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Embroidery on T shirts?
Hello,
I am a shopify store owner and instead of using print I want to have my logo have embroidery.
From the collection of stores such as printful etc, none of them offer embroidery besides hats and polos.
Why is this? And does anyone know of another option?
I am a shopify store owner and instead of using print I want to have my logo have embroidery.
From the collection of stores such as printful etc, none of them offer embroidery besides hats and polos.
Why is this? And does anyone know of another option?
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In Florida
Embroidery is easier to do on demand because it doesn't require as much of a setup as screen printing does. I contract my embroidery out to a local business and she doesn't mind if I order one item at a time. You might shop around locally and see if any of the embroiders offer drop shipping. Or just ship the shirts yourself. It's easy enough.
Hey man thanks for the reply.
That was the plan B, buy a bunch of shirts then bring it to a local business then ship it to a fulfilment center.
Was just curious if there was a way to minimize the steps.
That was the plan B, buy a bunch of shirts then bring it to a local business then ship it to a fulfilment center.
Was just curious if there was a way to minimize the steps.
T shirts are pretty thin, embroidery on them sux if it is dense or a full fill. Also it isn't profitable. A $2 T with $12 of embroidery is a hard sell.
I have subbed some embroidered tees out a few times. You will need a very experienced embroiderer due to the thin fabric ( as Binki said). The tension and backing will need to be spot on. The ones I had done looked ok when they arrived but after a few washes the results weren't so good.
As others have said embroidery can only be done on good quality heavyweight tshirts and only a small design.I have subbed some embroidered tees out a few times. You will need a very experienced embroiderer due to the thin fabric ( as Binki said). The tension and backing will need to be spot on. The ones I had done looked ok when they arrived but after a few washes the results weren't so good.
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The set-up fee for embroidery can be expensive for only one inexpensive T. Using a stock embroidery text is fine but if an image is included then the set-up becomes too expensive for most people. DGT works much better for small T-shirt orders.
t-shirts material usually 150 - 180 gsm, it's a little thin for embroidery.
Polo usually 220 gsm
Polo usually 220 gsm
One thing we have done is to put a fusable mesh on first and then use a light weight backing. It will still pucker after a wash or so. 50/50 shirts may do better.
I agree with Binki - and in lay terms, it puckers because tee shirts shrink and the embroidery does not. 50/50 would help but those usually feel even thinner. Best would be 100% poly - or the Dri-fit tees - more expensive of course but so is the perceived value, I do fulfillment on a site that sells dri-fits for around 28-35 and they sell a lot.
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