Embroidery 101
Embroidery 101
Step 1-Artwork Stage
During this stage of the embroidery process, our artists go to work creating
innovative custom designs to fit each client's needs. They size the artwork
to fit the desired garment, and then the client is contacted to finalize the
design size, colors, and overall appearance. Once finalized, the design is
sent to the embroidery department.
Step 2-Digitizing
The embroidery process begins with an idea or a piece of artwork. That
artwork then has to be "digitized" which is the specialized process of
converting 2 dimensional artwork into stitches or thread. Contrary to
popular opinion, you cannot take a particular format of art such as a jpeg,
tif, eps, bmp, and convert it to an embroidery tape. The digitizer has to
actually recreate the artwork using stitches, meaning, the digitizer is
programming the sewing machine to sew a specific design, in a specific
color, with a specific type of stitch. This is the process known as
digitizing. Also, because embroidery is 3 dimensional, some exciting effects
can be included to "spruce up" a normally flat piece of artwork.
Step 3-Production
Once the artwork has been digitized, it is then ready to be put into
production. Production embroidery is a very hands on process. Before the
sewing can begin, specific thread colors must be loaded by hand into the
machines. A spool of thread for each color for each sewing head must be
loaded. The machine itself is programmed by the operator to sew the design
in a particular color sequence and a particular sewing speed. The garments
must then be "hooped" individually, again by hand, and then loaded into the
machine. Once the design has completed sewing, the garment is taken off the
machine, un-hooped, and then sent to the next step in the production
process.
Step 4-Finishing
After the garments have been sewn, they go through a finishing process.
During this step, the garments are inspected for
quality, individually trimmed of excess backing material and excess threads,
then folded and packaged ready for shipping to the end user.
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