Tips & tricks for perfect results Leather stands for sensuality, craftsmanship and tradition. It is smooth, durable and has a unique feel – characteristics that make it an exclusive base material in the advertising industry. Whether leather bags, wallets, belts or shoes: embroidery with logos, lettering or customised advertising motifs creates high-quality, unique creations. However, embroidering leather requires special know-how. With the techniques and tricks listed as follows, you can achieve lasting, perfect results The special features of leather Genuine leather is a natural product and differs in structure and elasticity depending on its origin and processing. The best-known types… Read more: Want to embroider leather? You most certainly can – with these tips!

GUNOLD GmbH, Stockstadt Certified sustainability! The GREEN LINE embroidery stabilizers from GUNOLD stand for environmental friendliness and sustainability. They are made from biodegradable or recycled materials and offer the right stabilizer for every embroidery application. Embroidery stabilizers are an indispensable aid in embroidery, giving the base fabric the necessary stability for the embroidery process. Conventional backings often contain polyester fibers that dissolve during washing and end up in the environment as microplastics. With the new GREEN LINE product line, GUNOLD offers a genuine, environmentally friendly alternative. In fact, one of the sustainable qualities is also a polyester nonwoven- but it… Read more: GREEN LINE – embroidery backings without microplastics

The Stockstadt-based company GUNOLD, GmbH mourns the loss of its senior managing director Heinz Gunold, who passed away on January 8, 2025, at the age of 96. Heinz Gunold lived with passion for his company, his profession and his employees. In 1951, as a young man of 22, he took over responsibility for the family business after the all too early death of his father. He lived and worked true to his motto “Deus in minimus maximus” – “God is greatest in the smallest”. One of the decisive turning points for the GUNOLD company was his escape from East-German Plauen… Read more: Gunold GmbH – Our Senior Managing Director Heinz Gunold has passed away

Trends in embroidery and textile decoration (Text and photos : Reiner Knochel) Spring and summer – simply the best time of the year for many people. Warm summer feeling, great nature, happy mood, relaxed vacations, long walks in the forest, city trips with friends… All in all, lots of positive vibes and we enjoy the lightness and the beautiful things around us. Spring/summer 2026 will surprise us with many collections that present light, soft and yet strong fashion. And thus make a clear statement in challenging times. Is there a design element that represents these summer aspects better than flowers?  They… Read more: Spring / Summer 2026 collection

Innovative thread combines function and exciting design REFLEX CRY ®, the reflective thread from GUNOLD GmbH, is visible from afar and not only offers the wearer protection, but also creates fascinating effects in the dark. The thread, which was named “Best Product” by ISPO Textrends a few years ago, is still very popular today, whether it is used as part of an appliqué, in the form of seam effects or for flat embroidery motifs. Discreet silver-grey and rather inconspicuous in daylight, the thread glows strikingly in the dark – even when used sparingly only as an effect seam. This makes… Read more: REFLEX CRY®: Protection with Style throughout the Dark Season

Long-established company focuses on variety, high quality and the best service For over 20 years, companies have been presenting their innovations at TecStyle Visions and showcasing solutions for all aspects of textile finishing. The long-established company GUNOLD has been an exhibitor from the very beginning and will once again be presenting its wide range of embroidery and embellishment products in Stuttgart in February 2025. In Hall 6, Stand C 13, trade visitors can look forward to interesting innovations and the comprehensive product range for embroidery and embellishment. With numerous inspirations for threads, nonwovens and effect fabrics as well as the… Read more: Embroidery innovations at TecStyle Visions 2025

Family business from Stockstadt now in its fourth generation Since April 1, 2024, the Gunold GmbH has a new management team with the two siblings Aileen and Kevin Gunold. The family business from Stockstadt, celebrating its 100th anniversary in three years’ time, will now be managed by the fourth generation. “I am delighted that our company will continue to be run by the family,” says father Christoph Gunold, who was the third generation to manage the company for almost 30 years until March 2024. A good team Aileen and Kevin, two of his four children, have decided to join the… Read more: Change of Managing Directors: Ensuring Success with Digitalization!

