a cramped hand, I decided to take the plunge and invest in a better pair of scissors. I am in business after all. I think I've been putting up with the same crappy scissors for over 10 years now. So I went out and bought a pretty nice, heavy duty one. It even has a spring so you don't have to exert any energy to open it! I love it.

I was doing more research online and found some companies that will cut fabric for you from your pattern. Autometrix will charge me about $50 for 100 cut outs. Sounds reasonable, I guess. Pinning the pattern down and then cutting it out is the most time consuming part. There are also companies that will customize your label/tag. I guess I'd better come up with a neat logo.

Tonight, I cut out a bunch of bibs so the plan for this week will be to sew them up and send them out for more testing.