EMBROIDERY - Promotional Clothing

With the continued investment that EPC Ltd has made in machinery, computer software and the training of our skilled machine operators, we are without a doubt one of the country's leading embroiderers and producers of promotional wear.

Our in-house embroidery department has the ability to produce embroidery origination and samples within 24 hours. We have a small but efficient factory that gives our clients a complete service, we can cope with orders of all sizes within the most demanding of delivery schedules. Quality is of paramount importance as our reputation is at stake. Our strict quality control procedures ensure that all jobs are of the highest standard.

ARTWORK GUIDLINES FOR EMBROIDERY

We try to decorate your garments exactly as you require them. In order for us to achieve a high standard of either Embroidery we need to receive your artwork in the correct format.

Origination of  designs are charged at £7.50 per 1000 stitches,artwork is free of charge. We accept artwork In the following formats, embroidered garment, microsoft word or jpeg can be used. If you require any help contact our office.

EMBROIDERY SAMPLES

All artwork originated by ourselves will be sampled and a copy sent to the customer for approval prior to production.

For Embroidery artwork the customer will receive a swatch/fabric sample and a digital sample via e-mail.

EMBROIDERED CLOTHING

EPC Ltd specialise in Embroidered Garments. We can also embroider a wide range of products. Our Embroidery department produces high quality embroidered garments in quantities ranging from our minimum order of 1 through to 20,000 plus.

All our Embroidered products are produced using the latest state of the art embroidery machines.

WHAT IS EMBROIDERY?

The evolution of embroidery from a hand-craft to a computerised process has made this value-added decorating method affordable for just about everyone.

The embroidery process begins with digitising, the act of 'translating' a graphic design into stitches. There are three basic types of embroidery stitches. Satin or column stitches are the most commonly used. There is a limit both to the minimum and maximum width of these types of stitches. Extremely thin lines or letters cannot utilise the side-to-side sewing movement required of these stitches. Overly wide lines or blocks of color also limit the use of satin stitches because the thread begins to 'hang down' like a roman shade.

Wider lines and blocks of color utilise a fill stitch, a pattern of smaller stitches which cover the desired area. This gives you the quality you want but does tend to increase the stitch count required by the design.

Finally, extremely thin lines are sewn using a running stitch, much like the ones used to baste a hem. These are not quality stitches and really should only be used to define one area from another.

Embroidery sewing charges are based on the number of stitches in a design since stitches equal machine time. The number of colours in an embroidery designs are not a cost factor.

WHAT ARE THE COSTS?

(Prices based on 1 to 25 items ex VAT) FOR ORDER OVER 25 PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE

Embroidery setup is charged at £7.50 per 1000 stitches (ex VAT). An average company or club logo, located on the left chest of a garment is approximately 5000 stitches.

Monogramming Per Item:

Individual names embroidered to the front or back of garments at a height of 10mm will be £2.00 each (ex VAT) and a maximum of 23 letters including spaces. Alternatively two initials at a height of 40mm

HOW TO WORK OUT YOUR INDIVIDUAL PRICE?

For Embroidered Polo Shirts and embroidery onto all our garments, the easiest way to calculate your price is to fill in our embroidery quote details form at the bottom of this page and forward this together with an uploaded image of your artwork/logo and we will then send you a full costing.

To work out the price yourself you will firstly need to know the number of stitches contained within your logo. If you do not know this, please email your logo to us and we will reply with a stitch count. Once the stitch count is known you can then use our price table to calculate the cost. Do not forget we have a minimum stitch count of 5000. Secondly, select your garment. A full catalogue of all our garments, together with prices is available on our website (do not forget to calculate the exact quantity you require, as this will affect both the price of the garment and the price of the embroidery). Finally add the embroidery digitising origination cost to get your final total.

HOW TO ORDER?

For Embroidered Polo Shirts and Embroidery onto all our garments simply fill out the Embroidery quote details form below and email it to us. We will then email a full quote. If you are happy with our quote and wish to place your order you will be contacted in order to take payment. We can do this using all major credit cards over the telephone. Alternatively you can make payment by pro-forma invoice paying by either cheque or bacs payment.

Once payment has been made, we will then originate your artwork and provide you with an electronic sample for approval. This usually takes 48 hours. Once you have approved your artwork we will then place your order into production and provide you with an expected delivery date. Our usual delivery times are 10 working days from receipt of artwork approval. However if you have a specific date in mind please inform us of this and we will endeavour to meet the deadline.

SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK FOR EMBROIDERY