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A
Short Course in the Art of Embroidery and Embroidered Patches
Embroidery is the art
or process of forming a decorative design with hand or machine needlework
or sewing. When our artists work on a custom embroidery job for a customer,
they are determining exactly where on a piece of white or colored twill
to place stitches of various colored threads to form the image that you
want to achieve. In some (but relatively few) cases the actual stitching
of the design covers the entire surface of the twill, but in most cases
a portion of the underlying twill becomes the "background" for
the design. Using a colored twill can be quite helpful and cost saving
method of achieving the exact look that you want without having to fully
cover the underlying twill with more costly stitches.
The art of making the
exceptional quality embroidered
patches that we produce is based on our ability to accurately translate
your design, logo or idea into the medium of embroidered artwork by creating
a computer program to operate our state of the art, computer controlled
embroidery machines.
We then start
with a very high quality white or colored twill (we have more than 100
different color twills) and using equally high quality colored threads
(we have almost every imaginable color as well as metallic threads) sew
the computer generated pattern of threads onto the twill to form the exact
design that you want. The patches are then precision cut and edged to
meet your exact needs. Depending on how the embroidered patch is to be
used, we may apply different types of backing material to the underside
of the twill of the finished patch. If for example you are going to sew
the finished patch to a garment no special backing would be needed, but
in other applications where sewing might be impractical we may apply a
"heat-seal" backing for the customer to use in conjunction with
a heat-seal machine to apply the patches.
Now that you understand how patches
are embroidered on underlying twill, the method for pricing is much easier
to understand.
There are three main
factors that determine the price of your custom embroidered patches and
emblem embroidery. These factors are quantity, the patch size and the
percentage
of emblem embroidery that covers the patch. You generally know how
many patches you need and the approximate size that you want, but frequently
have difficulty in determining the percentage of embroidery coverage on
the patch.
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