Looking for an original Mariah Monogram Sewing Machine.
 

we looked at regular sewing machines in a high end shop here with my wife
they are computerised now
you can input any clip art or picture and it will stitch it for you
they are amazing,
i think the one we looked at was $5000

My wife has a sewing machine made by Husqvarna. I wonder if that would do it?

I'm not sure if they actually had a specific sewing machine that handled all their logo stuff, it was probably some sort of template or molded stitching pattern. I really don't know much about sewing machines, but I'm pretty sure they weren't specifically made to stitch just the Mariah logo. Any embroidery shop should be able to embroider the logo, provided they have a vectorized copy of the logo. The Mariah script is actually a readily available font you can buy online, but the sunburst on top of the "i" isn't part of it. you can contact me for more info on this.

And remember, it's all in the grade of the stitching material. I remember seeing something once that Mariah did all the stitching with the same stuff NASA uses for stitching the astronaut space suits. I'll try and find what the material is called.

However, if we came across one of these machines, that'd be pretty sweet. I'm sure all the original machines are probably in the hands of Sea Fox now, or somebody's grandma in Benton IL has one in their basement. :)

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Just took a sample off our boat upholstery, that we are replacing, into a shop here and they are sending it in to get us a price on it being digitized. I suppose there are not any copywright issues? Has anyone had this done?
Mary

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Hi ShabahZ250, I remember seeing that too.... The thread used for the interior vinyl was a "synthetic" thread and the thread for the exterior canvas was a "Gortex" thread (used in NASA suit construction), as stated in the 1995 Brochure, Pg 5 & 6.

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Originally Posted by marysins (Post 15361) Just took a sample off our boat upholstery, that we are replacing, into a shop here and they are sending it in to get us a price on it being digitized. I suppose there are not any copywright issues? Has anyone had this done? Mary

Hi marysins,

I seem to remember one of our members saying they had it done for their seat. For some reason I keep thinking it was MikeyT... :confused:

The SeaFox/Mariah Boat Company owns the copyrights to the Mariah name/Logo/Shields, but I doubt you would be guilty of any copyright violations as your just restoring what you already have and it's not intended for commercial sale and profit.

WetWilly

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It was me who had the Mariah script sewn into the seat i had re-upholstered. I dont know exactly how she did it but i understood it was hand sewed & they charged me $50.

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:snap_shot: Yep....once it stops raining up here. .... okay, so i edited this post and added the pics during a break in the rain. The first 2 pics are of the finished product and 3rd (the bad one) is of the original seat before i had it recovered.

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Thanks Mikey :wink_thumbup:

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It looks very nice... An upholstery shop wants to charge me $3000 to redo the front two bucket seats, aft seat and sun deck in the original colors and materials (as close as they can get)... Am I paying too much?

Vinnie

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Wow.....$3k ? When they offered you that price were they wearing a mask? It sounds like they are a busy shop & not in need of the work at this time of year. Check back with them in the late fall or over the winter when they might be a little hungrier for work.

I dug up my invoice for the bucket seat c/w the script work and it was $350 from a local vendor. And they used the same material & colour as the original....

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MikeyT Would you happen to have or can get the pattern for your stitching? I have a friend that does upholstery and stitching with a computerized program. If you have a diagram or maybe even a .pdf or similiar would be great.

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Unfortunately no i dont and the vendor who did my seat work has gone out of business.... :(