Before you send away boxes full of clothing to be embroidered, whether it's for band merchandise or school uniform, you'll be curious as to how mass embroidery is carried out. Most people are under the impression that computer software can carry out the whole process, but they are mistaken.
To have an image embroidered onto clothing it must first be digitized. What this means is that the image must be scanned on to a computer using CAD (Computer Aided Design) or CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture) technology and then put into a format that the computer can read. Because different image have different numbers of pixels and different sizes, sometimes when they are digitized the image becomes 'skewed' and doesn't come out looking the same as it did in the original picture. As a result a human is needed to look over each image and ensure that it looks the same as the original, before it is embroidered on to the fabric for the customer. If this isn't done then hundreds of designs could be sewn onto fabric looking terrible and in some cases unrecognisable, not only meaning that the customers don't get their products but also that thread and employee time are wasted.
The image transfer to the sewing machine comes after the human checks for any errors in the digitisation process and this is the first stage in getting the design embroidered. The worker will need to manually change any images that did get altered in the digitising process, so that they appear the same on the garment once embroidered as they did when sent in by the customer. The pattern which was put together by the computer is then sent along with the design to the sewing machine. Until almost the very last moment the embroidered design often doesn't look anything like the original image, due to the different layers of colour and the way that the thread must be applied. Often there are a few small details added at the end which tie the whole picture or text together to make it look perfect.
Depending on the design and the fabric that it's being embroidered on to, sometimes the sewing machine will need to change needles and threads, which sometimes requires manual work from a human. Because of this, the processing time for the average embroidered image is about one or two days (from the moment that the image is received from the customer, to the moment that it has been fully embroidered and ready to be sent off). If an individual would like many copies of one image then there's no need to digitize each one, but simply use the same sewing machine and computer as they will already have the digitized image stored on them. This means that it's much quicker to process a batch of 50 shirts with one design on them than 10 with all different ones.
Whether it's embroidery done on just one garment or on 1000 this article has outlined the method and techniques used to get the job done. Embroidery has not always been carried out using computer technology and indeed not always with electronic sewing machines, but since the days in which these methods started to be used the industry has simply been growing and growing. Whether it's embroidery done on just one garment or on 1000 this article has outlined the method and techniques used to get the job done. Embroidery has not always been carried out using computer technology and indeed not always with electronic sewing machines, but since the days in which these methods started to be used the industry has simply been growing and growing. - 16755
To have an image embroidered onto clothing it must first be digitized. What this means is that the image must be scanned on to a computer using CAD (Computer Aided Design) or CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture) technology and then put into a format that the computer can read. Because different image have different numbers of pixels and different sizes, sometimes when they are digitized the image becomes 'skewed' and doesn't come out looking the same as it did in the original picture. As a result a human is needed to look over each image and ensure that it looks the same as the original, before it is embroidered on to the fabric for the customer. If this isn't done then hundreds of designs could be sewn onto fabric looking terrible and in some cases unrecognisable, not only meaning that the customers don't get their products but also that thread and employee time are wasted.
The image transfer to the sewing machine comes after the human checks for any errors in the digitisation process and this is the first stage in getting the design embroidered. The worker will need to manually change any images that did get altered in the digitising process, so that they appear the same on the garment once embroidered as they did when sent in by the customer. The pattern which was put together by the computer is then sent along with the design to the sewing machine. Until almost the very last moment the embroidered design often doesn't look anything like the original image, due to the different layers of colour and the way that the thread must be applied. Often there are a few small details added at the end which tie the whole picture or text together to make it look perfect.
Depending on the design and the fabric that it's being embroidered on to, sometimes the sewing machine will need to change needles and threads, which sometimes requires manual work from a human. Because of this, the processing time for the average embroidered image is about one or two days (from the moment that the image is received from the customer, to the moment that it has been fully embroidered and ready to be sent off). If an individual would like many copies of one image then there's no need to digitize each one, but simply use the same sewing machine and computer as they will already have the digitized image stored on them. This means that it's much quicker to process a batch of 50 shirts with one design on them than 10 with all different ones.
Whether it's embroidery done on just one garment or on 1000 this article has outlined the method and techniques used to get the job done. Embroidery has not always been carried out using computer technology and indeed not always with electronic sewing machines, but since the days in which these methods started to be used the industry has simply been growing and growing. Whether it's embroidery done on just one garment or on 1000 this article has outlined the method and techniques used to get the job done. Embroidery has not always been carried out using computer technology and indeed not always with electronic sewing machines, but since the days in which these methods started to be used the industry has simply been growing and growing. - 16755
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Consilium Group specialises in the supply of embroidered clothing, digitally printed clothing, promotional clothing and more. Visit http://www.consilium-clothing.co.uk/ to see the company's complete range of product offerings.
