Hi Kayla. Love your channel and also the fact that your husband is a pastor. My husband and I were volunteers for our churches youth programs. Plus we did the clean up of the kitchen and classrooms when they were done with night activities. This was also a Christian elementary school so some days there was LOTS of clean up. 😊 But we loved it!!! Anyhoo I have been in the business for about 25 years and this year i have sold 5 of my multi needles to make room for new ones. I have a EM1010 on orderas a try out for the brand. Ricoma has added me to the users group which I participate in, but it seems like everyone just complains or tries to drum up digitizing business, and some are just plain rude! 😢 I just wanted to say I appreciate your positive outlook and I hope I can find some users that share the same values. Thank you for being a positive influence. My backgound is I embroidered medical scrubs and accessories. I ran Tajimas...2 12 head machines every day for 8 or 9 hours... Yep that is 24 items to hoop 2 or three times an hour. My hands would get so sore from hooping hundreds every day. But I am grateful for the experience that let me open my own shop! God is goodl. ❤ Y
Aw thank you so much! I love that my husband is a Pastor too 😀I agree, God is good! My hands definitely hurt after all these hats too! Thank you for sharing some of your story with me. I'm sorry you're not enjoying the Facebook group, it's unfortunate that some people just complain and complain. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to help the best I can!
New Sub, Great work. When I use Fast frames I re use most of the sticky backing from hat to hat. Meaning I cut replacement small pieces, like 1” x 4” and place them over the torn out section. Saves material and doesn’t seem to bother the embroidery. I also create a template to mark the start location on the hat, and mark a little dot with sewing chalk. Hope this helps to speed up production.
Did you get these designs specially digitised for the hats or did you make the designs yourself? I am thinking of getting a hat hoop but reading how you have to have specific hat designs!
Hi Pauline! Yes I did get them digitized for a hat. For hat designs they are digitized taking the curve into account and are designed to stitch from the middle out and the bottom up. Flats are digitized much different. You just have to make sure you tell your digitizer all the information possible to get a quality stitch out :)
Thanks for the awesome video! I’m having difficulty embroidering the center of flexfit hats. Is that just not possible with the middle seam? Ive done it on richardson hats but now im stuck on flexfit?
@@KaylaKrische i was using a 90/14 because thats what i was using on richardsons without needle breaks. Is that too big for flex fit? That middle seam just seems so tough. And do you use backing?
@@blaketomasino1727 yeah I use backing. I always use 65/9s and almost never have problems. I've heard people steam the front of hats or use a heat gun quickly to soften it too.
Pamela, of ‘Sterlings Style’ has just started sponsoring the 20 needle Ricoma. Maybe you can help her, she had a little trouble with the fonts not stitching right. BTY, do you use 60wt or 40wt thread when embroidering smaller fonts?
what size density are you using for those small letters? has to be a 4mm or 5mm density? also what is the weight of thread your using for that and needle size? thanks
I used a 65/9 on all the hats and 60 wt thread. I probably could've used a 75/11 on The Boat House and FDF but I just kept it all the same. No needle breaks!
I'm not sure of the exact dimensions off the top of my head but probably around 2.5"-3" in height. It does have the 270 degree cap rotation so that you can embroider both sides in one run, so that's a fun feature! I've yet to use it though.
Hi Kayla. Love your channel and also the fact that your husband is a pastor. My husband and I were volunteers for our churches youth programs. Plus we did the clean up of the kitchen and classrooms when they were done with night activities. This was also a Christian elementary school so some days there was LOTS of clean up. 😊 But we loved it!!!
Anyhoo I have been in the business for about 25 years and this year i have sold 5 of my multi needles to make room for new ones. I have a EM1010 on orderas a try out for the brand. Ricoma has added me to the users group which I participate in, but it seems like everyone just complains or tries to drum up digitizing business, and some are just plain rude! 😢
I just wanted to say I appreciate your positive outlook and I hope I can find some users that share the same values. Thank you for being a positive influence.
My backgound is I embroidered medical scrubs and accessories. I ran Tajimas...2 12 head machines every day for 8 or 9 hours... Yep that is 24 items to hoop 2 or three times an hour. My hands would get so sore from hooping hundreds every day. But I am grateful for the experience that let me open my own shop! God is goodl. ❤
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Aw thank you so much! I love that my husband is a Pastor too 😀I agree, God is good! My hands definitely hurt after all these hats too! Thank you for sharing some of your story with me. I'm sorry you're not enjoying the Facebook group, it's unfortunate that some people just complain and complain. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to help the best I can!
Very cool job there..
It's always nice to watch people do things on the tc1501 (which I own), no one shows the setup of the computer part for the side /back stitching view.
