The Embroiders Guide: Popular Items to Embroider in Winter
Embroidery is a beautiful art form many consumers admire. During the winter months, there are plenty of festive designs to embroider on your popular products. With your employees’ skills as master embroiderers, however, which products can your detailed embroidery transform into popular items this winter season?
Stockings
It may seem like a ...
What To Look For When Buying an Industrial Sewing Machine
Investing in a new industrial sewing machine may seem like an incredibly straightforward process, especially if you have previously bought one- but do you know what you should be looking for when looking for a new machine?
Industrial machines are used for a variety of applications, so it is important to understand what you will be needing a ...
4 Things You Might Not Know About Professional Sewing
If you are new to the sewing world or simply haven’t broken out of home sewing as a hobby, the thought of professional sewing might seem a daunting task.
It’s easy to assume that all sewing industry professionals have one fancy machine to do all their work for them, but this is far from the truth. People who are tasked with professional sewing...
What Fabrics Should You be Using for your Winter Clothes?
Winter is drawing ever closer and we’re willing to bet that many of our readers are well underway with their winter sewing projects.
However if you haven’t got a head start on creating your winter clothing yet and are still wondering what you should make, we’ve put together a short guide on how to find the fabrics which are perfect for the ...
Reap What You Sew: Sewing Repairs Everyone Should Know
As leading suppliers in Brother sewing machines, we know that sewing isn’t everyone’s thing. As human beings, we all have different interests and hobbies, and some are more popular than others and while we live to sew, we know that many people don’t, nor do many of those people ever consider taking it up. With that said however, there are ...
Industrial Sewing Machines: The Stocks Brand Buying Guide
Here at Stocks, we have a huge range of industrial sewing machines from a host of top brands such as Brother, KSL and many more. These machines are perfect for a whole host of applications, but we know that it’s essential that you choose the right industrial sewing machine for the job. Wondering what you should be looking for? Read on to find ...
How To: Create a Stunning Cushion
What do you use your cushion for?
The cushion you make will undoubtedly have a certain job roll in mind. Is it made for comfort, to add an extra bit of padding to a chair, or is it simply meant to look pretty?
Knowing what job your cushion is meant for will help you make those all important decisions later on. What fabrics are you going to ...
What is the Difference Between Domestic and Industrial Sewing Machines?
It’s incredible how many times we are asked what the differences are between domestic and industrial sewing machines, and it’s not just from users who are new to the sewing world; even embroidery and sewing veterans can be unsure.
As we specialise in industrial machines such as Durkopp Adler rather than domestic ones, we know our stuff when ...
Must Have Fashion: Embroidered Clothing
For years, music festivals have been the place where people look for fashion inspiration. Whether it’s celebrities donning a new trend or regular people you see in ‘street-style’ snaps, they’ve influenced what people later wear on the High Street.
Here at Stocks Sewing we love keeping our eye on popular fashion and what people are wearing...
An Embroiders Checklist: Industrial Embroidery 101
Working an 8 hour shift is tiring at the best of times, concentrating to produce the precision and intricate details of fanciful fashion, ornate fabrics and reliable equipment embroidery and sewing conjure up is just as exhausting. There are many things you need to look out for when putting needle to fabric and many things you need to make sure you...