Embroidery

Q1: What sort of artwork do i need for embroidery
Q2: Do you have a minimum order quantity?
Q3: Can I have any garment embroidered?
Q4: What's the advantages of embroidery?

Q1: What sort of artwork do i need for embroidery?
Embroidery artwork needs to be digitized, this process turns your artwork into stitches and we can then save it as a file that can be read by our embroidery machines. Saving your artwork as a .jpg is fine for embroidery but make sure you save it at a high resolution, 300 dpi should be fine. You can also save it as a vector image and we will convert it for you, for more information on this go to our artwork section.

The cost of converting your image to an embroidery file depends on the number of stitches your design will be. Most logos are around 4,000 - 8,000 stitches but you can't work out how many stitches it will be yourself. Email your artwork to artwork@birkdalestudios.co.uk and we will let you know the number of stitches and price of the artwork.

If you are coming to use having had you design embroidered by someone else always ask them if you can have the file, we cant guarantee it will be compatible with our machine's but it's always worth a try.

Q2: Do you have a minimum order quantity?
With embroidery orders we do not have a minimum order value although naturally you will pay more for 1 off's or very short runs compared to longer runs, just email or phone us for prices.

Q3: Can I have any garment embroidered?
Some garments, especially very thin materials are not really suitable for embroidery, if your not sure and need advice phone or email.

Q4: What's the advantages and disadvantages of embroidery?
The main advantage to embroidery is the end result. You tend to fined that an embroidered image has a look and feel of a quality product. This is of course not always the case and some designs may well lend themselves better to being printed. Embroidery is also durable and you can have multicolour designs at no extra cost.

The main disadvantages of embroidery is the cost as it does tend to be more expensive then screen printing. As well as this some fabrics are not really suitable for embroidery and size can also be an issue. Very large designs can overpower a garment with a bulky embroidery image on it. Also large design will normally be made up of many thousand of stitches and so take longer to produce and are very expensive.

Embroidery in general is best suited for logos and badges, but of course exceptions do apply so its always worth asking us first for advice.

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