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Casual Articles - Embroidering on Headwear
Recently, while visiting a friend's office, he began to tell me his business was a mess. It wasn't fun anymore. "The problem with this business," he said, "is that the manager (ME) is the worst person for the job. I have no training in management. My partner just wants to come to work, do his job and leave the management chores to me. Frankly, I don't have any great desire to be the boss, either. Personnel problems, cash problems, meeting sales quotas – I do it all. It's everyday and it's a drag."Sound familiar? You have a lot of company. In every business, however, "somebody" has to be the boss. You may not have the training, the desire or the patience but you have the job. Is there any way to make it less painful?YES! First recognize that every bu
If you are planning to embroider a design on the side of a hatband for a hat worn by men, make sure the design is placed on the left side. Anything on a woman’s hatband must be on the right side. (This custom has its roots in the seventeenth century and the Cavalier hat with its long plumes and ostrich feathers, which needed to be restricted to the left side to free the sword arm.)
FABRIC Productivity on the Job: Phil's New Nailing Gun
Increased productivity means people like Jane and Phil earn effectively higher wages than their parents.Here's why: Every time a company makes an improvement, a productivity improvement, it increases its value and its income. Whether it reduces a cost or adds value for which consumers will pay more, it increases its earnings.Some of those increased earnings go to higher (real) wages for employees, some goes to investors, and some goes back into improving the business. When we say real wages, we mean after inflation.Consider this: Phil, a carpenter who builds homes, buys a new, compressed-air nailing gun, and now frames a house in 18 and a half days, rather than 19 days as he did with his old nailing gun. He still gets paid the same amount for framing a h
Digitizing and Embroidery Tips
WHEN TO CHOOSE EMBROIDERY
Hats come in as many shapes and styles as there are reasons and people to wear them. Some common types of headwear that sport embroidery today are knit caps, racing caps, headwraps, straw hats, bucket hats and visors. When considering a hat for embroidery, however, the baseball cap stands out from the crowd.
The baseball cap, an American invention, was first worn by national baseball teams and gained widespread popularity in the 20’s and 30’s when “regular folk” started wearing them to show support for their favorite team. The baseball cap, with the bill backwards, sideways or facing front, is more popular today than it was then. It is a trendy item that can “spread the word” for your customer for years to come.
LOCATION
Baseball caps come in 5 basic styles:
• high profile with high flat fronts, good for advertising but not as popular with younger hat wearers,
• low-profile with a lower frontal area and a sloping crown. This is the most popular style but has a more restricted embroidery area,
• pro-style, which is a low-profile hat with a more upright front—traditionally used by professional teams,
• 5 panel, a high-profile hat with no front center seam,
• 6 panel, available in high, low or pro-style with a front center seam.
For a design over 4” wide, which is to be sewn on a cap front, it is generally necessary to digitize from the middle of the design outward since sewing from left to right may cause most caps to pucker at the front seam. (This is not as much of an issue on a 5-panel, high-profile cap.) Therefore, if you are trying to cut costs to spec a job and are considering using one tape for both a cap and left chest, keep your design under 2.25” high and digitize for the cap. Your embroiderer will be able to go from a cap to a flat (left chest) much more easily than from a flat to a hat. For best results, of course, we recommend that each embroidery tape be digitized specifically for the area on which it will be embroidered.
If you are planning to embroider a design on the side of a hatband for a hat worn by men, make sure the design is placed on the left side. Anything on a woman’s hatband must be on the right side. (This custom has its roots in the seventeenth century and the Cavalier hat with its long plumes and ostrich feathers, which needed to be restricted to the left side to free the sword arm.)
