Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of our progress; we need to quantify where we’ve been and how successful our plans for the previous year have been in order to make the plans that will get us where we want to be. In December’s Stitches Magazine, my perennial Ask an Expert column covers the process . . . Read More
It’s no secret that uniforms are a great way to legitimize your customers’ employees and bring them into line with your company’s branding, but wouldn’t you love to help them design uniforms that people wanted to wear, even if they didn’t have to? That’s part of the thrust behind the rising trend of retail-inspired uniforms. . . . Read More
In October’s Printwear Magazine, I wrote a piece about how one can manage machine embroidery on difficult bags. With bags, the more useful and feature rich the piece, the more difficult it can be to decorate. By their very nature, bags have a plethora of problems they can offer embroiderers, but by defining the most . . . Read More
In the ‘How-To Handbook’ section of the mid-September 2015 Resource Directory from Printwear Magazine, I took on the age-old question of how decorators should go about getting the correct art files that they need to do the best, highest-quality printing and embroidery. I wanted to stay far away from canned answers about file types, so . . . Read More
‘Applique Any Way’ appears in the September issue of the always informative Printwear Magazine. In the article, I cover 5 ways to create applique, no matter the amount or style of equipment you have. Supported by images of excellent work by the master of hand-cut applique, RJ Silva of Eyekandy Designs as well as some . . . Read More
I had the good fortune of being asked to join the one and only Rich Medcraft of StitchWise Embroidery in a presentation on thin threads put on by the good people of Madeira USA. In the webinar, we discuss some of the latest offerings from Madeira specifically of course, but we also had a chance . . . Read More
In case you missed it, I did a live interview a couple of weeks ago on the ever popular ASI Radio industry podcast! I discussed e-commerce, social media, web presence, and marketing- all with a bent toward the apparel decoration and promotional products industry. Check out the full episode along with some notes from my . . . Read More
Don’t be afraid of digitizing large and detailed embroidery designs! My August article for Printwear Magazine offers a step-by-step analysis of my process for dealing with even the most difficult pieces one step at a time. By breaking down the process to simple, easily defined steps, we can take what my at first seem . . . Read More
In case you missed it live, I was fortunate enough to interview the one and only Kristine Shreve of EnMart today on the 2 Regular Guys podcast with Aaron Montgomery and Terry Combs. We discussed the benefits of sharing information with one’s customers and industry through blogging and social media, covering some tips, tricks, and . . . Read More
My latest Ghost in The Embroidery Machine post for MrXStitch is entitled Digitizing for Non-Digitizers – 4 Basic Editing Skills to Save Designs. In this post, I give some brief details on why embroiderers of all stripes should have these particular 4 skills under their belts to keep production running and give them a little . . . Read More
