China Prototype

Here is a photo taken by my broker of  what the factory had made.  The color is darker than I want.  I am still working with them on it.  I had to have the factory remake the character at least 5 times.  You should have seen some of the samples they sent me---- by e-mail.  They looked like either someone was blind or they decided themselves on how they wanted to make it.  So as I always tell her     Please, Please,  Please have the factory follow the template that I have sent you.  I send the factory a template for every piece that needs to be made, plus the original.  So far this has been the hardest part of working with someone overseas.  I wish I could fly their but that is not going to happen.  Most of our conversations happen by e-mail and I must say that they have been very rough at times.   There is a language problem.  Something which would take a second to tell someone takes forever with my broker.  I must and I mean must have patience.  Lately I have been doing skype video conference calls with the broker because for whatever the reason something is getting lost in translation and I still have to have Sam with me when I talk to her.  I thought that I was making myself clear but I guess that I was not.  I have to talk really slow and sometimes I just do not know if she just understood what I just said to her.

China Prototype next to the original

Here is a picture sent by my broker from China.  The factory did a good job matching the original.  I am having a hard time with the company finding the same color that I made the original.

Patterns

Here are a few examples of how I make color copies of each part of the character.  I will make a copy of the eye and all of the parts.  Then I will take the eye apart and make a copy of it.  Then I will put color samples on each page.  I do this so that the factory has the color sample plus a break down of the  parts.  

Examples for factory to follow

-  I had to make step by step instructions to show the factory in China to do.   I had a few issues with how they keep sewing the mouth.   So I made sure that they were able to follow what I meant.  I sent my broker a copy of how I wanted the mouth to look----plus I sent the original stuffed animal.  Then I sent an  e-mail which apparently they did not understand----- then we did a skype video conference.  I hope they understand.  Here are some of the images that I sent.