So, We're Getting Ready to Do a Thing

I can’t remember when I last checked the “Store” page on the website; I’ve been so busy lately. During this time, however, my wife Barbara, who is an avid quilter, bought a new sewing and embroidery machine. Like me, she has her favorite devices that work for her—Viking by Husqvarna. She owns the Brilliance model, which she uses mainly for quilting, and her newest machine is called an Epic 2, which does embroidery.

How does this fit into what I am doing? Glad you asked. My logo, which appears on the landing page of this website, is a cartoon character I created in the late 80s while attending Columbia College. I incorporated this into what is now my featured logo. Sid, as he was known at the time of creation, will now appear on selected apparel. And instead of outsourcing all of our needs to various places, we decided to do everything in-house per my wife Barbara’s suggestion.

The next hurdle to address is finding file conversion software that can turn the current JPEG image into a VP3, which is the file format needed for her machine. I have been looking at a couple of options: Filestar and Wilcom. Hopefully, a decision can be made soon so we can move on to the next step, wholesale distributors. If anyone reading this month’s blog has suggestions for embroidery file conversion software, feel free to contact us by submitting your email through our contact page.