Stitch Up
11-10-2009, 07:28 AM
Morning guys
Name is John and my partner is Angie.
I was a contributor to the PPP forum and found it a very useful resource for help and whenever possible, helping others.
We started out a few years back doing embroidery mainly for the Ariel Atom Owners Club, it provided us with a slow starting point which was just what we needed as we were both new to embroidery. The learning curve was extremely steep and continues. At firts we used to send off images to be digitized into patterns our machine could use. This was the only way we could start as I had no experience whatsoever of digitizing, let alone the different stitches! However, the downsides were time and cost, sometimes we'd wait for ages for the patterns to come back.
Anyway, here we are a few years on and we do all our own digitizing now. This is great for us as we can really 'go to town' and include detail that others don't produce. For those interested, you can view some of our patterns HERE (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Embroidery/?start=all) As you can see, most of our work is car related as I'm a speed freak also owning an Ariel Atom
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/My%20Atom/DesktopPicture.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Embroidery/Thorogoods1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Embroidery/Embroidered%20Items/SubaruSTi.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Printing%20and%20Dye%20Sub/Shirts%20etc/Sport/BritishGrandPrixLadies.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Printing%20and%20Dye%20Sub/Shirts%20etc/Sport/BritishGP2009Jenson.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Embroidery/Embroidered%20Items/Choccoffe.jpg
Since these humble beginnings, we expanded into DyeSub, well, not really because it was laser sub. We did okay with it but were never happy with the final product, this is the problem with laser. When we saw what was possible with DyeSub, we realised how inferior our stuf was. Recently we purchased a Ricoh GX 7000 Gel Printer and to date, we've only produced coasters and a few shirts but the diffrence is amazing. We've also combined embroidery with heat pressing. Oh, we also produce rhinestone patterns!
This is a combination of embroidery, print & rhinestones - well ONE rhinestone :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Printing%20and%20Dye%20Sub/Shirts%20etc/Sport/MonacoT-Shirt043SparklewithText.jpg
Main Hardware List
Brother BAS423 3 Head Embroidery Machine
Hoopmaster Hooping Station
Graphtec CE5000-60 Cutter
Graphtec Robo Master Cutter
Adkins Beta Major Pneumatic Heat Press
Bambi Compressor for Heat Press
Gerber Edge FX for Printing Vinyl
Gerber Edge 1
Gerber GS15Plus Sprocket Driven Vinyl Cutter
Propress Steamer
Ricoh GX 7000 Gel Printer
HTP616 Twin Head Halogen Mug Machine
18' Trailer for Shows
Marksman CL6500 Generator 7KW Generator
Computers & Software
Geez, don't I ramble on!
John
Name is John and my partner is Angie.
I was a contributor to the PPP forum and found it a very useful resource for help and whenever possible, helping others.
We started out a few years back doing embroidery mainly for the Ariel Atom Owners Club, it provided us with a slow starting point which was just what we needed as we were both new to embroidery. The learning curve was extremely steep and continues. At firts we used to send off images to be digitized into patterns our machine could use. This was the only way we could start as I had no experience whatsoever of digitizing, let alone the different stitches! However, the downsides were time and cost, sometimes we'd wait for ages for the patterns to come back.
Anyway, here we are a few years on and we do all our own digitizing now. This is great for us as we can really 'go to town' and include detail that others don't produce. For those interested, you can view some of our patterns HERE (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Embroidery/?start=all) As you can see, most of our work is car related as I'm a speed freak also owning an Ariel Atom
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/My%20Atom/DesktopPicture.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Embroidery/Thorogoods1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Embroidery/Embroidered%20Items/SubaruSTi.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Printing%20and%20Dye%20Sub/Shirts%20etc/Sport/BritishGrandPrixLadies.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Printing%20and%20Dye%20Sub/Shirts%20etc/Sport/BritishGP2009Jenson.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Embroidery/Embroidered%20Items/Choccoffe.jpg
Since these humble beginnings, we expanded into DyeSub, well, not really because it was laser sub. We did okay with it but were never happy with the final product, this is the problem with laser. When we saw what was possible with DyeSub, we realised how inferior our stuf was. Recently we purchased a Ricoh GX 7000 Gel Printer and to date, we've only produced coasters and a few shirts but the diffrence is amazing. We've also combined embroidery with heat pressing. Oh, we also produce rhinestone patterns!
This is a combination of embroidery, print & rhinestones - well ONE rhinestone :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/datasafe/Printing%20and%20Dye%20Sub/Shirts%20etc/Sport/MonacoT-Shirt043SparklewithText.jpg
Main Hardware List
Brother BAS423 3 Head Embroidery Machine
Hoopmaster Hooping Station
Graphtec CE5000-60 Cutter
Graphtec Robo Master Cutter
Adkins Beta Major Pneumatic Heat Press
Bambi Compressor for Heat Press
Gerber Edge FX for Printing Vinyl
Gerber Edge 1
Gerber GS15Plus Sprocket Driven Vinyl Cutter
Propress Steamer
Ricoh GX 7000 Gel Printer
HTP616 Twin Head Halogen Mug Machine
18' Trailer for Shows
Marksman CL6500 Generator 7KW Generator
Computers & Software
Geez, don't I ramble on!
John