I know absolutly NOTHING about embroidery or the process, but I am VERY interested in having work done similar to the quality of the work done below.
My question is not so much about the cost, bot more about the process, what specifically is done on an embroidery job like this to achieve the style, look, quality etc.
What would one need to bring to an embroiderer in order to have a piece like this done? We have numerous graphics done up in illustrator already and can easily transfer them to just about any format under the sun. I am just not sure the next step to take.
I also assume this was done with a very precise computer guided machine, or by someone with outstanding patience.
I think the next step would be to find an embroider in your area and show them your designs and what you're trying to achieve and see if they can reproduce that type of work.
First thing it would take is a skilled digitizer to make stitch file.
That design you show could very well be into the $100's of dollars of stiching, not to mention the digitizing. That design was probably at least a 3 hour job in stitching alone, depending on the speed of the stiching. Embroidery is priced per 1000 stitches, in most shops. Our digitizing software prices out the design when digitizing is done.
Oh, as for your original question....that's probably not the complexity that most embroiderers would tackle. I'm not even sure if our older machines could stitch out that size of work without re-hooping.
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Last edited by rwshirts; January 3rd, 2008 at 04:30 PM.
Looks great, but yes, a lot of hours to do the digitizing and actual embroidery. We just got our 1000mm x 400mm 12 head Tajima. That super wide area machine is the kind to tackle this job. You should look for such wide area machines in your place.
As for the digitizing, you could make the job easier (and less expensive) if you can supply a "fit for digitizing" kind of vector artwork. Talk to your embroiderer/digitizer to see what they want.
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T-Shirt Mogul is right about the hoop size. Understand that you are not embroiderer but you need to know this.
Basically you need to embroider this using a large frame embroidery machine. Otherwise you will need to hoop two to three times. Hooping two to three times means embroidery file has to be segmented into two to three files. Problem with large size design is about registration. Somehow the jacket material will shift and the machine may not embroider on the right place. Outline around the fill may not register on the right location. Make sure to charge higher than usual because for sure it is going to take you longer to embroider than usual.
What would happen if you hoop three times? Could be disastrous. What I am trying to say here is to be very careful for the large jacket back design as this
I think with most machines this design would have to be re-hooped. The design it's self is no problem either for stitching or digitizing but the price might be the big problem.
It would take a specialty machine to do this and the only company I know of that makes one is SWF with a wide format single head machine. The machine is 8 feet by 5 feet and sews larger then the standard border frame (52cm by 45cm) that comes with almost every machine out there. As for time, something of this size could take hours (8 or more) depending if it's all embroidery or if it includes applica. I only know of one person in the US that has this machine although there are probably more. Cost, I wouldn't even guess....
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