Has this ever happened to you?
You have an awesome piece of artwork that will be perfect for your patch design, and you just can’t wait to get your patches made so you can show them off. But then we tell you your design is too intricate and detailed to accurately translate into thread. If this happens, you have options!
Your design has:
- Small & Intricate Details
- Thin Lines, or
- Varying font styles & text sizes
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Here are your three choices:
Alter Your Design
First, you can allow one of our embroidery artists to alter your design by removing some detail and increasing the size of your text. But this may not appeal to you if maintaining the exact integrity of the design is important.
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Increase the Size
If altering the design does not appeal to you, you may choose to increase the overall size of your patch. The larger the patch, the more detail can be achieved. However, this will also increase the price. Some customers have a fixed budget and/or a specific size requirement. Fortunately for them, there is still another option.
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Choose a Different Patch Type
You can change the production process to a woven patch or a printed patch. These will allow for significant amounts of detail at small sizes and will only create minimal alterations in pricing, unlike size changes.
Type of Patches For Your Design
Woven Patches: two distinct sets of threads are interlaced to form a fabric that depicts your design. Woven patches are a great way to achieve photographic realism. Human faces, landscapes, motorcycles, and gradients and blends can be reproduced on smaller-sized woven patches in a way that is only possible on much larger embroidered patches. Read more about woven patches
Printed Patches: or “dye sublimated” patches, start with a blank piece of twill canvas, and the design is printed right onto the fabric itself. This keeps the original design intact. The only potential downside for some individuals is the flatness and perceived one-dimensionality of these patches. However, if preserving the design without increasing the size of the patch is the most important factor to you, then a printed patch is the way to go. Read more about printed patches
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