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Join Us in Toronto this June – Stahls’ Canada National Tour

May 14, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

Stahls’ Canada is getting ready to kick off their national tour event and I’m excited to be presenting at their all day event in Toronto on June 12th. Until May 15th, early registration is at half off, so you can get signed up for only $10. That’s a steal and I can guarantee that we’ll teach you how to make that much back on your first pair of heat printed shoes:) I’m still getting together the exact presentation I’ll be […]

Categories: Thoughts On The Go • Tags: canada, class, heat printing, stahls, tour

National Take Your Child To Work Day – T-Shirt Project

April 26, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

Technically yesterday was national take your child to work day…but I had my daughter Madalyn visit for a long lunch today and we did some t-shirt decorating. I wanted to share our finished product. Now let me give you some background on these shirts… The dance school she attends sells a shirt each year for the dance recital. All of the kids wear them and apparently “bling” them up. When I joined her at dance class the night she received […]

Categories: Customization, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut) • Tags: customization, dance shirt, glitter flake, heat transfer film, personalized, rhinestones, take your child to work

The Innovative Stahls’ Rip-Away Applique™ – Key Markets

April 8, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

Last week we introduced the latest in a long line of innovations from GroupeStahl companies; Stahls’ Rip-Away Applique™. We kicked off the process by showcasing it with CAD-CUT® Glitter Flake. (hopefully you’ve had time to watch the video, if not catch up now by watching it here.) The combination of this production process with the premium look of Glitter Flake has produced some of the best feedback we’ve ever heard from embroidery companies around the world. If you own an embroidery […]

Categories: Applique / Twill, Customization, Embroidery • Tags: cadcut glitter, cheer, dance, flex, glitter flake, glitter twill, heat press, premium finish, rip-away applique, satin stitch, stahls, super glitter

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Calling All Embroiderers

April 3, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

If you follow Ted Stahl’s blog, our Facebook page or the Stahls’ blog then chances are that you’ve heard about the latest innovation from GroupeStahl; Stahls’ Rip-Away Applique™ If you own embroidery equipment or contract out embroidery, then I think you should jump all over this process. I want to personally invite you to a webinar I’m delivering tomorrow at 2pm EST that will go over the details of this new innovation To sign up for the webinar, just click […]

Categories: Applique / Twill, Embroidery

A Great Day to Share this Photo and a Birthday T-Shirt Idea

March 21, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

I wanted to share a photo of my beautiful niece Delilah Jane wearing a personalized t-shirt. We made the onesie for her 1st birthday celebration which will be this Saturday:) Customizing t-shirts for birthdays and other special events is a great opportunity. For this design, my sister sketched out the concept and we recreated it with CADWORXLive.com. Printing the cupcake on Express Print for the zebra pattern effect and then dropping the Pink Glitter Flake on top for the icing. […]

Categories: Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), Thoughts On The Go • Tags: birthday, customization, down syndrome day, express print, fashion film electric, glitter flake, personalized, photo, t-shirt

Thoughts from the 1st Quarter – What do you think?

March 18, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

I can finally see light at the end of the first quarter tunnel. March is over mid way through and although there is an ice storm this morning in southwestern PA, Spring is just a couple of days away. It’s a good time to look back at the beginning of the year, check our New Year goals against our progress and ultimately form an outlook for the balance of 2013. I’d like to share some thoughts to that end, of […]

Categories: Business, Thoughts On The Go • Tags: decorated apparel, direct to garment printing, Embroidery, events, heat printing, industry, market, pricing, screen printing, trends

Multi-Color Applications Made Easy with Heat Transfer Film

March 14, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

While talking to business owners at the Atlantic City trade show I’ve found that a lot of folks are still confused about how to heat apply a multi-color heat transfer film application. And so, here is a 5 minute video that should take some of the confusion out of it. More soon on thoughts from the recent ISS Atlantic City show.

