Crafting A Better Embroidery Business
Whether you’re running a small boutique embroidery shop or managing a large-scale operation, attracting more customers to your business is crucial for growth and sustainability.
Full StoryWhether you’re running a small boutique embroidery shop or managing a large-scale operation, attracting more customers to your business is crucial for growth and sustainability.
Full StoryThere’s nothing more frustrating than being under pressure to get a job out and having something go wrong—and there are so many things that can go wrong!
Full StoryChoosing the correct backing is a vital part of the embroidery process. Unfortunately, it can also create a fair amount of anxiety and confusion for embroiderers.
Full StoryWhether it has been sewn on or heat sealed, it is both cost effective and makes all the sense in the world to remove an old emblem and replace or adhere it to another article of clothing.
Full StoryEmbroidering caps on commercial embroidery machines can cause struggles and stress. Most cap styles are unique in their shape and the way they are made. Here, let’s consider different cap styles and ways to hoop them, as well as different types of cap frames that are available.
Full StoryEmbroidery is a creative, fun and expressive way to personalize bulky items, including bags and luggage, to create a one-of-a-kind, timeless piece.
Full StorySince apparel decorating is a small market, the number of companies investing in innovation has been extremely limited, especially in the embroidery sector. However, this doesn’t mean that embroidery innovation has died.
Full StoryEmbroidering on headwear typically presents challenges that can scare away some embroiderers, even those who have years of experience.
Full StoryAlthough hand embroidery and appliqué have been around for millennia, computerized machine embroidery is only about 40 years old.
Full StoryImpressions gives apparel decorators from around the world an opportunity to submit their most impressive work, compete alongside their peers and show off their talents to the industry in its annual Impressions Awards decorating competition.
Full StoryWhen you first start off as an embroiderer in the decorated apparel industry, you learn that there are many elements that go into mastering your craft and producing a beautiful design
Full StoryEmbroidery continues to maintain its popularity as a reigning imprinting option for company branding.
Full StoryEmbroidering caps on commercial embroidery machines can cause struggles and stress. Most cap styles are unique in their shape and the way they are made.
Full StoryAlthough you may have only been doing embroidery for a short time, you probably have learned some tricks through trial and error.
Full StoryEach year, Impressions invites decorators from around the world to enter their most impressive work, compete alongside their peers and show off their talents to the industry in the Impressions Awards decorating competition.
Full StoryWhen a vintage style meets an innovative performance fabric, the possibilities for the garment can soar. When tasked with embroidering a design on such a garment, imaginations can be difficult to contain.
Full StoryMake the right choices when embroidering fleecewear for first-rate results
Full StoryLearn the ins and outs of embroidering garments in this popular apparel category.
Full StoryFollow these easy steps for designing and creating unique embellishments.
Full StoryThere recently has been a virtual explosion of personalization, including monograms, in many decorating disciplines.
Full StoryA step-by-step guide for turning embroidery designs into patches
Full StoryHow and when to adjust corners in a digitized design
Full StoryAppliqué may be a fancy-sounding word complete with an accent mark, but the process is nothing more than simply sewing a piece of fabric on top of another and adding a neat border of stitches.
Full StoryStrategies for digitizing faces and silhouettes
Full StoryA recent video from Stahls’ TV, explores how to create sew files for the appliqué process using Twill Stitch Pro PLUS software.
Full StoryAttention to detail is everything when you want to digitize realistically
Full StoryApproach is everything when you want to digitize realistically
Full StoryMonogramming has surged in popularity during the past few years and now has become a fashion statement similar to the way it was in the 1950s…
Full StoryWhen you create a digitized design, it is important to know what will happen with the stitches in your sewout.
Full StoryCaps are a staple of the embroidery business, so it makes sense to take the time to learn how to sew them well.
Full StoryCreating stock designs gives you the freedom to express yourself and the process can be rewarding. However, there are restrictions to that freedom.
Full StoryNow that it’s evident that jackets can be as profitable — if not more so — than the “normal” stuff most embroiderers sew, let’s look at the challenges of working with jackets.
Full StoryAre you looking for ways to save stitches but still produce top-notch embroidery with a good profit margin? Then appliqué may be the answer to your challenge.
Full StoryIn this Tech Tips Newsletter, we will be working with an array of new denim products from American Apparel to create embroidered looks your customers will love.
Full StoryIn responding to the various online forums, I am finding that one of the biggest topics in question is puffy letters.
Full StoryIt’s one thing to be a great embroiderer, but you also must have strong sales to keep your business alive.
Full StoryAppliqué on fleece, like any appliqué, is a fairly straightforward process. The two variances when compared to “normal” embroidery are the placement line in the design and getting the fabric cutout to fit inside that placement line.
Full StoryOiling your commercial embroidery machine is crucial to upkeep.
Full StoryThis video, courtesy of MESA Distributors, shows its Highland HM1501 15-needle embroidery machine in action.
Full StoryThere are different types of fibers used for bobbins, including cotton and polyester.
Full StoryBobbin tension is very important to an efficient embroidery operation. This video shows how to set bobbin tension on an L sized bobbin.
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