Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Technology of Contemporary Machine Embroidery.

Embroidery has progressed in leaps and bounds over the paste few centuries. Even in just the past few years there have been considerable advances in the industry. Embroidery today is advanced and sometimes complex in the technological process that is involved in the different stages of creating it. For example:
· Creation of a digitized machine embroidery file

· Adjustment of the embroidery machine

· Preparation of the materials

· Creating the actual embroidery

The opportunities that exist within the contemporary embroidery industry have increased greatly over the years and now include many modern materials with a nice mix of the old, tried and true. Example materials include:

Backing is applied as a lining material at embroidery for stabilization of the fabric. It is often used within a hoop while doing the embroidery or glued with a temporary paste that can be removed later. There are also iron-on backing options.

Water-soluble films is clear soluble film provides stability to embroidery and then washes away like magic with cold water. It is used for performance complex motives and on problematic fabrics, it helps stitches to not be lost on a friable basis fabrics. These film were made for carry out embroidery on knitted, terry products, complex motives and the thinnest details of embroidery.

Colored films of PVC is used at realization of embroidery with 3D-effect. It is possible to use, as for embroidery on T-shorts, caps, scarves, sweaters, jackets, and as on stand-alone basis for chevron patches. The color gamut includes both monotonous colors of a rainbow, and bicolored striped structures. The metallized fabrics are made by inclusion of the metallized string.

Puffy Foams is an Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Film. It is non-toxic, water-resistant and machine washable. It is being widely seen commercially in headgear and washable wearables. It usualy comes in two thicknesses for different stitching 3D effects, and used in home and commercial machine embroidery. Puffy Foam is available in 12 colors to match your thread color. It perforates cleanly when stitched through, and makes the stitching stand well above the fabric.

Ready covers of wide color scale is fabrics simulate embroidery. It is put to a face sheet of a product as application. It is developed for filling large areas of embroidery, it also fixes an embroidery on fabric.

Modern embroidery threads and auxiliary materials for problem fabrics. The special fabrics have been developed especially for manufacturing patches and stripes, as an alternative material of garment. These fabrics are not dismissed after a cutting by scissors, not demanding overstitching.

Opportunities of embroidery software also are extremely wide as well and there are so many different ones to pick and choose from. This software makes creating embroidery a whole new ballgame. It works with the genius thinking of an actual human but precision that can only be created with technology.

It considers the material that will be used for the embroidery such as silk, chintz, shirt fabric, fleece, velvet and more. The file which is used by the software can have a considerable effect on the overall look of the embroidery so it is important to know what type of material the embroidery will be going on.

Many embroidery machines, except for embroidery with threads, allow embroidery with a cord, spangles. During embroidery it uses industrial lasers for the creation of application. The exception is a traditional shuttle embroidery method, exist embroidery by loops (chain stitch) and a combination of these methods. Using different adaptations and devices, the embroidery machine allows embroidering on a cloth and a cut of products, on finished goods, and even on the form of a pipe. These are such products as: T-shorts, polo shirts, sweatshirts, a knitted sweaters, trousers, socks, and gloves. There are devices for embroidery on a tape in width from 15 up to 50 mm. This leaves many great creative options for embroidery.

Applying your Design.

There are minimal and maximal sizes of embroidery. Once you have decided what you will be placing the embroidery on (such as a towel, shirt, curtain, bag, etc) then you will also want to know where on this item you will place the embroidery design. The place you will be putting the design is important as it can affect the look of the design. You should also know how to size the design so that it fits properly in the area you need it to fit in.

There are two basic machine embroidery cover types: a sateen (satin stitch embroidery) and complex cover, known also as "pattern". There are described below:

Sateen (satin stitch embroidery) is a type of machine embroidery at which stitches settle down perpendicularly directing. This type is used basically at embroidery of letters and when it is necessary to receive a smooth surface, for example at embroidery frames, contours, and fine details. Sateen looks very beautiful, but it is important to remember that the range of width of stitches is limited; it's from 1 up to 9 mm. It is possible to make, certainly, less or more, but in the first case stitches will fail in a fabric, and in the second - they will pull fabric. There is a way of splitting of stitches (the long stitch is broken into 2 or 3 stitches), but it already depends on special requirements of the desirable image, anyway, our digitizers always aspire to find the most successful variation.

Complex Cover- The second variant of machine embroidery cover is continuous complex pattern, in which the main benefit is the arrangement of stitches and an opportunity to fill big areas. Stitches of the fixed length adjoin to each other, creating the pattern. This pattern gives huge opportunities for creativity and self-expression of the artist. With patterns it is possible to represent a huge quantity of the repeating elements; forming intricate ornaments with which it is possible emphasize the individuality of the design. For example, the building organization can fill the area of the trade mark with bricks or logs.

Now you can see a small sampling of how technology aids in the creation of contemporary machine embroidery, making this art even more creative than ever before.

Orginal article found here: http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/458553?articleid=458553

Embroidered Clothing

Monday, November 5, 2007

Getting the word out

You have created your own product that has been proven to have great demand, you have a salesletter that has a sky-high conversion rate, but all that would be futile and you will earn nothing if you don't have a single soul passing by your website since you will have no one to sell to! You might be a total beginner and therefore do not have a massive mailing list to sell to, and your website is on the 103th page of search engine results pages. We can change all that with a few tried-and-tested traffic generation techniques.

First and foremost, let me make it clear to you that search engine optimization is not the only way to gain massive amounts of traffic! You see, search engine result pages are in a sense just web pages similar to regular websites around the web. It is only so lucrative to have your website listed on the top of search engine results because many people use the search engine to search for information and arrive on the search engine results page. Hence, loads of people see your site's link and you attract loads of traffic.

The effect would have been exactly the same if your website is mentioned in a website with very high traffic. For example, imagine what would happen if your website was mentioned on the front page of Yahoo's website! Your website will receive so much visitors your bandwidth might go over the limit. So, the trick is to get other high-traffic websites in your niche to link to your website. To do this, you must give them very strong reasons to link to you. Maybe it's this very thought-provoking article you've posted on your site, maybe it's the ingenious solution to this lifelong problem everyone has had for all their lives. In short, give people amazing reasons or value to earn a link from them.

Alternatively, you may link to a certain high-traffic website that's related to yours and ask for a link back. This technique is called reciprocal linking and is a very common technique for gaining links. However, before you even ask for the link, check your own website and ask yourself if you would be proud to recommend such a site to your readers, and whether it will provide useful information to your readers. In short, make sure your website has its own value and not just an empty shell devised to attract traffic!