Todd (et al) Embroidered Apparel Coming Soon!
Added 2023-08-26 00:30:54 +0000 UTCThe above video shows just one of the dozens of new designs I've created for embroidering upon the upcoming apparel line.
Several months ago Achewood invested in a 12-needle digitally-driven embroidery machine that is roughly the size and weight of the front third of a horse. We wanted to raise the bar beyond the usual merchandise fare, and I, upon learning how obnoxiously opaque the process of getting artwork digitized for embroidery is, decided to teach myself how to do it. Naturally, I needed a prototyping machine, and a local apparel decoration shop that was going out of business was happy to unload this bad beastie into the hungry maw at the back of my lame little Subaru.*
I have said it before and I will say it again: I absolutely love owning production equipment. We printed, trimmed, and bound all of last year's cookbooks in-house. I produce all the oversized posters on incredibly temperamental Canon photo printers. I even made all the buttons we used to sell, from scratch (which totally sucked).
When the shop reopens for the holidays (on or before October 1, to coincide with the 22nd anniversary of Achewood!) you'll see the cautious first wave of our new, higher-end apparel.
* I am not impressed by my own car.
Comments
I am impressed with my own car. It's Airwolf.
W. C.
2023-09-05 01:49:54 +0000 UTCsay what you will this is the one patreon subscription that actually makes me feel a little patrony
A. C.
2023-08-30 19:41:10 +0000 UTCI am also not impressed by my own car. In fact, I am not impressed by the fact I have a car at all.
Tom PM
2023-08-29 22:00:00 +0000 UTCPlease do hats.
Kevin Langmack
2023-08-28 01:45:15 +0000 UTCOh man I am looking forward to a polo shirt with Ray or Beef or Phillipe
Eric Manschot
2023-08-27 13:45:11 +0000 UTCSuckin' dick bought this 12-needle digitally-driven embroidery machine
Michael Cadger
2023-08-27 04:44:14 +0000 UTCIt’s a cool art form, with the most arcane non-intuitive tools I have ever seen, and I have been to an coribindium mine in zero gravity in the year 9013
Chris Onstad
2023-08-26 20:15:51 +0000 UTCI had to learn the embroidery design software during a stint at Nike- I learned to appreciate work done refining the stitch orientation and layering- above the "fill in this area with flat stitching" technique. Hunting around for embroidered patches on Ebay was good training for me. This is an impressive development, btw
Dave
2023-08-26 20:09:12 +0000 UTCit would be good practice to try to vomit exactly within the embroidery
J Hardy Carroll
2023-08-26 17:09:44 +0000 UTCPlease make a hoodie or t-shirt that says the wearer knows he is "without advantage" and must "harvest gray corn until the final morning” in Japanese.
Vivian Ritchie Handler
2023-08-26 11:51:48 +0000 UTCI like to think embroidery is recommended to Todd as a therapeutic activity to replace crack after rehab stints.
Daniel Burt
2023-08-26 07:17:47 +0000 UTCHey! Don't do cocaine at me, you son of a bitch!
80s Guy
2023-08-26 06:42:03 +0000 UTCChatGPT draw a mobius strip of cocaine
Chris Onstad
2023-08-26 06:29:46 +0000 UTCF.O.G. This is a club I can get behind.
Michael Akey
2023-08-26 06:22:45 +0000 UTCA shirt involving Todd and whatever Todd wants
80s Guy
2023-08-26 05:48:00 +0000 UTCKeep those pistachios in, brother, some items will come in Believable sizes.
Chris Onstad
2023-08-26 02:37:48 +0000 UTCYou got any higher-end sizes coming out? Fans of gravity await with clenched butts.
Aaron J. Rushton
2023-08-26 02:34:32 +0000 UTC"I have said it before and I will say it again: I absolutely love owning production equipment. We printed, trimmed, and bound all of last year's cookbooks in-house." A thousand times - yes.
