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Embroidery Profit Podcast with Hope Yoder

Hope Yoder

Hope Yoder, who has worked in embroidery for 30 years and runs her own personalization business, built this show for people turning an embroidery machine into a paying business. Episodes are mostly 10 to 30 minutes and stay practical: choosing a machine, stabilizers and puckering, pricing, finding business clients, and getting customer approval before production. A good fit for beginners and small shops who want answers from someone running a shop day to day.

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19 min listen

BONUS EPISODE: Buyer Beware: What Happens When You Purchase Cheap Equipment

Apparelist · Apparelist Podcast

Tempted by a low-priced press, printer or machine? This short bonus episode looks at what can go wrong when a decorating business buys cheap equipment, the red flags to watch for, and how to research a purchase before you commit. Worth 20 minutes before you spend on any new machine.

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21 min listen

Episode 12: Embroidery Terms You Need To Know

Hope Yoder · Embroidery Profit Podcast with Hope Yoder

New to machine embroidery and lost in the jargon? Hope defines the words you will hear from digitizers and customers: throat plate, bobbin and tension, backing versus topper, left-chest and full-back placement, thread weight, stitch count and color stops, trims and jump stitches, and the main stitch types. She also touches on manual versus auto-digitizing and on woven and freestanding patches. A handy reference to revisit.

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23 min listen

Episode 3: Before You Buy an Embroidery Machine, Listen to This First

Hope Yoder · Embroidery Profit Podcast with Hope Yoder

Planning to buy your first embroidery machine, or wondering whether you have outgrown the one you have? Hope Yoder walks through the options, from single-needle flatbeds to commercial free-arm machines, what extra needles and heads mean in practice, and how to estimate what each setup can earn per hour before you spend. Listen before you start shopping, and have a notepad ready for the numbers.

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