FABRIC Debate for Business Plan Data and Early Franchise Disclosure
I have heard franchise attorneys say that prospective franchisees need the disclosure documents early on so they can make a business plan to see if the franchised outlet is feasible and I debated with them over this point of contention. Potential franchise buyers have also told me they wanted to put together a business plan for their evaluation process and therefore they need all the disclosure documents. They ask for these documents before they fill out the confidential questionnaire. We of course do not send out a UFOC without a completed questionnaire, which has been verified and we know the applicant meets our general approval and then check credit sources to see if they can actually afford it.We have had potential buyers fill out the questionnaire and leave inl baseball teams and gained widespread popularity in the 20’s and 30’s when “regular folk” started wearing them to show support for their favorite team. The baseball cap, with the bill backwards, sideways or facing front, is more popular today than it was then. It is a trendy item that can “spread the word” for your customer for years to come.
LOCATION
Baseball caps come in 5 basic styles:
• high profile with high flat fronts, good for advertising but not as popular with younger hat wearers,
• low-profile with a lower frontal area and a sloping crown. This is the most popular style but has a more restricted embroidery area,
• pro-style, which is a low-profile hat with a more upright front—traditionally used by professional teams,
• 5 panel, a high-profile hat with no front center seam,
• 6 panel, available in high, low or pro-style with a front center seam.
For a design over 4” wide, which is to be sewn on a cap front, it is generally necessary to digitize from the middle of the design outward since sewing from left to right may cause most caps to pucker at the front seam. (This is not as much of an issue on a 5-panel, high-profile cap.) Therefore, if you are trying to cut costs to spec a job and are considering using one tape for both a cap and left chest, keep your design under 2.25” high and digitize for the cap. Your embroiderer will be able to go from a cap to a flat (left chest) much more easily than from a flat to a hat. For best results, of course, we recommend that each embroidery tape be digitized specifically for the area on which it will be embroidered.
If you are planning to embroider a design on the side of a hatband for a hat worn by men, make sure the design is placed on the left side. Anything on a woman’s hatband must be on the right side. (This custom has its roots in the seventeenth century and the Cavalier hat with its long plumes and ostrich feathers, which needed to be restricted to the left side to free the sword arm.)
FABRIC Blackberry 8100 Pearl - The Smallest, Smartest Smartphone Yet
The new Blackberry 8100 Pearl cell phone is one of the smallest, sleekest cell phones ever made. It is a small phone with clean, slick look and being one of the smallest smartphones every made it still has all of the features of a blackberry.Some of the features of the Blackberry 8100 Pearl are: a 1.3 mega pixel camera to capture your Kodak moments, a MP3 player that lets you listen to your favorite songs, expandable memory, etc. It of course comes with the regular features of a blackberry smartphone which is phone, email, web browser, text messaging (SMS and MMS), organizer to organize your applications, instant messaging, etc. It also gives you the capability to store 500 cell phone numbers and names in the phones cell phone directory. Using the phones cell phor hat wearers,
• low-profile with a lower frontal area and a sloping crown. This is the most popular style but has a more restricted embroidery area,
• pro-style, which is a low-profile hat with a more upright front—traditionally used by professional teams,
• 5 panel, a high-profile hat with no front center seam,
• 6 panel, available in high, low or pro-style with a front center seam.
For a design over 4” wide, which is to be sewn on a cap front, it is generally necessary to digitize from the middle of the design outward since sewing from left to right may cause most caps to pucker at the front seam. (This is not as much of an issue on a 5-panel, high-profile cap.) Therefore, if you are trying to cut costs to spec a job and are considering using one tape for both a cap and left chest, keep your design under 2.25” high and digitize for the cap. Your embroiderer will be able to go from a cap to a flat (left chest) much more easily than from a flat to a hat. For best results, of course, we recommend that each embroidery tape be digitized specifically for the area on which it will be embroidered.
If you are planning to embroider a design on the side of a hatband for a hat worn by men, make sure the design is placed on the left side. Anything on a woman’s hatband must be on the right side. (This custom has its roots in the seventeenth century and the Cavalier hat with its long plumes and ostrich feathers, which needed to be restricted to the left side to free the sword arm.)
