Get a $250 Angel for Only $5!
This year marks the 15th anniversary of my first heirloom angel, created for an office Christmas party contest. At the time I still worked full time for an ad agency in Cincinnati (as well as full-time building the then fledgling Cactus Punch). There were several categories for the tree ornament contest, and knowing my co-workers, I knew I could never top them in the orneriest category so I decided to shoot for prettiest–and I won. The other party-goers were astounded when I said I made her and explained how. My boss, Mike, wasn’t surprised—he’d seen some of the things I created.
Best Original Embroidery Design Award
A few months later, I entered the angel again at METS, an embroidery trade show in Chicago and I won first place for best original digitized design. (Hey, it was 1997!) I never really intended her as a stock design, she was just something I made for the party. Here’s a picture of her–some of you may have sewn this design yourself. (more…)
Did You Make Me Laugh or Cry?
I was having a conversation recently with another digitizer and we were commiserating that embroiderers didn’t seem to have a clue what was involved in producing a collection and getting it into a consumer-friendly format for downloading. I’ve heard embroiderers actually say that they think ALL designs should be free. Excuse me? I must be in the wrong business!
To test our theory, I decided to try and find out why embroiderers thought designs have so little perceived value by having them guess how long it took to produce a collection. (more…)
FAQs About the $200 Heirloom Lace Angel
Very Special Thank You!
Thanks to all of you who have taken advantage of the very special Heirloom Lace Angel, shared the word about her on your Facebook profiles or chat lists and have sent me thank you notes. Also special thanks to those who shared your photos of your finished versions on your Facebook pages. It’s very heartwarming to see her pop up in my news feed and see that others are getting her made with perfect results.
Since I’m still getting a few questions about her, I thought I’d answer them here as well as to remind you that if you haven’t taken advantage of this amazing design, please do so before the end of the year! (more…)
New Embroidery Software for Mac Users
Mac users rejoice! Briton Leap has expanded their line-up of Macintosh embroidery software to include 3 products:
Why Do Designs Cost So Much?
I’ve been asked this question rather frequently lately. This question is generally followed by, “it’s just a digital file. It can’t take that long to digitize and besides, digital files don’t cost anything.” Huh?
My question is just the opposite, “Why are designs so cheap?”
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