Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Embroidery Magic: This to That, part 2

In the last installment of "Embroidery Magic: This to That," I asked, "What do a saguaro cactus and a snow-capped mountain have in common?" The answer is, a recent customer wanted both of them to appear in a patch the shape of the state of Arizona. While it was initially difficult to cram all of the details he asked for into a patch only 4" by 3", he was satisfied with this rough result:



This design isn't the cool part, though, as it's rather rudimentary. No, the virtual sew-out is what's most impressive, as it represents how the design would look in real life.



So, in this case, we essentially started with the Arizona state outline and a few pointed suggestions. In the end, we have a patch that resembles something a state official would wear. Yee haw!

Next time: Quality control.

Golf Towel Embroidery



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Monday, March 15, 2010

AzCa Embroidery Ad 2



A big thanks to our friends at Screened Gear for designing this ad for us! Look for it all over the Internet soon.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

AzCa Embroidery Ad 1


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Friday, March 5, 2010

Embroidery Magic: This to That, part 1

Welcome to the first in our series, "This to That," in which we reveal how the magic of embroidery helps us turn . . . well, this to that. See, most customers give us images of their logo to digitize and embroider, but sometimes the process isn't that simple. Today, I present "The Case of the Flying Dutchman Racing Photograph," when our customer gave us this picture to digitize:



The Flying Dutchman logo is awesome, but as a photograph taken at an angle from a reflective car door, it's extremely difficult to translate into an image we can stitch! Further, we couldn't find that font, so we knew we had to build the letters from scratch. So, we scanned the photo and cropped the image into different pieces, manipulating each piece to make the letters uniform while staying true to the design. We maintained the symmetry of the text's arcs and simply recreated the "Est. 1992" with a comparable house font. Once the image was digitized and sewn out, here's the result:



The client was so pleased with the final product, they've recently inquired about jacket backs!

Coming soon to "This to That" -- What do a saguaro cactus and a snow-capped mountain have in common?