Sew Stitchy

Mr Stitchy is travelling

Sew Stitchy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:56:43 +0000

he is on his way to Atlanta for a few days, I will be joining him on Friday with the two little (or not so little) Stitches!!!

Can’t wait to check out some US Stitching Shops for ideas and inspiration.

Mrs Stitchy

Only one more important piece of code to be implemented

Sew Stitchy — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:18:59 +0000

and then the shop can be opened… and it’s being worked on as I type. Our in-house web developer is working on the 3-D Secure Code required for Maestro & Mastercard transactions from 1st January.

Once this is done the shop will open it’s doors even if we still have stock to add. Mr Stitchy is off in Germany at the moment but will be back soon to help with the stock listings. He’s been exploring Stitching Shops on the continent to get ideas for our Brick & Mortar shop that is planned as soon as Sew Stitchy is earning enough money…

Mrs Stitchy

Lots of hard work over the last few days to add…

Sew Stitchy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:33:59 +0000

lots of gorgeous threads to the site. It’s such fun to get all the colours out and add them to the site. I love seeing all the pics when they have been uploaded and I’m getting really excited about the upcoming opening date. Today we were discussing what the opening offers will be… more details to follow!!

Mrs Stitchy

Stitching calculator now on the site

Sew Stitchy — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:23:31 +0000

to save you from counting on your fingers, rooting through drawers for a calculator that no longer works or just getting general brain ache…

There is now a calculator on the store that will tell you how big your piece of fabric needs to be to complete a design ifyou know the stitch count and fabric count.

You can find it here: Stitching Calculator

This time next year we’ll be millionaires, Rodney…

Sew Stitchy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:22:22 +0000

Tested the payment part of the website and everything is working securely and smoothly. The site will now accept payment by PayPal and credit or debit card. We will be adding payment by cheque soon….

Mrs Stitchy

Cool! or it will be…

Sew Stitchy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:56:39 +0000

the new fridge-freezer is arriving tomorrow. I can’t believe I’m getting excited about a fridge freezer!!! But the freezer I have is more than 25 yrs old (I got it free 18 yrs ago and it was being thrown out as old then) . It is now reaching the end of it’s life so it’s getting replaced.

Working on the site, SSL is installed and working fully so the log-in and checkout pages are now secure and all your important data will be encrypted between you and the server. Just the payment modules to be fixed and then the catalogue of products to be added and the store will be ready to run. Of course there will be a lot more “content” on the site that needs to be added over the next few weeks – free designs, tutorials and useful information (a fabric calculator is on the list amongst other things)

Mrs Stitchy

Rugby post

Sew Stitchy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:32:35 +0000

Away in Rugby teaching the usual ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) course. I was going to have some time off Thu and Fri but now I’ll be in London doing a new (to me) course. 5 days actually working in one week? Outrageous!

I think we had our first availability-related incident today, and possible first RFC (Request for Change) with unexpected downtime consequences (or at least, unexpected by me!)

As well as being store manager and general helper in Sewstitchy, I’ll also be using our IT-related experiences as my own personal case study for my quest to become an ITIL Master mwahaha…

I have three very important subjects on my mind this week:
Incorporation; Insurance; ITIL

Mr Stitchy

What a busy weekend!!!

Sew Stitchy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:09:07 +0000

This weekend we went on a trip to Ikea in Southampton and bought a new bed for my daughter, drove home in the most awful weather with the boot of the car not completely shut and part of the new bed stuck out the back and then proceeded to dismantle her old metal-framed high-bunk/desk combo before collapsing in a heap for bed.

In the morning some housework before Mrs Stitchy went to do overtime at work (unfortunately for me all the work is now complete and there will be no more paid overtime…) leaving Mr Stitchy to construct the new bed. It’s complete and gorgeous and daughter is sleeping in it as I type!

Mrs Stitchy

End of what seems like a long week…

Sew Stitchy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:12:39 +0000

with my daughter ill and Mr. Stitchy away in Scotland, work at full tilt (I was covering for someone on annual leave and doing my normal work as well) so I don’t feel as if much progress was made on the shop this week.

What has been achieved:

The Search Help page has been edited to be stitching related
The pop up boxes now have white backgrounds so the text is much easier to read
The newsletter has been set up and there’s now a link to sign up when you log in or create an account
The shop weighs packages in grams now so the shipping is much easier to understand (and the decimal places are gone too)

So onwards and upwards for the next lot of tweaks, the big one will be to get the payment methods working and then it will be full charge to add the stock ready for opening. We plan to open the store on January 1st with some great opening offers so watch this space

Mrs Stitchy

Know your Motherwell

Sew Stitchy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:06:56 +0000

I am once again north of the border in Bonnie Scotland in the town of Motherwell near Glasgow, and approximately £50 from Glasgow Airport by taxi. Due to the weather it’s likely to be more of a taxi-taking trip than a walking-and-getting-exercise trip.

If I see anything stitching-related I’ll be sure to let you know…

Mr Stitchy