“Working With Stock Embroidery Designs”

by The Embroidery Coach · Filed Under: Apparel Decoration · Embroidery Webinars · embroidery-design-creation

“Working With Stock Embroidery Designs” is going to be the title of our Embroidery Webinar of the Month for next Tuesday night March 30th at 8 PM ET. It is the first part of a 2 part series about Working with Stock Designs.   In this first part we will be covering:

  • The Basic Rules of Using Stock Designs
  • The Advantage of Using Stock Designs
  • The Known issues in Stock Designs
  • Steps in Working with Stock Designs
  • I will show you how to edit some basic stock designs
  • I will show  you the best way to add lettering to complete a design
  • I will talk about Density-Underlay and Pull comps within the stock designs.

Part 2 of “Working with Stock Designs” will be held on April 27th at 1PM ET.

If you are an Embroidery Tips and More Embroidery club member these webinars will be FREE!  If you are not, go to EmbroideryWebinaroftheMonth and reserve your spot!

Make sure that you join us for these very informative webinars!

Joyce Jagger
The Embroidery Coach

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Joyce Jagger, The Embroidery Coach with  30 years experience in the embroidery industry is the creator of several embroidery training courses such as Embroidery Tips and More, How to Price Embroidery and currently holding an Embroidery Webinar once each month.  Joyce helps aspiring and struggling embroidery business owners find the right fit for their skills and passions.

How To Embroider A Design On Polyester Knit Shirts

by The Embroidery Coach · Filed Under: Apparel Decoration · Embroidery Tips · Uncategorized · embroidery-design-creation

I received a question about how to embroider a design on polyester knit shirts!

I am creating holes in a shirt as I am embroidering a left chest design.  What am I doing wrong? I used 2 layers of tearaway backing and a 75/11 ball point needle.  Could it be the density of my design?

The Answer:  Never use a tearaway backing/stabilizer alone on a knit garment.  Always use a cutaway backing/stabilizer.  The best combination that I have found is 2 layers of No Show or Mesh cutaway backing and 1 layer of crisp 1.5 oz. tearaway backing. I also recommend that  you use a topping on top of your garment and 70/10 ball point needles.  I have found this to be the perfect combination for all of my knits and especially those soft wicking fabrics that everyone dreads working with.  I have absolutely no issues with the wicking fabrics when I use this combination.

Our first thought is to lay blame on the design as the culprit when we create holes in our garments during the sewing process but many times it is the fault of the needle or the type of backing we are using.  75/11 needles are too large for these knit garments.  I use 70/10 needles for almost all of my applications.  Rarely do I use a 75/11 unless it is a tough fabric like heavy canvas.
I hope that this helps with the issues of embroidery on polyester knit shirts.
Joyce Jagger
The Embroidery Coach

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Joyce Jagger, The Embroidery Coach with  30 years experience in the embroidery industry is the creator of several embroidery training courses such as Embroidery Tips and More, How to Price Embroidery and currently holding an Embroidery Webinar once each month.  Joyce helps aspiring and struggling embroidery business owners find the right fit for their skills and passions.

How To Train A New Employee For Your Embroidery Business!

by The Embroidery Coach · Filed Under: Embroidery Business Basics · Embroidery Business Success · Embroidery Tips

How to Train a New Employee for your Embroidery Business does not have to be a difficult  procedure, but a training program is a must for the success of any embroidery business. Each new employee must be trained thoroughly on one process before they are allowed to move onto the next process.

If you have hired a new employee to start on the production floor, the best place to start is at the end of the process, regardless of what you have hired them for.  Start them trimming, folding and packing.  This helps them to see how the process is finished and helps to get them excited to learn more.

If a new employee cannot trim, they need to be dismissed.  This is a very basic function, but takes a lot of dexterity and attention to detail.  Many people feel that this part of the process is for low paying individuals that cannot do anything else.  This could not be farther from the truth.  A trimming mistake can ruin the entire process if close attention is not paid to detail.  They need to have a positive attitude and their attitude will really show up during this process.

They can then be moved into a helper’s position.  A helper is someone that can help tie new threads onto the machine, load and unload the machine, carry work from the hooping area to the machine and carry the finished work from the machine to the trimmers.  The training of this helper is very important.  They must be shown every thing that they are supposed to do and thoroughly tested on these skills.  This sounds like it is so simple that anyone should be able to do it, but they need to be taught exactly how each step is done.

When people are trained properly there is less spoilage, less down time and more co-operation.
For more information about working with employees visit Embroidery Business Success.  I wrote a book that is now available about how to start and create a profitable embroidery business.  In this book is a chapter to help you through the process of selecting and training your new employees.

Joyce Jagger
The Embroidery Coach

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Joyce Jagger, The Embroidery Coach with  30 years experience in the embroidery industry is the creator of several embroidery training courses such as Embroidery Tips and More, How to Price Embroidery and currently holding an Embroidery Webinar once each month.  Joyce helps aspiring and struggling embroidery business owners find the right fit for their skills and passions.

The Embroidery Cruise Group Is Having A Great Time On Their Embroidery Cruise!

by The Embroidery Coach · Filed Under: Building Relationships · Embroidery Business Success Stories

Today the Embroidery Cruise group spent a fabulous day in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Some of the group toured the Rainforest and the rest of us toured Old San Juan and New San Juan.  It was very interesting, with a lot of history, beautiful buildings and even some familiar spots like Starbucks and Burger King!

Embroidery Cruise GroupLeaving the harbor tonight in San Juan was absolutely beautiful. Visiting Puerto Rico was a lot of fun and tomorrow is Grand Turk.  I have been told that the beach at Grand Turk is extremely beautiful!  I am looking forward to spending the afternoon on the beach with so much warm sun and perfect weather!

Yesterday we visited St. Thomas.  With all of his beauty, St. Thomas is only 13 miles long and 2.5 miles wide.  In our tour we learned a lot about the native plants and all of their medicinal purposes along with a lot of history about the island.

Tuesday I taught embroidery classes about Working with Stock Designs, Saving time in Design Creation and Working with Small Lettering. Saturday we are having classes about Marketing, Search Engine Optimization and Website Creation.

I have really enjoyed teaching the classes. The embroiderers that are on the cruise are such an incredible group of individuals from every walk of life.  They are from all over the US including Alaska and Hawaii and cover so many different niche markets. It has been such a blessing to me to be able to get to know each one of them. I am really looking forward to Saturdays classes.

Joyce Jagger
The Embroidery Coach

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Joyce Jagger, The Embroidery Coach with  30 years experience in the embroidery industry is the creator of several embroidery training courses such as Embroidery Tips and More, How to Price Embroidery and currently holding an Embroidery Webinar once each month.  Joyce helps aspiring and struggling embroidery business owners find the right fit for their skills and passions.