Custom and Creative Embroidery in Vancouver

At Getbold we have what it takes to make your logo shine.  Embroidery brings a depth and dimension to your logo that is very different than printing.  When you view your embroidered logo for the first time, we hope you’ll be amazed by sharpness of the stitching and shine of the different coloured threads.

At GetBold, we guarantee you’ll be satisfied with your embroidered logo. If for any reason you are not, we will continue to work on it until you are happy, or send you a full refund.  We take pride in our work and we want you to love the results.

What Will Your Logo Look Like In Embroidery?

Embroidery is made using threads and stitched with needles, which can present some limitations in regards to the size and detail that is achievable. Logos designed for letterheads, business cards, or the web often contain high detail or very small text, so sometimes it is necessary to make minor changes to achieve the best results.

If your GetBold Design Expert determines that changes need to be made to your logo, we will contact you and let you know our suggestions. We will then create a digital proof that will show you how your revised logo will look when embroidered. If you require changes or revisions, no problem! We are happy to make adjustments until you are completely satisfied.

Embroidery Costs

At GetBold, we price by square inch, not by stitch count. Stitch count is the industry standard pricing method, however, pricing by square inch allows our customers to get a quote instantly simply by entering the dimensions of their logo.

Printing vs. Embroidery

Printing a logo is best suited for thinner fabrics such as t-shirts. Thin fabrics often don’t embroider well because the fabric shrinks in the wash, but the embroidery doesn’t. This leads to puckering of the image.  We can reduce this by adding a heavy backing to the stitching, but this makes the embroidered area stiff and less comfortable.

Printing is much better for large logos.  If you wish to cover the whole back of a shirt with your logo, we don’t suggest you embroider it – an embroidered area that large would be so heavy that you would find it difficult to wear. Printing on large areas achieves much better results and remains light and breathable.

Embroidery is most suitable to heavier fabrics like polo shirts, and jackets. It gives the best results on logos smaller than 16 square inches.  Also, embroidery is the absolute best way to logo a hat.  Baseball hats, bucket hats and toques all look fantastic with an embroidered logo.

What to Embroider On?

 At Getbold we offer a huge selection of garments that are perfect for your embroidered logo.  You can embroider on polo shirts, golf shirts, jackets, hats and sweaters – any fabric that is sturdy can be embroidered. Our website has hundreds of items that are suitable for your embroidered logo. Look for the sign at the top of each page that tells you if that particular item is recommended for embroidery!

Selecting Thread Colours

We will do our very best to select the most appropriate thread colour for your embroidered logo.  We have a display of all the colours in our showroom, and if you are nearby feel free to visit us to select your thread colours! If you aren’t nearby, we will do our best to select colours that are the closest match to the Pantone colours you supply us.

Minimum Letter Size

The biggest challenge in embroidery is lettering. Because of thread thickness and needle size, letters cannot be smaller than 1/4 inch tall. Most printed logos have text that is smaller than that, and sometimes embroidery requires a little reformatting to allow for the best possible results. Logos with excessive detail also often need to be simplified a bit to achieve consistent, reliable quality.

Samples of Small Changes We Made to Embroider Logos

Here are some samples of small changes we have made to customer logos to achieve the best possible results with embroidery.

In this image, the customer’s original logo has very small text and thin lines. We made the text larger and thicker and thickened up some of the lines in the plane.

In this image, the fruit characters were too small and detailed to embroider well. We removed them for a simper clean look.