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Embroidery - 10 Steps to Success |
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Our business is
embroidery and we have been doing it for over 15 years from out
state of the art facility located in historic Concord
Massachusetts. This page is designed to guide you through your
next embroidery project. Think of Corporate Casuals as your
personal embroidery consultant. We have years of experience,
some of the best online embroidery tools in the business, and a
great catalog chock full of apparel and gift ideas. |
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- Step 1:
Select Garments or Items to Embroider [TOP]
- All sorts of items can have embroidery applied; hats,
shirts, jackets, bags, blankets, baby bibs, towels....the list
is almost endless. An embroidery charge will cost between $3.50 to $6.00 per
unit depending on stitch count and quantity. Choose items
that will be durable and look good after months of use.
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A good place to get to find
items to embroider is
the Corporate Casuals Online
Catalog. |
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- Step 2:
Select Basic Design or Logo [TOP]
- If your
organization has a logo then this step may be as simple as
obtaining a graphic file of your logo and uploading it to a web
site. If not, you will need to choose a graphic that meets
your needs. There are many places on the web you can visit
to gather some ideas.
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- The last thing to think about is how your
embroidery design will fit on the items you have selected. Hats
have a height restriction of 2.25 inches. If you want your
design to fit on pretty much everything do not make it larger than
2.25 inches high by 4 inches wide. Some customers prefer
to create two versions of
their design, one for hats and one for shirts (2.25" x 4.00" and
3.00" x 4.00").
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A great place to find
design ideas is the Corporate Casuals online
Embroidery
Gallery. All of the designs
you see there can be used with no setup
charges. |
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- Step 3: Choose Text to
Compliment the Logo [TOP]
- Choose text to compliment the logo. Mark
Twain said it best "If I would have had more time, I would
have written you a shorter letter." The point, it takes a lot of skill and much
more time to write concise text and copy.
- Mark Twain had it easy; he could write
smaller and use more paper. In the embroidery world, text
can only be stitched so small and there is very limited space to
work with. Think carefully about the text you want displayed
with your logo. Be precise and try to use the fewest words
possible.
- From an embroidery standpoint, text may
be no smaller than 3/16" tall. From a practical standpoint,
if you want people to actually read your message you should plan
on text that is 1/4" to 1/2" tall. The number of
letters you can use is a function of the text size and maximum
width of the item you will be working with. Generally
speaking, most embroidered items have a four inch wide area that
can be used for design and text.
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Create a "Text Only" design in the
Corporate Casuals Embroidery
Studio to see how much
text you can fit on your design.
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- Step 4: Check Spelling,
Colors, and Sizes [TOP]
- Even with computers and automatic spell
checkers, designs with incorrect spelling are submitted all the
time. This is especially true of proper names and uncommon
words (radio station call letters for example).
- Another common place for mistakes is selecting
colors for the embroidery. Always be sure the colors
in your design contrast sufficently with the item you are
embroidering.
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- Step 5: Send in Your Design
for Digitizing [TOP]
- If you do
not have artwork in a common embroidery format, you will need to
have someone convert your artwork into an embroidery format.
This process is called digitizing and you can expect to
pay about $65.00 - $200.00 for a experienced digitizer to do this
conversion. Rather than arranging for digitizing yourself,
it is much easier to have it done by the embroidery shop that will
be stitching your items. Since some types of fabric can be
difficult to embroider. Using the same shop for everything allows
the shop to adjust the design so that it will stitch well on their
equipment.
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- Step 6: Order Samples [TOP]
- If
you are organizing a large order, you may want a sample of the
items. Any reputable embroidery shop will have a program where
you can get a sample of the items you plan to buy. Expect to
provide a refundable deposit on a major credit card to secure the
samples.
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- Step 7: Review and Approve
Digitizing [TOP]
- For large orders you may
want to see a sample of your design. Most embroidery shops
can send you a sample stitched on a piece of scrap material.
Some shops can create an electronic sample in a graphic format
such as a PDF file for review on a computer screen.
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Using a online embroidery studio like the one
offered by Corporate Casuals can be a huge time saver since
you can approve your design when you create
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- Step 8: Place Your Order
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- By this time you
have your samples and a design, you just need to place the
order. Most people don't realize that clothing can be quite
heavy especially when you are dealing with larger orders.
Good planning will insure that you can ship via ground to get the
best shipping rates.
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- Step 9: Send
Back Samples [TOP]
- Be sure to return
any samples that the embroidery shop sent to you. If you
fail to return them you will very likely be charged.
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- Step 10: Reorder [TOP]
- After the first order, reorders should be
simple. Color changes can be made without any trouble at
all. Changes to the stitching will still need approval, but
will be easier because you have point or reference in the original
design. The easiest way to re-order is to have you logo saved
online in your account so you may select the garments
and automatically check out. Reorders should take no more than a
few minutes to place once you have decided on the garments.
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We hope you find this guide a
useful resource for you next embroidery project. If you have any
questions feel free to contact us via e-mail sales@corporatecasuals.com or 866-369-5935. |
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