Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Thank you and a shop update

It's been a while since I've done a shop update. I've been feeling a bit stuck with pad sewing. I still believe in cloth and love sewing it but sometimes I start to feel like I should simplify my design. I start to think of shortcuts, maybe I shouldn't top stitch the entire pad, maybe I should use cheaper fabrics, offer less options, use only a single snap closure. I begin to think all these things so that I can make more pads, make them faster, produce more. Recently I was re-energized by customers who left me wonderful feedback like this...

"The ten pads that I purchased two years ago are still in good shape after many washings. I hope to stock up on enough to carry me through to menopause!"

"Beautiful! Thanks so much for the speedy creation and shipment of my custom order. These are my favorite style/size "light" pads of the many I've tried, so well made and attractive, and the original one I bought from you two years ago is still going strong!"

These comments remind me that my job is not to mass produce and although I may tweak designs here; the care that goes into each pad and the unique design and features of CCC pads are what makes them work so great and stand up so well. So thank you to my many wonderful customers! Here's a picture of a recent custom order....

I just stocked this nursing pad set today, it would make a great gift. Washable nursing pads are amazing. My daughter is 15 months and I still need nursing pads, imagine all the money I've saved using cloth nursing pads over the last 15 months! These ones are made of organic cotton sherpa, they're very absorbent.
Simple bamboo velour topped pantyliners, these are so soft. I hope you can see the detail on the snaps, they each have an embossed daisy on them.

4 comments:

Dakota said...

Please don't switch to just one snap! I love that your pads use two snaps; they fit better than any other pad I've used.

County Cloth Creations said...

thank you for your comment Dakota! I'll be leaving the snaps just as they are :)

Jen said...

I second the person who said they loved your pads! I have such a heavy flow and have never had a problem with your pads. I love the design, with a skinny center when snapped and the two snaps are great. As a fellow sewer, I appreciate the quality of your workmanship. The top stitching is great and always beautiful. I have disappointedly received some BAD pads! (They didn't look bad in the picture online, but in person they were a mess!) Maybe you could offer an economy line that cuts corners on cost and workmanship - but please keep your quality pieces too!

County Cloth Creations said...

Thank you for all your kind words Jen! I have offered an economy line in the past, they're still great pads just quicker for me to make so I can then pass along some savings, it's just finding the time to make them! Initially buying cloth pads can seem like such a big cost, of course they're worth it over the long run.