In a fit of Stepford-mum-ism I have just purchased 150 sew in name tapes for my DTs' new school uniforms. I've decided that as their new school is a bit blazers-and-briefcases it would not reflect well upon either them or me for them to turn up with their names scrawled in Sharpie marker like at their last school. There's loads of it as well - the uniform list was 3 A4 pages (cue 2 gruelling hours in the Schoolwear Centre. No wonder they keep a defibrillator by the till...)
However...
I hate sewing. I mean really, really hate it. If I had a choice between sewing in 150 name tapes by hand and having my eyes pierced by the dentist at my mother-in-law's house, I'd give the latter some serious consideration. It's no good asking my mum either as she'd probably fall over laughing.
Does anyone have any ingenious solutions to spending the next 2 weeks sewing the damned things in and teaching the DCs a whole new vocabulary? Any sort of clever gadget or do-it-for-you service that anyone knows of? I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
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Sew in name tapes for lazy people?
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mrsrawlinson · 20/08/2009 15:41
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