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• The embroidery business in today's marketplace ..

  "Hello, yeah, it's been a while / Not much, how 'bout you I'm not sure why I "blogged" / I guess I really just wanted to talk to you" ~ hmmm, that sounds familiar .. OK OK .. I've taken some time off, but wedding plans... Posted Aug 07 2009, 11:30 AM by RMacali with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: rick, digitizing, satin, embroidery, macali, design, run, online, business, internet, online business, digitizing art, best art, digitizing technique, stitch, designs, digitizing training, digtizing

• How a computer stopped an embroidery business ..

  Computer repair can be costly, I don't just mean out of pocket cash .. but, cash that doesn't reach your pocket because your computer issues are halting business. As you can probably tell, I have been MIA for the last 2-3 weeks. Blame the computer... Posted Jun 19 2009, 11:30 AM by RMacali with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: rick, digitizing, embroidery, macali, business, online business, digitizing technique, digitizing training

• It seems the art has 100 colors, what is a digitizer to do??!!

  I just had one of those embroiderer and 'can't make up her mind' customer interactions. The antagonist of the story, played by the customer, is a great water color painter -- if you don't believe her, just ask her -- and, she brings in... Posted May 22 2009, 11:30 AM by RMacali with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: rick, digitizing, macali, digitizing art, digitizing training

• Freestanding lace ~ how, why .. where??!!

  First, I must announce the new site that has been 18 months in the designing, redesigning and making: www.embdesignsnow.com . (Site should be up and running on Monday) ANY and ALL embroiderers should really take a look at what this site is offering. In... Posted May 15 2009, 11:30 AM by RMacali with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: rick, digitizing, macali, free standing lace, FSL

• Art to stitches - what kind of art works well

  Q: You hear stories of beautiful embroidery designs created from sketches on a bar napkin. Is that true? A: Though I may have had gotten ideas from sketches, the better the art, the better the embroidered design will be. Your software undoubtedly can... Posted Apr 24 2009, 09:30 AM by RMacali with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: rick, digitizing, embroidery, macali, design, digitizing art, best art, art, digitizing technique

• Basic embroidery digitizing

  Q: How does the embroidery machine know where to put all the stitches? A: You just scan the image and the software analyzes the art and tells the machine where to place the stitches. Well, that's what our customers think. I wish it were that easy... Posted Apr 10 2009, 11:00 AM by RMacali with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: rick, fill, digitizing, satin, embroidery, macali, design, run