Embroidery
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Education
How to Embroider Small Letters
Laura Gomez, the content specialist at Ricoma, shares seven tips for improving the quality of your small-letter embroidery. You don’t…
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How do I tame the fuzz around the edges of my 3D embroidery?
Careful application of a heat source is your best bet for the smaller fibers of foam that remain after you’ve…
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Education
Job Costing for Embroidery Profit: Flexibility is Key
Whether it’s understanding the difference between variable and fixed costs, utilizing keystone pricing, or taking your shot at some of…
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Education
Job Costing for Embroidery Profit: Additional Pricing Methods
Aside from having pricing worries and understanding your goals and costs, you must determine which pricing method is best for…
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Education
Job Costing for Embroidery Profit: Keystone Pricing
Keystone pricing, or keystoning, is a method of pricing embroidery jobs that embroidery and monogram shop owners often use. It’s…
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Education
Job Costing for Embroidery Profit: Break Down Goals and Understand Costs
Tom Rumbaugh continues his embroidery costing series with insights on goal setting and understanding costs. Check out his tips on…
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How can embroiderers pre-plan a design’s pathing?
If you are having trouble envisioning the order in which design elements should run, you should pre-plan your pathing. You…
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Education
Job Costing for Embroidery Profit
Most embroidery shops struggle with knowing what to charge for their embroidery work, and it seems like every shop has…
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How can I reduce bulkiness when embroidering fabrics that require stabilizer?
The first way to reduce the bulk of embroidery stabilizer is by not using too much stabilizer when you embroider.…
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Why am I experiencing birdnesting issues with small lettering?
No matter how it occurs, birdnesting generally means there’s a problem with tension. Most commonly, when someone refers to a…
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Education
Center Stage: Placing Designs in a Hoop
If you’re new to embroidery, you’ve probably wondered how your machine will know exactly where to stitch. That’s where you…
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How do I approach a job of 48 jackets with tackle twill on the back if I don’t like working with appliqué?
Say yes to the order and contract out the jacket backs to a production house that does appliqué regularly. Make…
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Education
Stumped by Stabilizers?
This handy chart will help decide which stabilizers will work best for you on a variety of fabrics. Corduroy Tear-away…
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Education
Why Poor Needle Choice Results in Poor Embroidery
Using the wrong size or needle type can cause undue damage to the garment and thread breakage. Sharp needles, by…
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I’m entering the commercial embroidery market after years of working in the craft market. What do I need to prepare for?
If you don’t like talking about or handling money matters, can’t stand sales or marketing, don’t like serving people, and…
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What common errors do embroiderers make when choosing stabilizer?
Know your fabric’s limitations when it comes to the design itself before thinking about which stabilizer to use. Puckering, pulling,…