My father and I just purchased our first 1501 TC-S! Excited to learn and hget started!
That's great!!! You're going to love it!
New Sub, Great work.
When I use Fast frames I re use most of the sticky backing from hat to hat. Meaning I cut replacement small pieces, like 1” x 4” and place them over the torn out section. Saves material and doesn’t seem to bother the embroidery.
I also create a template to mark the start location on the hat, and mark a little dot with sewing chalk.
Hope this helps to speed up production.
Awesome job!! They came out great 😀
They came out clean 🔥
Thank you!
@@KaylaKrischebtw is the TC Loud?
@@michaeltlays1293 I think its actually quieter than the EM1010!
Nice,
Hi Kayla, do you use the hat hoop for the backs of hats, please can you show how to hoop them, thanks
In this video i used the fast frames and I show how I did that 😃
I don’t know if we talked about what was your total price after embroidery and how long did it take? Thanks.
I just got my mt1501 in this week. Did you wait for training day to use yours?
I am having problems getting the logo or words close to the brim! Any advice? I sure would appreciate it!!
Who do you use for digitizing. What brand of caps and where do you order them from? Love your videos. Thanks for info.
I get my stuff done by Dream Digitizing. They're great!!!
What sticky backing are you using..?
Did you get these designs specially digitised for the hats or did you make the designs yourself? I am thinking of getting a hat hoop but reading how you have to have specific hat designs!
Hi Pauline! Yes I did get them digitized for a hat. For hat designs they are digitized taking the curve into account and are designed to stitch from the middle out and the bottom up. Flats are digitized much different. You just have to make sure you tell your digitizer all the information possible to get a quality stitch out :)
Where did you buy your hats?
Good
What’s the secret to getting the design lower? My machine is stitching out amazing, but I cannot for the life of me get it low enough!
Thanks for the awesome video! I’m having difficulty embroidering the center of flexfit hats. Is that just not possible with the middle seam? Ive done it on richardson hats but now im stuck on flexfit?
Definitely possible! I do it often. What size needle are you using?
@@KaylaKrische i was using a 90/14 because thats what i was using on richardsons without needle breaks. Is that too big for flex fit? That middle seam just seems so tough. And do you use backing?
@@blaketomasino1727 yeah I use backing. I always use 65/9s and almost never have problems. I've heard people steam the front of hats or use a heat gun quickly to soften it too.
@@KaylaKrische oh thats a good idea. And awesome i will give that a try thank you for the help and advice! Have a fantastic week
@@blaketomasino1727 you're welcome! I hope it helps!
Pamela, of ‘Sterlings Style’ has just started sponsoring the 20 needle Ricoma. Maybe you can help her, she had a little trouble with the fonts not stitching right. BTY, do you use 60wt or 40wt thread when embroidering smaller fonts?
I will reach out to her! I use 40 wt for small letters with a 65/9 needle :)
How much did you charge per hat? How'd you determine the price
If I remember correctly for this order they provided their own hats. I did $10 for the front embroidery and a $5 add on fee for the back embroidery.
what size density are you using for those small letters? has to be a 4mm or 5mm density? also what is the weight of thread your using for that and needle size? thanks
I got the designs digitized so honestly I'm not sure what they set the density at. I used a 65/9 and 60 and thread.
@@KaylaKrische thanks
Nice hats! Did you have to use a smaller needle for The Carriage House?
I used a 65/9 on all the hats and 60 wt thread. I probably could've used a 75/11 on The Boat House and FDF but I just kept it all the same. No needle breaks!
@@KaylaKrische Thank you! They came out great.
Dumb question...how do you get the logo you want on the machine? I would love to have a machine but I'm confused lol
That's not a dumb question! You save it from whatever embroidery software you're using on your computer to a USB. Then import it into the machine.
How fast were you running it
I was running is around 550-600. :)
hi what is the biggest size we can emb on hats
I'm not sure of the exact dimensions off the top of my head but probably around 2.5"-3" in height. It does have the 270 degree cap rotation so that you can embroider both sides in one run, so that's a fun feature! I've yet to use it though.
Does she have a shop? I can’t find it. Help plz.
Do I have a shop?
@@KaylaKrische yes
@@Hamilton8122 My Etsy is ShopStitchNV
How much do you charge for hats?
For orders over quantities of 24 I go down to $15/hat.
@@KaylaKrische for both the front and back?
@@tmcmommy3345 no I charged them an extra $5/hat for the back embroidery. So these were $20/hat.
The 15 for the front. Is that with you buying the hat $15 total with embroidery or $15 just for the embroidering if they buy the hat
I have a hard time finding customers