Custom Embroidery
Custom embroidery gives your brand that crisp, professional look people notice. Logos stitched with care show attention to detail and leave a lasting impression. From team polos to promotional gear, embroidery adds texture, durability, and style that stands out. It’s a simple way to elevate your brand - smart, sharp, and built to last. Whether it's t shirt and embroidery for retail or workwear embroidery for your staff, we make it happen.
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What is Custom Embroidery?
Custom embroidery is a decoration technique where logos or designs are stitched directly onto garments using specialised embroidery machines and coloured threads. Instead of printing ink onto the fabric, embroidery uses stitching to create a durable and professional finish.
This method is commonly used for embroidered workwear, uniforms, polo shirts, jackets and branded clothing because it provides long-lasting results that maintain their appearance even after frequent washing and everyday use.
Custom embroidery is ideal for businesses and organisations looking to create strong brand visibility through high-quality, professional clothing and uniforms.
How Custom Embroidery Works for Branded Clothing
Custom embroidery begins by converting your logo or design into a specialised digital stitch file through a process known as digitising. This file guides the embroidery machine on how to stitch the design, including stitch direction, density and sequence, ensuring professional results on clothing and workwear.
Once approved, garments are secured in embroidery frames to ensure accurate positioning, and high-quality threads are stitched directly into the fabric. This process creates durable, professional branding suitable for embroidered uniforms, workwear and branded clothing that withstand frequent washing and everyday use.
Embroidery is ideal for polos, jackets, uniforms and corporate clothing where long-lasting logo branding and a premium finish are required. Our team carefully adjusts stitch settings and thread selection to ensure every embroidered logo appears sharp, consistent and suited to each garment.
Why choose Custom Embroidery?
Embroidery is a great option to give your branded clothing a professional and polished look. Whether it’s uniforms, promotional items, or team gear, embroidery adds a high-quality, long-lasting finish that works well for any business.
Our Coloreel dye sublimation custom embroidery solution also offers a new generation of sustainable embroidery services, using less chemicals, no waste water, and minimised embroidery thread waste…and coming in full colour embroidery designs.
To support our customer’s in achieving more creative and sustainable custom embroidery logos we have a team of experts that will help with design guidance, digitisation of your logo, and high quality controls to ensure your finished products go way beyond expectations. Whether you need patch embroidery custom or logo embroidery service, we’ve got you covered.
Cost of Custom Embroidery Services
The price of embroidery services depends on a few things: the size of the embroidery design, how complex it is, and how many items you want to be embroidered. The more embroidery stitches needed, the higher the cost. We do offer discounts for larger orders, so if you’re looking to bulk up on personalised clothing, custom embroidery can be a cost-effective option.
Advantages of Embroidery
1. Premium, Professional Appearance
Embroidery offers a textured, high-end finish. Perfect for embroidery clothing, t shirt and embroidery, and embroidery for mens shirts, it adds value and style.
2. Long-Lasting and Excellent durability
Thread is stitched directly into the embroidery fabric, making it highly resistant to washing, wear, and fading. It's especially well-suited for workwear and heavy-use garments.
3. Works on a Variety of Fabrics
Our fabric and embroidery techniques perform well on cotton, fleece, canvas, polyester and more.
4. No Colour Fading or Peeling
Unlike printed designs, your machine embroidery designs will remain vibrant wash after wash.
5. Amazing value for money
Embroidered garments are often perceived as higher-quality or more prestigious, making them a strong choice for premium branding or retail items.
6. Outstanding Creative Custom Designs
Our experts can help bring your design embroidery designs to life with the latest embroidery patterns and techniques.
Disadvantages of Embroidery
1. Not Ideal for Complex or Detailed Designs
Fine details, small text, gradients, and photographic elements are difficult to reproduce accurately with thread. It works best with bold, simple artwork.
2. Limited Colour Range
While thread colours are available in a wide palette, they are limited compared to the infinite colour and blending capabilities of DTF printing or screen printing.
3. Not Cost-Effective for Large, All-Over Designs
Large embroidery t shirt artwork requires more embroidery stitches, which increases time and cost.
4. May Distort Lightweight or Stretchy Fabrics
The stitching process can warp thin or delicate fabrics, especially if the design is dense. Some garments may require extra backing to stabilise the fabric.
5. Longer Turnaround for Complex Jobs
Digitising the design, setting up the machine, and stitching each piece takes time — especially for multi-garment orders with different placements or logos.
Your Order, Made Easy in 4 Steps
1. Tell us about your project needs
Share your requirements, quantities and deadlines with our team so we can recommend the best solution.
2. Expert advice & visual mock-ups
We recommend the best products and printing methods, then provide mock-ups for approval before production.
3. Production & Quality control
Your order is produced using professional printing and checked at every stage to ensure quality.
4. On-time delivery, every time
We deliver your order on time to offices, events and venues across the UK and worldwide.
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Printing Prices Artwork GuidelinesBest Products for Embroidery
Embroidery works best on durable, high-quality fabrics that can handle the stitching process and provide a long-lasting, professional appearance. Here are some of the most popular products that are ideal for embroidery, especially for businesses looking to promote their brand effectively:
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Hoodies
A popular choice for both staff uniforms, events and giveaways, hoodies are perfect for casual, everyday wear.
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Jackets
Great for adding a sleek, professional look to your outerwear, ideal for corporate events or team outings. Make your brand stand out.
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Caps
Perfect for promoting your business on the go, embroidered caps make great branded merchandise and giveaways.
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A popular choice for both staff uniforms, events and giveaways, hoodies are perfect for casual, everyday wear.
More Garment Printing Techniques Explained
Looking for the best printing method for your design and garment choice? At Garment Printing, we offer a wide range of professional printing techniques to suit every style, budget and project requirement. Whether you need vibrant full-colour detail, fast turnaround or eco-friendly options, our team has the expertise to deliver. Explore the techniques below and find the right solution for your next project — we’re here to guide you every step of the way.
Advanced Screen Printing Effects & Finishes - Screen Printing Techniques
Our advanced screen printing effects and finishes create a wide range of visual and tactile results — from ultra-soft prints and subtle tonal designs to bold textures and eye-catching finishes.
Our team recommends the best approach based on your artwork, garment choice and brand goals, considering colour count, durability, feel and budget to achieve the best result for your project.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Embroidery
Find quick answers to our most common questions about ordering personalised clothing and branded merchandise.
Embroidery is a decoration method where a design or logo is stitched directly onto garments using specialised embroidery machines, creating a durable and professional finish.
Embroidery is highly durable and maintains its appearance even after frequent washing, making it ideal for workwear, uniforms and long-term branded clothing.
Embroidery works well on most garments including polo shirts, hoodies, jackets, caps and uniforms, although very thin or lightweight fabrics may not always be suitable.
Digitising is the process of converting artwork into a stitch file that guides the embroidery machine on stitch type, direction and density to ensure the best quality result.
There is usually no strict minimum order, but smaller quantities may have a higher cost per garment due to setup and digitising requirements.
Embroidery is one of the most durable branding methods available and can last the lifetime of the garment when properly cared for.
Yes, embroidery threads can be matched closely to brand colours using standard thread colour systems to maintain brand consistency.
Yes, our team will advise whether embroidery or printing is more suitable based on garment type, logo detail, budget and intended use.
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