An embroidery needle laying satin stitch

Custom embroidered patches · Made in California Twelve thousand stitches. Checked by hand.

Every embroidered patch leaves our shop after a person has looked at it against your approved mockup. Here is how it works.

Made in Torrance, CA

Every patch hand-checked before it ships

From your sketch to the box

Six stages, all under one roof in Torrance, CA

  1. A stitch file being built over a logo

    Digitizing

    Your artwork becomes a stitch file: every satin, fill and underlay decided by a person.

  2. Thread cones matched to a Pantone strip

    Thread pull

    Cones matched to your colors from the wall.

  3. A needle laying satin stitch

    Stitching

    Fifteen heads, one at a time under the camera.

  4. Merrow machine wrapping the edge

    The edge

    Merrow or hot-cut. The rim that stops it fraying.

  5. Checking a patch with a loupe

    Hand check

    Every patch against the approved mockup. Loupe, light, tally sheet.

  6. Stacks of patches in the box

    Packed

    Counted, bagged, tracked. Free shipping in the US.

Coverage, at the distance you will actually see it

Same logo, three coverages

A patch with 50% thread coverage
50% · simple logos, name tapes
A patch with 75% thread coverage
75% · most team and uniform patches
A patch with 100% thread coverage
100% · premium, military-style, collectible

Embroidered patch ideas

Fire dept shoulder patch on a duty shirt
MC back patch on leather

Every patch is checked by hand against your approved mockup.

Event patches on a sash
100% coverage crest

No minimum. A free mockup within 24 hours.

Name tapes
Hat with 3 in. patch

The people

Three people touch your patch

One decides the stitches, one runs the machines, and one checks the result against your mockup.

  • Our digitizer

    Digitizer

    Decides every stitch.

  • Our machine lead

    Machine lead

    Runs the 15-head line.

  • Our final-check inspector

    Final check

    Nothing ships without their initials.

When you are ready for a number

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From $0.76 at 1,000 pieces. Free mockup in 24 hours, no payment until you approve it.

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