What embroidery digitising should cost you
Published 2026 rates run $1–$4 per thousand stitches, with most designs landing between $10 and $85. How to read a quote and when to bring it in-house.
Artwork · 36 articles
Artwork: Files, proofs and designs that print.
File formats, separations, proofs and the redraws customers never send. 36 articles.
Artwork articles
Where do you draw the line on fixing customer artwork?
Ten minutes free, then it is billable. How to set that line, publish it, and hold it without losing the account.
Which artwork files to accept, and which to refuse
Vector, raster and the ones that waste an hour. A rule set you can publish, plus what to ask for when a customer has nothing usable.
Spot, process, simulated or index: choosing a separation
Four ways to split a design into screens. Which one suits the artwork, the garment colour and the press you are running it on.
Proofs that prevent arguments
A proof is not a picture, it is a record. What has to be on it, how to get it approved quickly, and why the approval must live on the job.
Preparing artwork for DTG and DTF
Digital printing forgives colour count and punishes everything else. Resolution at size, transparency, thin lines and the white underbase nobody plans for.
Colour matching and brand colours
A customer's blue is a specific blue and your screen is not showing it. How to get a reference, what to promise, and where matching genuinely fails.
Designing for the print area, not the artboard
A design that looks right on screen can run off a youth medium or across a placket. Real print areas by garment, and how to check before you commit.
Why a logo that prints well may not embroider
Gradients, thin lines and small text survive ink and fail in thread. What to change, what to charge for, and how to explain it.
Keeping track of which version was approved
Three rounds of changes and nobody is sure which file went to press. A versioning habit that takes seconds and settles arguments.
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