We are all feeling the times we live in very intensely. Feeling is also one of the most important concepts for the fall/winter 2025/2026 collection. Listening to our gut and following our emotions. This trend report with its inspiration, photos and ideas invites you to do just that: Textile surfaces will have a very soft appearance and stimulate our sense of touch with exciting haptic experiences. Hairy leather, (fake) fur as well as snake and reptile leather (or imitations) will often be used Handmade decorations enhance every item of clothing in a luxurious way and bring glamor to both new… Read more: Fall/winter 2025/2026 collection – trends in embroidery and textile decoration

New Booth Concept Impresses Textile IndustryEmbroidery-related products attracted numerous visitors to the booth With a total of 38,000 visitors from 102 countries and 1,700 exhibitors from 53 countries, the trade fair duo Techtextil and Texprocess 2024 once again proved their position as globally important trade fairs for the textile and apparel industry. The long-established company GUNOLD from Stockstadt also gave a very positive review of the trade fair. “We had numerous good and many international visitor contacts. Our open stand concept was particularly well received by everyone,” says Marketing Manager Stephan Gunold, pleased with the successful trade fair appearance in… Read more: GUNOLD at Texprocess 2024 – follow-up report

Products for embroidery at Texprocess in Hall 8, Booth G33 At this year’s Techtextil & Texprocess 2024, which will take place from April 23-26, 2024 in Frankfurt, the renowned company GUNOLD from Stockstadt is focusing on a modern booth design to reflect a more industrial style .  In Hall 8, Booth G33, trade visitors will find plenty of inspiration for embroidery and an impressive variety of embroidery-related products.  “We want to inspire trade visitors in Frankfurt once again with our products, our high product quality and our comprehensive service. We will once more be showing many new, creative embroidery ideas and… Read more: GUNOLD Presents New Booth Design in Frankfurt

Range of accessories stands for quality and cost-effectiveness In addition to embroidery machines, embroidery hoops, embroidery threads and embroidery backings, the embroidery world offers numerous tools that make embroidering easier and more productive. In addition to the convenience that accessories provide, they also ensure high quality embroidery results and improved efficiency. The renowned company Gunold from Stockstadt offers a number of useful aids. Adhesive Sprays … The use of adhesive sprays is one of the most important aids when embroidering e.g. tops, appliqués, emblems and patches. The adhesive properties are still the decisive criterion. The adhesive strength should last for… Read more: Little Helpers Make Embroidering a lot easier

Keywords around the summer 2025 trends reflect what’s happening in our societey. They symbolize what we are yearning for and what we are concerned about. CRAFT is such a catchword and it is obvious, the more digital we live, the more we long for something „real“, something hand-made and individual. We appreciate and estimate traditional techniques and craftsmanship. NATURE is another important keyword. Our surroudings are virtual, we are permanently online on all kinds of social media channels and ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is omnipresent. So it is only natural that we learn to love and cherish our nature again. Or at… Read more: Collection Spring / Summer 2025 – Trends in Embroidery and Textile Decoration (Text and Fotos: Reiner Knochel)

Matt and woolly – beautiful With its 129 colors, the innovative wool-like embroidery thread FILAINE by GUNOLD is a real winner for any textile that wants to convey a natural look. Whether delicate, floral or geometric patterns, the embroidered motifs always look timelessly beautiful. Not only among fans of folklore and lovers of country style, the matte and wool-like acrylic thread enjoys great popularity thanks to its needlework character. On knitwear, T-shirts, dresses, jackets, jeans, table runners, pillows, blankets and much more, your favorite textile becomes a real eye-catcher thanks to FILAINE. Acrylic wool combines the natural look of wool… Read more: Natural look is the key!

Trends in Embroidery and Textile Decoration (Text and Photos: Reiner Knochel) The fashion and textile world is still shaped by lots of contrast which will be visible in the autumn / winter collection 2024 / 2025. Caused by worlwide crises, people long for harmony and beauty on one side and wishing change and upheaval on the other. Colours are sometime harmonic and quiet, sometimes wild and provocative. Coming to the materials, there is a trend to use mono materials, this means for example on a cotton shirt, only threads and accessories from cotton are used. But there are at the… Read more: Collection Autumn / Winter 2024 / 2025

Just great! Gunold’s trade fair participation with many visitors and great response “Full House” on all three days of the trade show at this year’s TecStyle Vision in Stuttgart and promising talks at the booth allow GUNOLD to look ahead optimistically. The proximity to the TecCheckArea also contributed to the great success. Here, following the slogan “Pimp your Logo”, the trade show visitors received inspiration on how company logos can be transformed with threads and effect fabrics from GUNOLD in a smart, modern, appealing and thus, anything but a boring way, without violating the corporate identity. That was quite exciting!… Read more: GUNOLD at the TecStyle Vision Trade Show

