Library
Books, podcasts, videos and guides chosen for people who make and sell customized products — each with a note on why it's worth your time.
Melco Embroidery
For shops running Melco machines with the Wide Angle Cap Frame, this video shows how to hoop a cap on that frame. Hooped the way it demonstrates, the cap can take a desi…
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 b…
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…
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 to…
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…
Kerri Adamczyk
A beginner's guide to Cricut die-cutting machines: choosing a model for the materials you plan to cut, setting it up, and using the Design Space app and design library.…
Mary Mulari
A short project book for machine appliqué that goes beyond the basic method. It shows how to work with altered fabrics, overlays, backgrounds and layering, across 13 pro…
Elizabeth Keegan
Aimed at sewing-machine owners who stitch ready-made embroidery designs. It explains the types and file formats of designs, how to get a downloaded design onto your mach…
Lisa Archer
Written for people just getting started with an embroidery machine. Step-by-step instructions cover stabilizer, thread, fabric and hooping, then move on to appliqué, cus…
Jeanine Twigg
Covers the whole home-machine embroidery process in one place: choosing designs, thread, stabilizer and needles, then hooping, placing the design and stitching it out. M…
Nancy Zieman
A plain-spoken beginner's course in machine embroidery. It walks through the tools you need, setting up the work area, machine types, choosing designs, positioning with…
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