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I have been working on a product with a need and the thing is it aligns with something I’m passionate about as well. I haven’t actually thought about money like my other ventures.
Although I am very close to finishing product creation, I hit a wall. I could technically release the product as is, but I’m embarrassed.
My product involves sewing very close to hardware. The problem is that the presser foot it too long lengthwise even on my most narrow foot, so I am unable to make tight turns and sew in a way that commercial sewn products are.
Looking online, there are machines that would make this possible, but they cost like 3-5k up for the machine. Obviously dumb to spend that much on the machine as of right now.
The sewing styles are kinda of a given though. Since there are so many commercially sewn products, customers expect this so much (they don’t even blink an eye) because nearly every sewn product has it. I didn’t realize that in order to make these close sews, a commercial machine was required.
If I release my product, I feel like I would definitely get wrecked by the market just for not being able to sew close to the hardware or make these types of sew patterns. I also wanted to sew my product to make it shorter, but because my sewing machine presser foot is too large, it is as small as I can make it. All other competitors got the size right. These are things I took for a given as a consumer whenever I saw a sewn product, I didn’t think much about it or the technicalities that went into it.
With all my prototyping and current investment. I can’t spend anymore money. What do I do? Put out my product, that I know has flaws because I can’t afford the machine? All materials I sourced are premium and it would feel odd to charge premium prices for a product like this because lack of sewn pattern. Plus this product isn’t really viable, if I don’t charge premium prices.
Although I am very close to finishing product creation, I hit a wall. I could technically release the product as is, but I’m embarrassed.
My product involves sewing very close to hardware. The problem is that the presser foot it too long lengthwise even on my most narrow foot, so I am unable to make tight turns and sew in a way that commercial sewn products are.
Looking online, there are machines that would make this possible, but they cost like 3-5k up for the machine. Obviously dumb to spend that much on the machine as of right now.
The sewing styles are kinda of a given though. Since there are so many commercially sewn products, customers expect this so much (they don’t even blink an eye) because nearly every sewn product has it. I didn’t realize that in order to make these close sews, a commercial machine was required.
If I release my product, I feel like I would definitely get wrecked by the market just for not being able to sew close to the hardware or make these types of sew patterns. I also wanted to sew my product to make it shorter, but because my sewing machine presser foot is too large, it is as small as I can make it. All other competitors got the size right. These are things I took for a given as a consumer whenever I saw a sewn product, I didn’t think much about it or the technicalities that went into it.
With all my prototyping and current investment. I can’t spend anymore money. What do I do? Put out my product, that I know has flaws because I can’t afford the machine? All materials I sourced are premium and it would feel odd to charge premium prices for a product like this because lack of sewn pattern. Plus this product isn’t really viable, if I don’t charge premium prices.
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