When you want your logo embroidered, it has to be first digitized, which converts your image into a file that is readable by the embroidery machines. A logo is digitized using a program that goes in an breaks down the logo to individual stitches and then the programmer goes back in redraws the stitches to make the logo look the same. Our standard digitizing fee is $50 up to 20,000 stitches. At this point, the stitch count is determined, which is a major factor in pricing, because the higher the stitch count, the longer it takes to run and the more thread it takes.
Once the logo is digitized and entered into the computer of the embroidery machine, each item has to be hooped (a plastic ring goes under the item and then a ring with arms goes on top and is pressed down until it is securely together). Once the item is hooped, the arms slide into guides on the embroidery machine that holds everything in place. The embroidery machine then reads the digitized logo and embroiders the logo onto the item, one stitch at a time.
There is a white paper on the back of an embroidered logo is called backing. Backing gives the thread something to hold on to as the needle runs back and forth through the garment. It is trimmed down to be as small and as least noticeable as possible.
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