Stocks Sewing Machines

09/11/2026

Westcliff-on-Sea, that's two heads in.

A ZSK Racer Compact, installed and running. Two garments at a time, in not much more floor space than a single head — which is the whole point of it.

Eighteen needles per head, up to 1,200 stitches a minute, and a 990 x 360mm flat field across the two heads. Available in two or four heads, and made in Germany.

Outgrowing one machine but short on room? Let's talk.

06/11/2026

"Jenny was really helpful — pencilling us in to secure a delivery date even before confirming the order."

That isn't a policy. It's somebody deciding to be useful.

A machine order has a lot of moving parts: stock, lead time, an engineer's diary, a delivery slot. Holding a date before the paperwork lands is a small thing that can save a customer weeks.

"Dan who delivered the machine for us was friendly and very helpful."

Delivery, installation and operator training are included on every machine we sell. The person who brings it is the person who sets it up and shows you how to run it.

Thank you for the review, Samantha.

04/11/2026

Fourteen years ago Jenny joined Stocks as an administrator. She had never used an embroidery machine in her life.

She developed a real enthusiasm for the Brother PR range. It was noticed, she was trained on the machines, and she moved across from administration into sales. She now runs the Brother PR side of the embroidery division.

If you've enquired about a Brother PR machine, Jenny is who you spoke to. Working out what you actually need, building the package, processing the order, handling the finance paperwork, and coordinating the engineer who installs it.

Most of the customers she speaks to are completely new to embroidery. Her advice to every one of them is the same: "If you're not sure, just ask. No question is a silly question."

She's proudest of helping secure sales with major retail stores, including flagship stores in London, and then watching that roll out to more and more stores across the country.

Colleagues describe her as friendly, helpful and bubbly.

Outside work, she's usually out walking her dog Henri.

☕ Coffee. And her one word for this industry? "Stitchtastic."

New to embroidery and not sure where to start? That's the conversation Jenny has every day. 👇

03/11/2026

November bonus: a free magnetic frame kit with every new Brother PR machine.

Buy a Brother PR680W or PR1060W from Stocks before the end of November, register it with Brother, and they will send you the PR versatile magnetic frame kit — 180 x 130mm, RRP £370.99 — direct to your door.

Magnetic frames change how hooping feels. There is no inner ring to force into place and no screw to tension, so the garment is held rather than squeezed. Less hoop burn, far less wrestling, and left chest work on thick or awkward items — fleeces, jackets, towelling — stops being the job nobody wants.

How to claim:

1. Buy your PR680W or PR1060W from Stocks between 1 and 30 November 2026.
2. Register your machine with Brother by 31 December 2026 and upload your proof of purchase.
3. Brother arranges delivery of the frame kit directly to you.

Browse the PR range: https://f.mtr.cool/x9qgf5v4mf

Register your machine: https://f.mtr.cool/mucu8hhe9h

Open to residents of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Brother's promotion terms apply.

Every new machine from Stocks comes with free delivery, installation and operator training, and our engineers behind it for the life of the machine.

03/11/2026

Personalising a garment that’s already embroidered? Here’s how to get the placement right first time. 👇

This is the Brother InnovEye camera on the PR1060W.

It lets you see exactly where your design will sit on the garment before a single stitch goes down.

In this reel, we add the name “Jen” right underneath an existing Stocks logo. It lines up perfectly.

Here’s how it works in 3 steps:

1️⃣ Upload a design or type your lettering on screen
2️⃣ Scan your pre-hooped garment with the InnovEye camera
3️⃣ Drag your design or lettering into place on the live image of the garment

Then press start. That’s it.

Why does this matter?

Adding names, dates or initials to embroidered workwear, teamwear and uniforms is one of the most profitable add-ons you can offer. It’s also one of the easiest to get wrong. If the lettering is a few millimetres off, the garment is ruined.

With InnovEye, you don’t have to guess. You position the design on a picture of the real garment, so there’s no need for test stitch-outs or chalk marks.

