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• Redwork

  Welcome to 2010 .. the New Year has me off working on my designs site. It is truly a daunting task to find art that you are allowed to replicate and sell, digitize it, sample it, load it on the site, define the design, and ready it for sale and distribution... Posted Jan 08 2010, 02:00 PM by RMacali with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: macali, redwork

• 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

• Digitizing Training ~ The RUN Stitch

  Sorry for taking the week off .. I really like to prep for Mother's Day .. after all, my Mom is THE Queen and I really like to dedicate the whole weekend to her .. cooking, cleaning, taking her shopping and and out to a nice dinner and maybe a movie... Posted May 08 2009, 11:00 AM by RMacali with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: rick, macali, run, stitch, designs

• 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

• Starting an online business

  Q: I heard that online businesses were a fad and that in time physical storefronts will emerge on top again. A: Ask your local travel agent what they think of it being a fad !! Online stores are more popular than ever before, as a matter of fact, I was... Posted Apr 17 2009, 10:00 AM by RMacali with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: rick, macali, online, server, business, internet, online business

• 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