FABRIC Opportunities Galore for the Bilingual
The world is ever changing. We have seen fads come and go, bands come and go, and hot markets come and go. But there is one thing that has kept on getting hotter, that is the need for someone to translate. Virtually every area you can think of needs someone to translate for them. If you haven’t thought about the possibility of you translating, maybe you should start.I cant think of a college when I was looking that didn’t require atleast some foreign language in high school. Most college actually have a requirement for you to take a few semesters before you graduate. This makes a student more well rounded and can only help them out. I remember when I took Spanish back in high school my teacher accompanied the police department to help them out when they needed om the middle of the design outward since sewing from left to right may cause most caps to pucker at the front seam. (This is not as much of an issue on a 5-panel, high-profile cap.) Therefore, if you are trying to cut costs to spec a job and are considering using one tape for both a cap and left chest, keep your design under 2.25” high and digitize for the cap. Your embroiderer will be able to go from a cap to a flat (left chest) much more easily than from a flat to a hat. For best results, of course, we recommend that each embroidery tape be digitized specifically for the area on which it will be embroidered.
If you are planning to embroider a design on the side of a hatband for a hat worn by men, make sure the design is placed on the left side. Anything on a woman’s hatband must be on the right side. (This custom has its roots in the seventeenth century and the Cavalier hat with its long plumes and ostrich feathers, which needed to be restricted to the left side to free the sword arm.)
FABRIC Accomplish Difficult Tasks Easily
Is there something you've been meaning to do? If you're like me, you probably have a long "to-do" list, but have you noticed that some tasks come and go very quickly on that list while other things linger.Look at your list now. Is there anything you can cross off today because it is just not necessary anymore? Probably not. The long standing items on my list are usually large, time consuming projects or difficult tasks that I am unsure of the best way to complete.It is much easier to stick with what we know and more rewarding to cross several items off our lists in the course of a day than just one.Are Your Difficult Tasks Really Important?
But, think about it. Why is each item on your list? Will it make your life easier? Will it increase salend that each embroidery tape be digitized specifically for the area on which it will be embroidered.
If you are planning to embroider a design on the side of a hatband for a hat worn by men, make sure the design is placed on the left side. Anything on a woman’s hatband must be on the right side. (This custom has its roots in the seventeenth century and the Cavalier hat with its long plumes and ostrich feathers, which needed to be restricted to the left side to free the sword arm.)
FABRIC
The most common fabrics used for embroidered hats today are poplin, twill and wool. Of the three, poplin is the best all around choice for embroidery. It holds its shape, shows off embroidery well and is pliable enough to be easily hooped. Twill and wool also display embroidery well but are not quite as pliable as poplin. Wool’s thickness and stiffness make it the most difficult of the three to hoop for the embroidery process once backing is included.
On the other end of the spectrum, avoid foam hats, which are impossible to embroider and painters caps, made of paper-thin fabric, which do not embroider well. If you want a finished product that you can be proud of, investing in a better quality fabric for your embroidered caps is well worth the investment.
DESIGN ELEMENTS
The baseball cap, in particular, can be a veritable “walking billboard” today with 180° and 270° hooping capability. This treatment is most often seen in resorts, pro shops or country clubs, but done tastefully, could show up at a company picnic or corporate event. Keeping the sides fairly simple is the suggestion here. A long, narrow design, interesting text or complimentary logos along the sides can make a statement without making the hat appear too busy or confusing.
A recent trend is to have a customer’s website address along the back of the hat and the company logo across the front. (This would require two separate digitized tapes.)
An ongoing problem with embroidery design elements for all types of fabrics is text size. This is especially critical on hats. A design layout may need re-thinking if small text is included. In this situation the company logo may be sewn across the front and text across the back or on the side. Script or serif fonts are not advisable for text up to ?” high. For best results, use capitalized letters in a sans serif font such as Ariel. (Your digitizer will let you know if the text in your design will sew out well at its original size.)
Suggested minimum letter height:
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