The Process:

There are many steps that go into creating a beautifully embroidered garment.

1. Review art submission. When reviewing your design we look for fine detail, gradients and small lettering that may not translate well. We'll be sure to make a recommendation or give you some options if your logo will not embroider well on a particular garment.

2. Digitizing. Digitizing is the process for converting digital art files into a map of stitches. The digitized file is uploaded to the embroidery machine to provide instructions for location of stitches and thread color. This is done using specialized software.

3. Hooping and Clamping. An embroidery hoop is a plastic ring that snaps around the area of the garment to be sewn. This hoop is attached to a head on the embroidery machine, which is called clamping. These steps are taken to stabilize the garment as the needle sews the fabric.

4. Sewing. Our embroidery machine sews the design, one color at a time, onto your garment with direction provided directly from the digitized art file on our computer.

5. Triming. Once the garments are sewn, we remove the excess backing from the embroidered design. Sometimes a tear-away backing is used and it can be pulled off. Other time the backing must be cut, or trimmed, from the inside of the garment. This step in the process is referred to as trimming.