Philip Bard
2023-08-26 02:31:31 +0000 UTCF-f-f-frick yeah! (I’ll take two).
Gurglepot
2023-08-26 02:12:31 +0000 UTCThis might not be the article I was looking for, which was about taking the steppers and XYZ arms from a 3D printer and using them to drive a hoop under a standard sewing machine at whatever XZ dimensions the printer was built for. Anyway, this was the first result without dredging through my history from a month ago on a different device. EDIT: 100% agree. There are many positives. FURTHER EDIT: XY, I guess. I've always assumed Z was depth and Y was height, but it looks like that's not the case in many, many areas. How did I ever pass those drafting classes...?
J.
2023-08-26 02:08:45 +0000 UTCwatched it. This is the kind of shit that makes me excited to be alive
Chris Onstad
2023-08-26 02:02:46 +0000 UTChttps://hackaday.com/2019/08/07/a-better-embroidery-machine-with-3d-printing-and-common-parts/
J.
2023-08-26 01:58:20 +0000 UTCFor the record, this old used machine cost nowhere near $10k. But I am intrigued to hear how a 3D printer can be converted into a sewing machine; that is some next-level home genius shit that I can only begin to guess at.
Chris Onstad
2023-08-26 01:55:39 +0000 UTCAs it turns out, satisfaction is an emotional food group.
Chris Onstad
2023-08-26 01:54:37 +0000 UTCI bought a 3D printer to cannibalize for embroidery because $10k is a little steep for something I just want to dabble in, and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay $400 for something that can barely do a 4" square/has a bunch of proprietary nonsense when I already own a sewing machine I'm not particularly attached to. Haven't started the project (based on a Hackaday article) so no idea yet if it's only cost-effective for people with infinite free time.
J.
2023-08-26 01:50:23 +0000 UTCHell yes my captain
The Terrifier
2023-08-26 01:43:35 +0000 UTCThe lost art of making things ourselves
Ben Wilinofsky
2023-08-26 01:28:37 +0000 UTC"The Fightin' Lemonis"
Chris Onstad
2023-08-26 01:20:10 +0000 UTCOh man that is a deep cut but would be a fun use of "athletic department stenciling" lettering
Chris Onstad
2023-08-26 01:19:57 +0000 UTCJ. Vincent J. Lemoni apparel!
Sean Wolf
2023-08-26 01:16:00 +0000 UTCSICK. I hope to one day own a garment or an accessory with a Todd or other such denizen stitched upon it.
Julie (HiDeeHoGal)
2023-08-26 01:07:17 +0000 UTCI came here to say this
Ismini Roller
2023-08-26 01:06:20 +0000 UTCI’m picturing a whole series of embroidered corporate logo type shirts- Dude and Catastrophe, Prime Time Records, The Ray Card, Sanryobuki, and, of course, Underpants Time. Please, for the love of Christ, take all of my money.
Jay Williams
2023-08-26 00:57:06 +0000 UTCThis is so awesome!
Trevor Olson
2023-08-26 00:46:51 +0000 UTCTake my money
Kirk Shinkle
2023-08-26 00:39:37 +0000 UTCI would love a scarf or bandana with Todd brand Flip Off embroidery thereon.
Vijnananath
2023-08-26 00:39:14 +0000 UTCthis has extremely todd-style jittery energy
Charles Richter
2023-08-26 00:38:12 +0000 UTC*splut*
b.zap
2023-08-26 00:34:35 +0000 UTCPerfect thing to say
Chris Onstad
2023-08-26 00:34:00 +0000 UTCIt’s not the Brat, sadly
Chris Onstad
2023-08-26 00:33:48 +0000 UTCTodd has waited all his life for a needle that fast.
b.zap
2023-08-26 00:32:51 +0000 UTCAmazed you still have the Subaru I'm pretty sure I remember it referenced in the strip before
Captain Chaos
2023-08-26 00:32:50 +0000 UTCI Know Todd
Hunter
2023-08-26 00:32:12 +0000 UTC
