[bearsshop]

Hi guys,

At the moment we only really offer t-shirts and hoodies as we can press vinyl on to these without losing that much quality. I think printing vinyl on polo shirts looks a tad cheap so we're looking to move into embroidery. While we'd love to do this in-house we're not yet at that stage so would be looking to outsource for now.

So three questions really,

Can anyone highly recommend a supplier for embroidery?

What sort of cost would we be looking at for say orders of 150-200 items with a small 2 or 3 coloured logo on the left breast? I appreciate it's difficult to be accurate with that description.

Lastly, I've seen many manufacturers offering polos but we're aiming at the top end of the market. A quality polo that will wash well and sits well on the wearer.

Any help at all appreciate but I understand I'm being a bit vague.

 

[Stitch-Up]

Hi from a sunny South Wales

We've been doing embroidery for a few years now, we still work from home in order to keep costs down. We do all our own digitizing.

You can see some of the stuff we've produced over the recent past by following this link:

Embroidery pictures by datasafe - Photobucket

As you can see, we also use vinyl, rhinestones and we'just purchased a Neoflex Direct to Garment printer and inherited yet another huge learning curve

Cheers

John

 

[daveym]

vinyl on polo shirts won't look cheap if you have decent polo shirts. I've tried and tested dozens of polo shirts, as originally, when i started i was getting similar results to you. Because of the weave/locks from the stitchingl, most are never totally flat...there are ridges within the material. Usually on the poorer quality shirts, this is the case, but i've also come across more expensive with the same stitching. You basically need to try and test various shirts, and find a polo with a closer stich and so slightly more even...I now have a few great suppliers for polo shirts and have never have a bad result. The only time things look slightly unprofessional when applying vinyl onto a polo, is small detialed designs or text. These simply will not look right due to the stitching/weaving of the material, unless you have a very goood quality polo with tight weave.

 

[mmichbam]

Hi,

We may be able to help you.

We currently embroidery for several of the major Golf manufacturers and understand the difficulties embroidering on to high end items.

If you can forwrd me your email address I will send you a price list.

Mick

 

[vadan]

Have you considered Vintage Puff vinyl as an alternative?

 

[johnbol1]

You may wanna try Elite in St Helens for the embroidery, the have 24 hour shifts operating and do much contract work.
Speak to Dave, they have never let me down yet.
01744 814004
Elite Sportswear and embroidered polo shirts St Helens Merseyside, for stanno kits,training gear,sports tops, Tracksuits and sports or leisurewear with embroidered polo shirts no minimum,kooga and stanno a speciality from elite. is one of there sites
John