Manufacturing! An inside look into the making of a Quidditch jersey.

Carleton Quidditch is unleashing the Raven and I'm happy to help them do it.

There is a whole other world out there on the water...

 I'm working hard to meet all my deadlines and get those web orders out the door, but I slipped in a quick dye-sublimation experiment today.   Guess what happens when you print black on top of flourescent?  Pure nerdy coolness.  Can't wait to do some more!  

Shawnigan head race - prelaunch

Early morning from the deck of the Shawnigan boathouse

Manufacturing Materials

Ideally I'd like to post a tour of my workshop on this blog but it's really too messy right now.  Instead, I'm posting  some images of the nooks of my workspace.

 This is the storage shelf for vinyl.   The long rolls are for decals - applications include lettering for vehicles or boats, decals for any smooth surface.   They work well for blade striping or adding a team logo to paddles and oar blades.  UVic Men use them on their oars.

These are some of my zippers for jackets and vests.   I use YKK zippers these days , after some bad trials with lesser brands.   It's pricey ordering hundreds of zippers at a time!   Right now I'm thinking about some cool jacket/zipper colour contrasts I saw at Mt Washington ski resort.

Weekend Indoor Regatta

Heading to Monster Erg at UVic tomorrow morning with some VCRC and VRC deliveries and existing stock.  I think I'll have a unisuit sale - try to clear out last years unis and make room for some fun ones this spring/summer.

Quality Quidditch Supplies

This past Fall of 2011, thanks to U of O Quidditch team, Row West became a supplier of Quidditch Uniforms.   For this team, I did a full dye sublimation print for the shirt body, including individualized numbers and on the sleeves I applied a high gloss Golden Snitch in vinyl.   Quidditch is a pretty rough sport so I used a high durability fabric with lots of stretch.  The stretch being useful because these fanatics play all year long and it helps to have a jersey that fits over a snowsuit.

In the works...

I'm thinking about all the frozen people enjoying winter rowing....