The Original Post: (This post originally appeared on the Stitches Magazine Blog, On Links and Needles, Monday, March 29, 2010. In recent days, I’ve been answering questions about how we learn embroidery, why I share so much information, and why I am a proponent of openly teaching technique, and this no-longer-available post seemed germane. -EC) . . . Read More
I’ve seen a recent increase in embroidery shops wanting to be more self-reliant. This extends to everything from supplies and garments to services. This reliance spread to digitizing, leaving my introductory digitizing classes increasingly well-attended. Adding in-house digitizing to any embroidery department brings the inevitable question of pricing. In this post, I’ll answer these new . . . Read More
If you’ve been watching the DTG, DTF, or sublimation spaces and wondered how machine embroidery can fit into the mix beyond a multimedia collaboration, you’re going to love Faux Embroidery for Print! In my latest article for Images Magazine, I detail how I collaborated with the good folks at Equipment Zone to create a cool . . . Read More
Circumstances and Priorities Change. How we change our behavior in relation to those priorities, and how we deal with circumstances outside of our control, however, can say a lot about how closely we are working to serve our primary purpose and how we see ourselves in relation to our work. That said, having a week . . . Read More
My good friends from Images Magazine UK asked me to write a short piece on the ins and outs of machine embroidery hooping. If you are new to machine embroidery or just have some basic questions on getting material prepped for the embroidery machine, you can read the print version here. That said, if you . . . Read More
There’s nobody to blame but me for the lack of posts lately, but I’d like to believe I’ve been spending my time well since last I wrote here. Rather than stay with my comfort zone, I’ve taken the once experimental ‘Fridays with Erich’ and turned it into a commitment, spurred along by the awesome name . . . Read More
The second episode of Friday with Erich is up and online; this time we cover the reasons I think embroidery and apparel decoration shops should consider business management software, how to get inspired and create new work from your inspirational resources without knocking off the styles you see, what ‘thread weight’ means, and discuss some elements of . . . Read More
For my inaugural weekly livestream, I discussed my thoughts on recent seminars I taught at Impressions Expo, gave an update as to some upcoming opportunities to get in on machine embroidery and decoration education with me, and discussed my future in live streaming. . . . Read More
Hear Erich and Kate Plummer of PromoKitchen talk customer & order follow-up, the place of automation in replies, knowing your audience, and yes, caring. 😊 Find a video embedded as well as an admonition to join the #promochat fun. . . . Read More
Though I’ve had many happy customers, only a few have been sincerely emotionally affected by their first viewing of a piece. The thing that will surprise some decorators is that I hadn’t created an artistic triumph for my customer. Sometimes embroidery and emblems are much more than a way to identify one’s affiliations. . . . Read More
