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Learn how Monograms can help your embroidery company grow and make you more money as a commercial embroiderer.  Deborah Jones is here to show you how.

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KK100 is one of our best selling products at Gunold USA.  Who wouldn't want some unique tips for using KK100 to the fullest.  Deborah Jones shares her secrets here.

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Deborah shared some great tips on how to promote and market your embroidery products.  Don't miss these great tips.

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A new video in "Poly's Pointers" shows you a quick trick for threading your embroidery machine.  Check out our threads and find a perfect fit for you here.

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Gunold USA provides you insight from Deborah Jones on ideal setup for straight embroidery sewouts.

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The Most Overlooked Stitch Saver - Stitch Length

Embroiderers who want to make a design softer, with fill stitched areas containing fewer stitches, often focus on the density settings. Making the density lighter may be a suitable solution in some instances, but it often leads to a sparsely covered area.

I find that using the stitch length setting is frequently a better solution. Just think about it – making each stitch in a fill area a bit longer results in fewer stitches and a fill stitch area that looks more lofty and lush.

When adjusting fill stitches to be longer, consider whether there will be lettering or details applied on top of the fill-stitched area. Test to be sure that the stitches aren’t too long for the details to appear crisp, and that they don’t pull the fill apart.

As an example, a typical stitch length value is 3 points, sometimes displayed as 0.3 or .30. Increase to 4 points (0.4 or .40) or more, depending on your design details, for a soft, beautiful fill with great coverage.

-Deborah Jones is a regular contributor to the Gunold USA blog and also provides valuable insight into specialized embroidery in our training videos-

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A look at stitch length differences explained by Deborah Jones

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Deborah Jones details some simple, easy tips for commercial embroiderers on how to best work with Embroidery Stabilizer.

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Deborah Jones gives invaluable tips for working with embroidery needles as a commercial embroiderer.

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Deborah Jones discusses Gunolds unique holoshimmer embroidery thread for commercial embroiderers.

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Gingher scissors are perfect for tough hooped embroidery that needs cut.  Here's a look at them in action.  See these and more Gingher scissors at Gunold

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What the professionals use: A look at Deborah Jones' personal embroidery tool kit.  See these products and much more at Gunold USA

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Mastering Small Embroidery - Part V

by Daniel Fucci of Sierra Technology Group

Part V: Dealing with lowercase

Ok, so 8-mm serifs or 5-mm blocks seem to be challenging enough, even when they're all uppercase, right?

How about lowercase?  At 4 mm?  Yes, it sounds crazy.  What would be even more crazy would be to not use the geometry of the letter in your favor and get a hold of whatever space may be available. 

Follow the diagram below, step by step, to understand how each new solution may present a new challenge, and how to change stitch direction to take advantage of the natural push & pull process of embroidery.

Keep in mind that we’re using a 4 mm lowercase "e", which the chart from a previous article in this same Small Lettering series recommended not to do.  Are you up for the challenge?

This article concludes the initial 5-part series for Mastering Small Lettering.  Future installments may concentrate on digitizing instead of editing existing Font characters.

Stay tuned and how Gunold can help with your commercial embroidery digitizing.

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Durkee Hoops Facebook Drawing

Gunold is proud to announce our Facebook drawing for $350 in Durkee Embroidery Hoops.  The drawing will be on August 3.  Durkee hoops are designed to provide superior quality in a high impact plastic design.  Durkee hoops are great for various commercial embroidery sewouts including thicker, hard-to-hold garments.  The giveaway is your chance to get a number of different sized Durkee hoops to meet your unique embroidery needs.  More information about the Deluxe Set of Durkee Hoops giveaway can be found on the official Gunold USA facebook page.  

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Deborah Jones again shows Solvy water soluble backing in action in this video.  To learn more about our solvy products and other backings visit our website.

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Deborah Jones explains some instant removal tips for Solvy Embroidery Backing.

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A great fix for those tough to manage hoops from Deborah Jones.