Categories: Customization, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), Videos • Tags: 2 color, 3 color, heat press film, heat transfer film, how to, multi-color, video, vinyl

Sprint to On-Site, Mass Customization with Heat Printing

March 5, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

I wanted to share a video that shows the power of heat printing customization. No other technology, other than heat printing could have filled the need for on-site, mass customization at this event. And of course, no other press other than a Hotronix could have offered easy Threadability™ for printing of back packs at such a fast pace. CAD-CUT® Premium Plus is the purple material utilized in the video, cut on demand for each pack. The black is a screen printed […]

Categories: Bags, Customization, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), Plastisol Transfers, Videos • Tags: event printing, heat press, heat printing, hotronix, hotronix fusion, mass customization, on site printing, premium plus, screen printed transfer, threadability

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2013 Factory Direct Heat Transfer Vinyl Catalog

February 28, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

As many of you know, I work for the heat transfer film manufacturing division of Stahls’. I’m excited to share our 2013 Stahls’ CAD-CUT Direct Catalog! The inside cover includes a letter sharing some of my very favorite heat transfer films we offer, with a brief explanation of each. I think you’ll find the catalog beneficial as it lists all of the factory direct products, colors, Pantone references, application instructions, online pricing, material compositions and more! View the PDF by […]

Categories: Heat Applied Film (Cadcut) • Tags: 3M, cad-color, catalog, factory direct heat transfer vinyl, flex, flock, glitter transfer material, heat press, heat transfer film, print cut media, reflective, stahls, supplier, t-shirt material, thermofilm, wholesale

Merchandising Inspiration for Holidays: St Patrick’s Day Video

February 26, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

Special occasions like St. Patrick’s Day, Valentines Day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Christmas and others offer new, unique opportunities for customizing apparel. Any small shop that normally decorates for groups or businesses can instantly command retail type pricing on jobs like this. As far as sports go more and more leagues and teams are decking out with special edition jerseys, hats or patches to celebrate all things green. I can think of a lot of different design ideas for a […]

Categories: Customization, Marketing, Sales, T-Shirts • Tags: cad-cut, customization, design inspiration, electric prism, flock, green, heat printing, hologram, merchandising, pebble puff, st patricks day, t-shirts

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New Heat Press Comparison Guide: Style

February 25, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

Shopping for a new heat press? One of the first considerations is what style of press to consider. There are clear functionality differences between styles of presses that impact user comfort and productivity. This blog post will give you a clear, visual comparison between a couple of the most popular heat press styles that are manufactured by Stahls’ Hotronix. Let’s get started…. Hotronix® Auto Open Clam - the clam style heat press (video) is the most traditional and most popular style […]

Categories: Equipment, The Heat Press • Tags: clam, clamshell, draw, drawer, geo knight, heat press, heat press comparison, hix, hot press, hotronix, Insta, new press, stahls, STX, swing away, used press, xf

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Master Decorator Series, Greg Kitson on Running Your Own Business

February 20, 2013 by Josh Ellsworth

The Imprinted Sportswear Shows have incorporated a new Master Decorator Series as part of their educational curriculum for shows this year. We’re lucky enough to have Courtney Matlick from Stahls’ covering the heat printing topic in the series and recently one of the attendees passed along some comments to industry expert Greg Kitson who has helped to organize the program. Greg was nice enough to forward the comments on. For those of you who don’t know Greg he is well-respected […]

Categories: Business, People, Places, Thoughts On The Go • Tags: courtney matlick, education, greg kitson, iss shows, master decorator, testimonial

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Join Us in Toronto this June – Stahls’ Canada National Tour

National Take Your Child To Work Day – T-Shirt Project

The Innovative Stahls’ Rip-Away Applique™ – Key Markets

Calling All Embroiderers

A Great Day to Share this Photo and a Birthday T-Shirt Idea

Thoughts from the 1st Quarter – What do you think?

Multi-Color Applications Made Easy with Heat Transfer Film

Sprint to On-Site, Mass Customization with Heat Printing

2013 Factory Direct Heat Transfer Vinyl Catalog

Merchandising Inspiration for Holidays: St Patrick’s Day Video

New Heat Press Comparison Guide: Style

Master Decorator Series, Greg Kitson on Running Your Own Business

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