As a screen printing or other apparel decoration business owner, it is very likely that at some point, you’ve had a customer request that you could not fulfill in-house. Maybe it was somebody looking for embroidered hats, or a little league coach requesting a small print order of 2 dozen dry-fit jerseys for his team. Chances are, you had to either refer that business to someone else, or outsource it, taking a big chunk out of any potential profit for the sale.
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Exciting news! Melco has released a new embroidery font pack (also called "alphabets").
Here are a few key details:
If appliqué or sportswear are part of your business now, or could be in the future, then this article is for you! Traditional appliqué techniques using tackle twill or other material is a classic, time-honored approach. HOWEVER, with Melco technology, you can grow beyond traditional applications, and add printed graphics to your appliqué designs. See this technology in action at the Boston Showcase June 21–22.
It is common for a retail clothing business to use either embroidery or print to create team wear, workwear, souvenirs, and personalized products for their customers. However, advances in technology have made it possible to combine production techniques. Now, you can add embroidery to print designs, using laser alignment technology. Create decorated apparel in ways not possible before!
While walking through an art gallery recently and l looking at some of my favorite paintings, I was struck by the artists’ use of color and even their economy of stroke. I truly appreciate their work and often wonder how I can better apply those same concepts to my embroidery. Painters have some advantages with colors that embroiders, at least on the surface, appear to lack. They can mix and blend colors to achieve that perfect shade or hue. We who work in thread cannot… or can we?
I am often handed stockings or blankets from people who want names or monograms stitched onto the high loft materials. The problem becomes, how do you make the embroidery stand out nice and clear without the fluff of the fabric curving over and around the embroidery? Managing the nap and textures appropriately make all the difference between something that is OK and something that is awesome! So how is it done? How can you prevent the nap of the fabric from interfering with your design once the topping solvy is removed from the fabric?
Stitch density is the distance between stitch lines traveling in the same direction. The lower the number and/or percent, the closer the stitch lines are. The higher the number and/or percent, the further apart the stitch lines are. The example below shows low,10 point sitch density, compared to higher, 5 point stitch density.
Complex fill elements are most commonly used for laying stitches down over a large area. These fills tend to look flat and, when considered by itself, a flat fill does not usually add a lot of dynamic interest to the work. One way to increase the interest and add creativity to the fill is to incorporate patterns within the fill area. These patterned fills take the flat fill area and add shapes into the fill so you can give the fill an embossed or stamped look. Melco International’s DesignShop Pro+ software has well over 40 standard fill patterns that can be applied to a fill area, but the possibilities are truely endless. With DesignShop Pro+, you can create any shape and and turn it into a pattern for a fill area. The below steps show you how simple it is to add your own custom patterns to a fill. The instructions below are specifically for DesignShop Pro +.
