3 2010 Trends We’ll See Again

This multimedia print and rough-cut appliqué was a hit for Sandia Prep

Though there are many trends we’ve seen rise and fall in the garment decoration industry, some of the processes, applications, and types of decoration that came through our doors this year seem destined either to dovetail into the next fashion-forward craze on the [...]

3 Uses for Custom Patches – We’ve got you Covered

Custom patches are not just for bikers, but they do make great ones!

Everyone knows the classic uses for embroidered patches. Military uniforms are covered in them, police officers almost always have a few, and motorcycle clubs have the biggest, baddest patches around.  Though, as evidenced by the picture on the right, we can indeed [...]

Black Duck’s Embroidery – Always in Fashion

What many of our loyal customers may not know is that Black Duck’s work has become a staple in industry magazines.  Now, when Fall’s brisk mornings turn our customer’s minds to getting a new warm jacket, (embroidered with their company’s logo, of course) , we’d like to give you one last look at summer with [...]

Nobody’s Fools: Black Duck Success Stories

[By popular request, we're re-running edited versions of some of our "success stories" from an e-mail ad campaign that we did in recent years.  Here's the first of a few of these fun thumbnail sketches of our apparel solutions that just might help you see what Black Duck can do for [...]

Fast Friends : Black Duck Success Stories

[By popular request, we're re-running edited versions of some of our "success stories" from an e-mail ad campaign that we did in recent years. Here's the first of a few of these fun thumbnail sketches of our apparel solutions that just might help you see what Black Duck can do for you. -ed]

Scotty's [...]

Home on the Range : Black Duck Success Stories

[By popular request, we're re-running edited versions of some of our "success stories" from an e-mail ad campaign that we did in recent years.  Here's the first of a few of these fun thumbnail sketches of our apparel solutions that just might help you see what Black Duck can do for you. -ed]

The Range [...]

From the Vault: Black Duck in the Movies (and the Weekly Alibi)

Black Duck co-Owner, Doug Bird, threading an Embroidery Machine

Though the article is more than a bit aged being from 2007, we were deliriously proud at the time to see our own Doug Bird and our embroidery shop featured in Albuquerque’s premier independent newspaper, The Weekly Alibi. They featured us in the article entitled “Set [...]

A Letter from our Owners

In order to properly launch the new Black Duck Blog, we thought a proper introduction was in order.  To that end, we present here a letter to you, our current and hopefully future customers, from our owners, Dana and Doug Bird.  -EC

Doug and Dana Bird, Owners of Black Duck Screen Printing and Embroidery – [...]