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  • Charging for Digitizing?

    New to the business a client asked about how to charge for digitizing. There are a couple of ways people address it depending on they way they want to run their business. One is to build it into your cost and figure if they order over a certain amount...
    Published 16 Mar 2010 9:35 AM by Bev

  • Embroidery Operator for a Week, a great way to check out your business.

    I had a call from a client who had set up a temporary embroidery shop for the Olympics. They were in a panic, unable to keep ahead of the demand for hockey jerseys and needed more man power. They do not know me personally since they deal with my office...
    Published 15 Mar 2010 2:42 PM by Bev

  • Opening Ceremonies

    I was there, I was at the Opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. I was amazed, awed and proud. I was surrounded by many different nationalities all gathered under a flag of peace for the honouring of the athletes. Yes the expense is ridiculous...
    Published 26 Feb 2010 6:25 PM by Bev

  • The Day Before the Olympics

    This time tomorrow I will be making my way towards the opening ceremonies, how cool is that! However, I am feeling some stress since my sample machine decided to slowly wind down to zero velocity. It was like someone was playing with the speed until the...
    Published 11 Feb 2010 3:53 PM by Bev

  • 11 Days before the Olympics

    The count down is happening, 11 days to go before Opening Ceremonies. The crocuses are blooming and the daffodils are up 6” and in some areas they are blooming. It is the winter Olympics but it seems winter missed Vancouver this year. Last year...
    Published 1 Feb 2010 3:59 PM by Bev

  • Off Shore Digitizing

    I received a call from a company in Toronto that claimed they did quality digitizing for a lot cheaper than what I currently pay. I guess they didn't realize I am a digitizing centre but they got my interest and I started to ask questions. They claimed...
    Published 18 Jan 2010 10:35 AM by Bev

  • Leather

    So here is something else from the trade show. Leather can be a challenge. This thought was put forth by someone in a seminar. The reason a surgeon has so many scalpels is because a persons skin is very tough to cut and quickly dulls the blades, therefore...
    Published 8 Jan 2010 6:40 PM by Bev

  • Idea from Day Two of the Trade Show

    I would love to hear if anyone has tried or done this. I had someone in my CSI LSU Seminar( Crime Sewing Investigation, Lettering Special Unit ) tell me that they use a very light weight vinyl product under fills on towels. I was told that the vinyl tears...
    Published 8 Jan 2010 6:09 PM by Bev

  • Sharing Ideas from the Toronto Trade Show

    End of the day of teaching and it was a great group. When I get together with a new group of people, the greatest thing is when the group starts to share info. The boundaries drop, the competition is replaced by a sense of community. I am at the Toronto...
    Published 7 Jan 2010 4:02 PM by Bev

  • On the Road Again...Toronto Imprint Show.

    Final destination, the Imprint Sportswear Show in Toronto. I started my travels in Toronto before Christmas to visit family and headed east until I hit Montreal. Went North to Mont Blanc for more family visits and back to Montreal for the first day back...
    Published 5 Jan 2010 12:41 PM by Bev

  • My Love Hate Relationship with Keyboard Letters

    When you are in a hurry and you find the right font and it sews wonderful, I love them. If I have multiple rows of lettering and it is a nice standard font, heaven! I probably have a half a dozen fonts I use regularly but I think because I am old school...
    Published 11 Dec 2009 9:34 AM by Bev

  • Recipes for Success

    As a digitizer that had to learn the importance of underlay, pull compensation and density, when Pulse first came out with the idea of recipes I wasn’t sure it would be very useful. Now I am recommending that people to use them all the time. I always...
    Published 10 Dec 2009 1:41 PM by Bev

  • Bev' Modern Merrow, Chapter two of Something Old, Something new.

    The OLD Once upon a time in the ‘good’ old days, when someone wanted embroidery, there were crests. The process : Crests used to mean embroideries were done on a cotton drill fabric. They needed to be a rounded shape and this was marked with...
    Published 1 Dec 2009 2:11 PM by Bev

  • It's important your underwear fits.

    For those of you who don't know me, I love to horse back ride. Although I live in the city there is this great place 8 minutes from my house that is home to 580 horses approximately. The area is situated between the downtown area and the airport and...
    Published 28 Nov 2009 9:36 AM by Bev

  • Christmas is coming…

    I can’t help it, running through my head is the song “Santa Baby.’ You know the one, “slip the sable under the tree for me…I been an awful good girl, Santa Baby and hurry down the chimney tonight.” I always end up...
    Published 17 Nov 2009 10:08 AM by Bev
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