There is a contract embroidery shop near Seattle that we have used once or twice when we have needed extra production capacity. That shop charges less than what we charge as a contract rate. Mostly that is because of their larger capacity, but we discovered that it is also a little bit due to that shop’s material inputs. Of the thread we use …
How An Embroidery Shop Can Cut a Corner (to Spite the Customer)
We had a nice experience meeting with a prospective customer recently. It is a sizeable company near Seattle with many employees and an existing relationship with another embroidery and screen printing shop. So we decided it would be worth the minor investment to digitize the company’s logo and stitch it out on some material that we could bring to the meeting. …
Embroidery Set-up Charge — What Is Being Purchased?
A customer seeking to purchase embroidered shirts, jackets, hats or other logo wear is likely to encounter the “set-up charge.” What is an embroidery set-up charge? The set-up process is a service that is a crucial part of delivering a final product that delights the customer. We wanted to take the opportunity here to write about what the client is buying and may expect …
Why clients of graphic artists must consider non-white backgrounds in the logo design process.
About a year ago we provided embroidered polos to Five Minute Productions, a Metro Atlanta-based marketing, advertising, and graphic design firm. When this client recommended to one of his own clients that they work with us for embroidered shirts, we were delighted. The way we see it, when a marketing and graphic design firm likes our logo embroidery work and service well …
When Is Puff Embroidery Feasible?
Puff embroidery, also called 3D embroidery, is an effect achieved by placing a piece of foam on a garment as it is being embroidered. When everything is done correctly the foam remains expanded under the stitching, which creates a 3D, raised, or tactile effect to the embroidered design. This can really make the right kind of logo pop! That must make …
Jumping Embroidery Stitches in Seattle
The next time you are standing in line at your local coffee shop in Seattle, Scottsdale, Portland, or wherever you happen to live, sneak a glance at the embroidery of any of the folks standing with you. One of the ways you can tell how much that company’s embroidery vendor cared about how its clients’ staff looks is by how they …
Can Luggage Be Embroidered?
We have an embroidery client in greater Seattle area that occasionally orders pieces of luggage. Yes, embroidery on luggage is possible. It adds a mark of distinction to your travel bags and helps you extend your brand image to the airport, the hotel, and beyond. That said, branding your luggage with your corporate logo or your initials is not an …
Embroidery for Hotel and Medical Applications
We have some embroidery clients in the Seattle-Tacoma area with a very particular need — the need to wash their embroidered jackets, towels, and robes with bleach. One of these clients is a string of dental offices that requested lab coats for its dental hygiene technicians. Another is a hotel chain of which we have written before. We supply that …
Logo Embroidery on Robes and Towels
We do embroidery and screen printing work for a Tacoma-area chain of hotels. About five months ago, one of the hotels decided to replace some of the robes in its room. Their first instinct was to go for plush, but inexpensive. Cotton is more expensive than synthetic fabrics, so by the time they had called us, they had already firmly …
Embroidered Logos — Graphic Design Parameters
Graphic designers and marketing staff should be aware that there is a minimum stitch length for machine embroidery. While most logos will not be affected by this issue, there are certain design features that can run up against that limit. This can lead to inconsistent branding between print materials and corporate logo wear. A good example would be a design …