{"id":3430,"date":"2026-03-11T07:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2026-03-13T07:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:26:41","slug":"1-million-stitches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/11\/1-million-stitches\/","title":{"rendered":"1 million stitches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I cannot believe I am almost at 1 million stitches.  Wow 932252 stitches,. that is a lot of work!  I have seen people selling their machines with half of that usage on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess I am going to work my way to the top, like always, practice, practice, practice. I remember my first couple items I did, a smile word &#8220;Brooker&#8221; and a simple smiley face, one color &#8211; but hey it is a start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was one of the hardest things I have ever learned, but now I am feeling confident and have the skills to make some money with it.  Let&#8217;s go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I still have about 30 hours of training to complete, it is self-paced training and it is all on Chroma &#8211; the software we use to digitize the files and make the embroidery pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am going to start working on that, seem Like I may never be done this training &#8211; but I remember when I started with vinyl, it was the same thing.  Took time to become a master of the trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am on my way though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 70 \u2014 Your dreams require discipline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Show up for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>TaLi Merchendise<\/em><\/strong><em> \u2013 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/talimerch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/talimerch.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Custom embroidery, clothing, &amp; more\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your brand isn\u2019t ordinary, your merch shouldn\u2019t be either. Get premium embroidery from TaLi Merch and make every impression unforgettable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot believe I am almost at 1 million stitches. Wow 932252 stitches,. that is a lot of work! I have seen people selling their machines with half of that usage on them. I guess I am going to work my way to the top, like always, practice, practice, practice. I remember my first couple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3433,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions\/3433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}