News about embroidery at TecStyle Vision Open, friendly and inviting, this is how trade visitors know the trade fair presentations of the GUNOLD company. At this year’s TecStyle Vision, the long-established company located in Hall 5, Booth C25 is putting the icing on the cake to the whole presentation. The variety of products around embroidery is presented by the Stockstadt-based company in a new look – the Industrial Style. “Embroidery is innovative and the most beautiful and precious thing in the world. We want to demonstrate this once again to our trade show visitors by creating a new and inspiring… Read more: GUNOLD with a New Booth Concept in Stuttgart

About Embroidery Stabilizers – this is why there are so many of them The Gunold company, based in Stockstadt, Germany, is a leading supplier of embroidery materials and offers over 20 different embroidery stabilizer qualities under its STIFFY brand. A range that is unparalleled! Why the company offers such a high variety, you can find out here.  Within nonwoven technology, embroidery nonwovens represent a special type of nonwoven. They serve to stabilize the embroidery material during the embroidery process and are offered in various types to meet all the different requirements. They are available for tearing off, cutting, ironing-on, as… Read more: The perfect stabilizer for each and every fabric

Right on time for the start of 2023, Pantone presented their eagerly awaited colour of the year. „Viva Magenta“ is a bright reddish hue meant to express power, joy, hope and energy. Let’s take these motivating expressions with us when taking a look to the trends for the summer 2024 collection. Flowers always work, do you agree ? We’ll see a lot of them in Summer 2024, spreading out zest for life and relaxed summer feelings. Embroidery is a wonderful tool to interpret this trend, especially if the wide range of digitizing options is used. Where there are flowers there… Read more: Collection Summer 2024 – Trends in Embroidery and Textile Decoration

What really counts in a top quality thread The viscose embroidery thread SULKY by GUNOLD is a very special embroidery thread. SULKY is made exclusively from pure, high-quality European brand viscose and offers a very natural and extremely glamorous sheen. Predestined for a luxurious look in embroidery and decorative seams, this top thread should be the first choice for classy appearances. Best of all: SULKY is one of the most sustainable products in the GUNOLD product range, certified Ökotex Standard 100 and also vegan! It consists of 100% viscose, which is obtained from ecologically regenerative forests. The company ENKA, based… Read more: SULKY – a glamorous sheen for glamorous appearances

Things are getting better. Or are things getting worse ? Can we go back to normal ? Do we want to go back to normal ? Can we afford to go back to what seemed to be normal ? Questions we are confronted with every day. We have to learn that our life was probably too convenient in the past decades. Is it really necessary to buy oranges which are peeled already and wrapped in plastic ? To name just one of the most stupid examples of our modern world. The exhibition „Plastic – Remaking our World“ in the Vitra… Read more: Collection Autumn-Winter 2023/2024

Color is the skin of the world! Successful trade fair appearance for GUNOLD GmbH at this year’s Texprocess 2022 Exhibiting at this year’s Texprocess 2022 in Frankfurt was the perfect decision for the GUNOLD company. Many new contacts, many good discussions and great interest in the trade fair innovations as well as in the comprehensive product range for everything to do with embroidery and jewelry sewing needs allow the Stockstadt-based company to look to the future with optimism. Head of Marketing Stephan Gunold accordingly draws a positive conclusion: “Everyone was looking forward to the personal exchange after the long Corona… Read more: Gunold GmbH at Texprocess 2022

We are still in times of upheaval. Corona is only partially related to this, but has some influence in that it hinders some processes and accelerates others enormously. Political, social and societal changes affect all areas of life – including the textile world, of course. Let’s take a look at the trends in embroidery and textile decoration for the spring-summer 2023 collection: Nature meets high-tech and creates excitement, implemented here with elegant mother-of-pearl buttons sewn on with neon-colored polyester threads. Mother of pearl buttons by Gritti (IT), sewn on with Gunolds POLYWe find organic structures in prints and embroideries. They… Read more: Trend report summer 2023

GUNOLD: Innovative embroidery nonwovens and sustainable yarns. Innovations for a positive dynamic in the 2022 market Gunold will once again be presenting its professional embroidery product range at TecStyle Visions.