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	Small Letters Don't Have to Cause BIG Problems As embroidered designs and lettering get smaller, new problems arise. Small letters tend to cause more thread breaks, small walking stitches sometimes walk straight into the depths of the fabric, and thin lines get eaten in wool. So what makes small embroidery elements so difficult? Short Stitches... By Scott M Ritter, Written Saturday, November 21, 2015
	Guaranteed Profits for Screen Printing or Embroidery If you are reading this, you probably already have a pricing structure that you are using, but you are not satisfied with the profits your company is making. So how did you come up with the prices you've been charging? Did you create your pricing system by checking a competitors price list, then -... By Scott M Ritter, Written Tuesday, September 6, 2016
	Color That Pops: Simulated Process on Light and Dark Garments 'Simulated process' is the process of breaking down an image and making it look like it was printed using four color process - but without the use of the process colors, and not limited to a specific number of colors. It would usually be a raster image, meaning it was created or broken down in... By DrPrint, Written Thursday, July 7, 2016
	Digital Applique In the world of spiritwear, new, unique and different make all the difference in the world, yet working within the parameters of a school’s colors and mascot only leaves so much room for creativity. After all, how many different ways can you apply a three-color cougar paw to apparel???? Hmmmm…. ... By Jimmy Lamb, Written Friday, September 2, 2016
	Sublimation Ghosting Busting Ghosting mainly occurs in sublimation when the ink is still active even after you have opened the heat press as the transfer paper could have slightly moved during this process. When opening the heat press, the substrate and paper might move slightly resulting in the image to be slightly skewed... By Aaron Montgomery, Written Sunday, February 12, 2017
	5 Tips for Every Embroidery Shop Looking to reduce headaches and speed production? Who isn't? Here are 5 quick, down and dirty tips you might not know that will make your machines run better, keep your embroidery looking great and keep you sane! Backing sandwiches I get more questions about backings than any other embroidery topic... By Scott M Ritter, Written Tuesday, December 8, 2015
	Attracting the Right Customer For Success Success begins with being customer-centric and attracting the right customers. When we attract the right customers we not only love doing business with them because we have common values with them, but we also open ourselves up to a lot more business as those customers will be your best salespeople... By Aaron Montgomery, Written Monday, March 30, 2020
	Guaranteed Profits for Screen Printing or Embroidery - Part 3 <Back to Part 2 Time is Money Now that you have created your estimate for the amount of money your shop needs to generate annually, you also need to estimate the number of hours of production you will use as well. Just because you are open eight hours a day does not mean that production is... By Scott M Ritter, Written Wednesday, September 7, 2016

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