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blue eyes · May 1st, 2008

Hi there. I have a customer that wants their garments to have a look similar to that of Hollister, AE and Abercrombie. Does anyone know how to create a (please excuse my lack of knowledge on the correct terminology) "destroyed" embroidery effect? For example, they like the look of fabric numbers that are sewn onto hoodies in which the edges are frayed and the pieces of the fabric have holes or include chunks missing. How is that effect created and how can it be reproduced somewhat uniformly on many shirts/hoodies, etc...?

Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

COEDS · May 1st, 2008

I HAVE HEARD OF PEOPLE USING A GRINDER TO DISTRESS CLOTHING. gOOD LUCK. ...... jb

blue eyes · May 1st, 2008

Thanks for the response, COEDS. I'll do a little research on grinders.

Fresh Mode · May 1st, 2008

Thats easy, we get this request all the time. All you have to do is find a good distressed or erodedfont from dafont.com and have the customer proof it. Then just digitize accordingly. If you have a good digitizer, the destroyed look will translate very well into stitches.

blue eyes · May 1st, 2008

Cool. Thanks for the tip, Fresh Mode.

237am · May 1st, 2008

get a palm sander with 60 grit sand paper..... that will do it....... might also take out a few other things in the process to..

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blue eyes · May 2nd, 2008

Good tip. Thanks 237am.

splathead · May 2nd, 2008

It's not so much destroyed embroidery that you are seeing, it's destroyed applique. Your applique supplier would be the source for this.

mmagdesigner · May 2nd, 2008

yeah most generaly applique is what is causing this effect you can distress the qpplique all you want then apply it to your garment this will have that look yer going for

blue eyes · May 2nd, 2008

Oh, Ok. Applique, rather than embroidery in the subject line, makes more sense. Good point. I haven't known of any suppliers that do this destroyed stuff. If anyone knows of any, the company I work for might be interested.

Thanks Splathead & Mmagdesigner.

splathead · May 2nd, 2008

Stahls' ID direct - The leader in heat transfer presses, CAD-CUT materials, Roll Goods, vinyl cutters and accessories can make them for you.

blue eyes · May 2nd, 2008

Very helpful. Thanks!

Screenanator · May 2nd, 2008

I use a good quality felt from the fabric stores.....digitize only the outline....place the felt square on the garment...stitch it down...then remove it from the hoop and roughly cut around the letters...to get the nicked effect i use my small embroidery snips and trim out pieces of the letters....then I use sand paper to fray the felt edges...very labor intensive...but very cool.

Ruby MHarvey · May 2nd, 2008

I do quite a bit of regular sewing and depending on what you have to work with for a pattern your can stitch around your cut out pattern leaving 1" or so edges clip all the way round, then wash piece and then use a satin stitch and this will give it a ragged edge look.