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Education
Essentials for Your Embroidery Shop
For embroiderers just starting out, or for those who are looking to get their shop equipped with the basics, here…
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Working with Fluorescent Inks
When our customers are looking to add impact, we can incorporate a fluorescent ink into their design. The bright vibrant…
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How To: Sublimate Raw Materials with SubTHAT!
In this demonstration, Colin VanLint of JDS Industries shows how to use SubTHAT! to coat raw materials with a poly…
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Turn Down the Volume of Your Fonts
Be careful not to use too many different fonts in the same design. It looks amateurish and can actually wear…
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Starting a Screen-Printing Business
Before you open a shop, it’s important to create a business plan that sets you apart from the rest. Ask…
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Layering Heat Transfer Materials
Layering different types of heat transfer materials can certainly be done and will take your designs to the next level.…
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Standoff Systems: Give Your Signs a Lift
Standoff systems may, at first appearance, be an industry tool, but once you see one, they become ubiquitous. “When you…
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Taking on Embroidery Orders Larger Than Your Shop
It seems like small shop owners ask me how to handle large orders, instinctively knowing they need a push to…
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Discharge Cautions: Steps for Safe Printing
Ah, the smell of discharge in the morning! One of my personal favorite shop aromas. What is that smell anyway?…
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The Benefits of American-Made Embroidery Supplies
While apparel is one of the most common goods decorators seek out in the Made-in-USA category, Chris Meyers, Hab+Dash by…
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What is the one tip you would offer first-time sandcarvers?
Terri Kieffer, Key4Prints: Have a sense of humor and don’t take yourself too seriously, even when you become more experienced.…
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A Tale of Registration
Once upon a time… Some people viewed it as an art that could not be taught. To others, it was…
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Let’s Th(ink) About It: Wide-Format Textile Inks
Here’s a look at ink technologies common for wide-format textile printers, their strengths, and their primary applications. Dye-sublimation (also called…
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The Long View: Branding Your Brand
As a sign shop or commercial graphics provider you likely get many kinds of promotional projects to fulfill-product rollouts, special…
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Strategies to Sell Wholesale Items to Organizations for Fundraising
My suggestion is to promote two different strategies to an organization: selling inside and selling outside. Inside campaigns focus on…
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Additional Tools for Sandcarving Stone or Wood
If you’re working with stone or wood, I recommend having additional adhesive to apply to the back of your stencil…
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