💡 Top tip: hoop the garment as straight as you can before you scan. A straight hoop gives you a straight scan, and your lettering will sit perfectly level with the existing embroidery.

If you’re learning embroidery skills or building a personalisation service, this feature saves you time, thread and wasted stock.

👉 Want to see InnovEye in action or talk about upgrading to the PR1060W? Speak to our team on 0113 242 9378 or visit https://f.mtr.cool/02qf9or4l6

02/11/2026

Preston, that's yours up and running.

A Dürkopp Adler M-Type Gamma, installed and set to the work it will actually be doing.

Stocks is the leading UK dealer for Dürkopp Adler, which means the engineers who install it are the same ones who service it.

Looking at industrial sewing machinery? Talk to us.

31/10/2026

👻 Forget ghosts. These are the things that really scare an embroiderer. Swipe if you dare 👉

How many of these have happened to you? 😅

The good news is that most embroidery horror stories can be avoided. Here’s how to stop each one this Halloween:

🧵 Thread breaks: check your thread path and tension, and use good-quality thread. Old or cheap thread is often the problem.

🧵 Bobbins: check the bobbin before any long run or personalisation job. It takes ten seconds and can save a garment.

🧵 Pixelated logos: ask for a vector file (AI, EPS, SVG or PDF) when you quote, not when the job is due. Good digitising starts with good artwork.

🧵 Pantone panic: keep a thread colour chart close by and agree the shades with your customer before production. No surprises on a Friday.

🧵 Needle breaks: change needles regularly and match the needle type to your fabric. If you hear a new noise, stop and check.

Whether you’re learning embroidery skills or running a full production line, small habits like these make the biggest difference.

And when something does go bump in the night, our Service team is here to help.

🎃 Happy Halloween from all at Stocks!

👇 What would you add to the list? Tell us your biggest embroidery fear in the comments.

31/10/2026

30/10/2026

Trick or treat? At Stocks, it’s all treats. 🎃

This Halloween, we’re busting the scary myths about buying industrial sewing and embroidery machinery. Here’s what you actually get with us: free UK mainland delivery, installation and training, lifetime support from real people, and engineers based near you.

Swipe through to see the myths we’re putting to rest 👻

📞 Get in touch, or drop us a message!

29/10/2026

Same logo. Same operator. Same eight-hour shift.

68 garments, or 49.

A chest logo on a polo: 5,000 stitches, six colour changes, ten trims.

A standard single head runs at a realistic 1,000 stitches a minute. The ZSK Sprint 9 runs at 1,400.

Nobody runs flat out all day, so our calculator works at 80% of maximum. That's 800 against 1,120.

Full cycle per garment — stitching, colour changes, trims, thread breaks, hooping and unloading:

8 minutes 22 seconds on the standard head.

6 minutes 1 second on the Sprint 9.

Two minutes twenty-one seconds a garment. Nineteen more garments a shift. Across 220 working days, 14,925 against 10,721.

Most of that gap is raw speed, but not all of it. A six-colour logo stops sixteen times for colour changes and trims, and the Sprint 9 gets through each one quicker, worth around half a minute a garment.

WHERE THESE FIGURES COME FROM

They are approximate, and they model one job.

That job is a 5,000-stitch chest logo with six colour changes and ten trims, on a single-head machine, running flat or tubular work. Both machines are set to 80% of maximum speed and 85% productive time, across an 8-hour shift and 220 working days. The cycle time includes hooping, unloading, bobbin changes and a 5% allowance for thread breaks.

Colour-change and trim times are our own reference assumptions, not manufacturer datasheet figures.

Your results will differ with the design, the digitising, the fabric, the operator and how the machine is set up.

Caps are slower on every machine, ZSK included, at around 1,000 stitches a minute. A cap is a curved, structured surface and nobody sensible runs one flat out.

And if the operator cannot keep up with the hooping, the machine stops being the constraint at all.

So run your own numbers rather than ours.

Stocks is the sole UK and Ireland distributor for ZSK.