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Set-up |
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Do
you supply the garments? |
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Can
we supply our own garments? |
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If
we already have an embroidery disc, can we use that? |
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Design |
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Do
you have any stock designs that we can use? |
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Does
it cost extra to have more than one colour in the design? |
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How
do you turn our logo into stitching? |
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We've
already got a logo, can we use that? |
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Just
text designs |
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If
we just want some text, is there a set up charge? |
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Are
there any guidelines for embroidered text to look good? |
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Repeat
and larger orders |
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If
we come back for more embroidery, does it have to be set up
again? |
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Is
there a discount for bigger orders? |
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Miscellaneous |
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Is
embroidery always the best option? |
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How
flexible is the service? |
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Do
you supply the garments? |
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Yes
we do, and there is a huge range to choose from - why not
browse our Online Garment Catalogue - click here. If you have
any queries or cannot find what you want, please contact us. |
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Can
we supply our own garments? |
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You
can supply your own garments which does incur a surcharge
of:
1-10
£2.50 + VAT
11
- 30 £1.50 + VAT
30+
£1.00 + VAT |
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If
we already have an embroidery design, are we able to use that? |
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Probably yes, we can use most standard embroidery formats. |
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Do
you have any stock designs that we can use? |
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We
have over 20,000 stock designs for you to choose from. Use
the following link to browse the design catalogue. Use of
any of the stock designs costs just £5.00 each - much
cheaper than having a design specially set up. As a guide
designs for left breast position would typically be no larger
than about 85mm wide or tall and typically have less than
10,000 stitches. |
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Does
it cost extra to have more than one colour in the design? |
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No
it doesn't. Unlike screen printing where every colour costs
money, the number of colours in embroidery makes no difference
to the cost. Our machines can cope with 12 colours, but most
designs have 6 or fewer colours. With transfer printing we
can produce full-colour photographic type images for no extra. |
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How
do you turn our logo into stitching? |
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The
process is called digitising and the quality of the final
embroidery rests very much on the skill of the digitiser.
Using specialist software the digitiser coverts the image
into instructions for the embroidery machine to know where
to stitch, what type of stitch to use and much more. Many
people can digitise, but not all of them can digitise well.
Our digitiser has been doing our work for a number of years
and has received many favourable comments from customers who
have previously had designs digitised elsewhere. |
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We've
already got a logo, can we use that? |
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Most
certainly. We need a good quality colour copy of your logo
and the size you want it. Our preference is for the artwork
to be in the form of a PC graphics file, e.g. JPEG, TIFF etc.,
although we can use a paper copy as the artwork. The more
complex the design the bigger we need the image, if possible
real size or larger. |
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If
we just want some text, is there a set up charge? |
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Providing
we can match your font to one of our existing fonts, there
is no set up charge. If we can't match it, then there will
be a set-up charge. To see some of our most popular fonts.
This is not a complete list, but shows the fonts that give
the best results. |
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Are
there any guidelines for embroidered text to look good? |
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The
minimum size for text is 5mm high, use a simple font that
doesn't have too many narrow areas. Ideally the size should
be at least 8mm high and in a block font. |
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If
we come back for more embroidery, does it have to be set up
again? |
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No.
Once the design has been set up, we store the embroidery file
ready for future use. You only pay for the actually embroidery
to be done. |
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Is
there a discount for bigger orders? |
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Yes
there is, but less so in embroidery than in printing. Please
ask for details when discussing your order. |
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Is
embroidery always the best option? |
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No,
although embroidery has an appearance and longevity that printing
doesn't. Embroidery can cope with more colours in a design
than screen printing, but printing would probably be the chosen
medium for large single colour designs, say on the back of
give away T shirts, in large numbers. Photographic images
will need to be reproduced by transfer printing rather than
embroidery. If we don't think embroidery is the right option
for your job, we will tell you. |
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How
flexible is the service? |
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By
having a variety of the latest technology embroidery and printing
machines we know that we have the flexibility to deal with
a wide range of jobs, not just in terms of numbers, but also
in the type of work, particularly some of the more unusual
work like golf bags and horse blankets. |
