For the past 25 years, I have helped garment decorators choose various processes for embellishing garments with heat transfer and screen printing processes. During this time, I have had the unique opportunity to watch these methods evolve and become more efficient. In...
American Embroidery Supply, Columbus, Ga., has introduced new light-duty, micro-tip thread clippers. The 4.75-inch clippers (#700) feature stainless steel blades, super sharp points and an auto-return action that automatically reopens the blades after clipping. For...
SanMar Corp., Issaquah, Wash., has launched its 2013 Apparel, Bags & Caps catalog. It is the first full-line catalog to feature all the styles from the company’s District and District Made lines, as well as products from new brands, including Eddie Bauer, First...
Boxercraft Inc., Atlanta, has appointed Shelley Foland as its new vice president of sales and marketing. In her new role, Foland will be responsible for all sales and marketing channels for Boxercraft brands, including Boxercraft and Jones & Mitchell. She has more...
This video, courtesy of MESA Distributors, shows its Highland HM1501 15-needle embroidery machine in action. The five-minute video shows a highly detailed full jacket design being sewn section by section. It starts out showing the generous 3.4 inch LED screen that...
There are different types of fibers used for bobbins, including cotton and polyester. These different fiber types can make it difficult to confidently choose the correct bobbin for your embroidery purposes. In the above video, embroidery expert Deborah Jones reviews...
Oiling your commercial embroidery machine is crucial to upkeep. Knowing when and how to oil components like the rotary hook, presser foot drive shaft and needle bar can help keep your machine primed for optimum production. View the video above for detailed...
Bodek and Rhodes, Philadelphia, has added four new styles from Next Level Apparel to its catalog. Next Level’s newest styles include the Men’s Tank Top, Ladies’ Tri-Blended Dolman T-Shirt and two different Boy’s Crew Neck T-Shirts (100% cotton and Tri-Blend). With...
Royal Apparel, Hauppauge, N.Y., has introduced a new unisex fine-jersey heather T-shirt (style 24051C). The shirt is made of 40/1 singles, 3.8-ounce 35% cotton/65% polyester. It has a super soft feel and a classic vintage heather look that resembles a tri-blend....
Hirsch Intl., Hauppauge, N.Y., announced that its customer Signatures, Mauldin, S.C., was featured in a nationally televised news story about the U.S. Olympic team’s uniforms. Signatures does contract embroidery for Loggerhead Apparel, Greenville, S.C., and it was Zac...
Bobbin tension is very important to an efficient embroidery operation. This video shows how to set bobbin tension on an L sized bobbin. Watch out for the cardboard on your cardboard bobbin brands; some of them will rub the edges of your bobbin case and seriously mess...
RH-Solutions LLC, Milford, Ohio, has introduced an electrical-mechanical line of automatic textile printers called the Nano-Premier League Tex (nplTex). The line combines Grafica Flextronica’s nano series with the prinTex series, allowing users to create high-quality...
