Ok let me throw this out ( it's been an idea that I've been tossing around
in my head for distribution of patterns)--
What if after paying say $6.00 for a pattern/patterns you could down load
the pattern so that it printed once directly to your printer. And we'll use
a finished design size of say 6" x 9" for that price.
While it would cost you the printer time, ink, and paper you would get the
chart/charts, stitching instructions and diagrams.

The other thought I had was a pdf document that you could down load and read
with the adobe reader.

No this is not just a what if..........I too have looked at the price of
charts and was astounded at how much they have gone up. And I was very
disappointed that many have very few stitches of the newest "toys" as far as
fibers go included in the designs. While I mostly design Hardanger with
beads actually woven into the design--If I used (for example) YLI silk floss
most-- if not the entire design was stitched in that fiber.

I have a computer geeker friend working on the direct print solution right
now. And we're looking at which computer design program to use that would do
that on just about every windows and possibly Mac format out there back to
say windows 98/ Mac 4. Printing cost are outrageous. And this would be a
solution to keeping prices down.

What do you all think...............

Dorsey in VA


"lizard-gumbo" wrote in message
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Phylis Maurer wrote:

Interesting discussion, which gives a relatively new designer a lot to
think about. My work - ethnic needlework - is off the beaten track, so my
comments may not represent a typical designers viewpoint.

Funny you should say that. I'm heading into the needlework version of
Arabian/Moorish/Islamic/Middle Eastern art arena myself, and have found
this to be a fascinating discussion.

I'm still in the experimentation stage and I don't even have a clue how to
go about finding a printer or distributor. Now I'm just wondering if I
should self-promote.

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lizard-gumbo