23/07/2010 by admin.

Embroidery can be worked by hand or machine. The hand-made embroidery associated with haute couture consists of using a needle or a crochet hook to reproduce a design with thread on a fabric. Paillettes or beads or other ornamental features, such as small pieces of wood or metal, may be added. The motives are drawn out beforehand on a toile. Then the design is transferred to the fabric, which may be anything from tulle, velvet or raffia to the bark of the banana tree! The tools and materials are carefully prepared, the thread is counted the paillettes wade out. Then the work can begin. There are many embroidery stitches to choose from: satin stitch, stem stitch, buttonhole stitch, herringbone stitch, back stitch, couching point de Luneville, point de Beauvais and so on. Different stitches required different implements, a crochet hook is used for chain stitch and its derivatives. Machine embroidery has been in existence since 1829, when Josua Heilman took out the first patent for an embroidery machine, whose special feature was that it operated 200 needles simultaneously. Today’s machines operate over 1000 needles.

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25/01/2010 by admin.

A cause of much concern and often dispute when ordering t shirt printing is getting the position and size of logo correct in the briefing stage. If this is wrong when you finally get the clothing delivered, there is not a lot you can do about it.

The most common place to have a company logo is FLB or front-left-breast. Now how could that be a problem? Well for a start, is your FLB or my FLB looking at you? The best way to remember is that it will end up on the same side as your left arm. At least that is the industry standard interpretation.

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16/01/2009 by admin.

Embroidery is probably the oldest method of decorating garments. It is certainly one of the most versatile. With a character all of its own, it is often considered to be too expensive.  Modern technology has vastly reduced the cost, but you still have to pay for Digitization. This can cost from about £15 to £50 depending on the size and complexity of the logo or crest you want embroidered.

You can embroider most garments, that other processes would find difficult, including fleece jackets which  have raised pile or woolly hats.

Of course, if you have a business that needs a whole range of clothing on a regular basis the digitization fee soon pays for itself, especially if you have a multi coloured logo.

With most other forms of printing you have to pay extra, for each extra colour used in your logo. The beauty of embroidery is that it makes no difference.

The only time I would be a little bit cautious  is with stretchy or very thin garments. Stretchy garments can suffer from puckering and with thin garments, the stitched backing can feel a bit rough, if you wear it next to the skin. Sometimes, if you have a very large logo, it can actually feel a little heavy and because of that, uncomfortable.

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