Another Christmas is upon us and, with that, the inevitable searching for the appropriate gift for every member of your family, colleagues and friends.  However, you have an edge on most people as you have the ability  and the means of making gifts at a fraction of the cost that you would spend on purchasing them from the shops. This embroidery tip aims at giving you some ideas for that very special gift for those very special people in your life.

Let's start with the ladies.  I've yet to find...
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Often embroiderers who also operate their hobby as a business, forget to work in the hidden costs when pricing their product.  The most obvious, such as purchases like thread and fabric, is easy, but when your workplace is in your home, you forget to calculate the hidden costs such as electricity and working space.

Then, there is much controversy amongst embroiderers about digitizing pricing. Never criticize someone else's business model, as a business model is unique to the business that crea...
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A very accomplished and successful embroiderer has the following story to tell:   Having been in the decorated apparel industry for 21 years has been an incredible journey. However, sometimes it's easy to de-value what we do on a daily basis.  On several occasions we've needed gifts for weddings, anniversaries, etc., and would go to various retail stores and look for an appropriate gift. Sometimes, a gift would be very easy to find and other times we felt as though we'll never find that perfe...
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