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10/28/2016 Hat Tricks oiling it. Although time consuming, this is a necessary step, especially when working with white or lightcolored products. FlatBill Caps (Snapbacks) You can embroider a standard 2½" x 6" design in the center front of a flatbill cap. The biggest issue with these caps occurs during production when the bills are bent. Solution: There are no preventative measures for this problem other than being careful. Have your trimmers straighten the cap bills. Although time consuming, it’ s the best remedy. Visors Visors have more limited space for embroidery — usually about 1¼ inches tall — and the ideal location is in the front center where they are the tallest. The maximum design width generally is 44½ inches. The sides of most visors will only allow embroidery less than 1 inch tall and the back can’t be embroidered at all. The crown height and curve of a visor should be taken into account when sizing the design. For example, a visor with a crown height of 2¼ inches tall would best fit a logo 1¼ inches tall. This would leave ½inch at the bottom and ½inch at the top. Solution: In your production process, allow for time to modify the customer ’s design so that you know you can produce a quality result and satisfy the customer . Prior to taking the job, have your art department work with your customer to adjust the design. There is no point in taking an order that can’t be produced properly . Small lettering or detailed designs simply may not work well on visors due to the small embroidery area. If the design won’t work, try to find another hat that will work or walk away from the order. It’s not worth the risk of producing a lessthanquality result. Five, SixPanel Caps You can embroider on all four sides of these hats. Many fivepanel caps have mesh on the sides and a tearaway backing is recommended when embroidering on mesh for best results. They also have a foamfront panel that creates an issue with embroidery burying into the foam. Screen printing is a great alternative, but some clients prefer embroidery . Solution: Always use a thin font and no fine details in the design. Sixpanel caps have a seam running down the center . You can embroider right over it as you commonly do with no loss of quality. Additionally, designs on a fivepanel cap may be sewn slightly of fcenter without being readily visible. On sixpanel hats, where there is a center seam, designs even slightly offcenter may be visually disturbing. Some designs that are weighted to one side or the other must be placed where they are graphically pleasing. Examples include italic fonts or images where there is a small element protruding off to the side of the main part of the logo. The letter “M” with a feather hanging of f the side of the letter would cause a problem. When centering on the entire design, including the feather , the center line of the M would not line up on the center seam of the cap. In these rare cases, center points must be adjusted offcenter to give the appearance that the design is centered. Structured/Unstructured Hats There are two general categories of baseball caps: structured and unstructured. The structured cap has a stif fer supportive fabric called buckram inside the front two panels that helps the cap to hold its shape or “spring back” if folded or crumpled. An unstructured cap means there are no support panels in the front two panels. Unstructured and structured caps have a maximum embroidery space in http://impressions.issshows.com/embroiderydigitizing/HatT ricks9833.shtml 3/4
10/28/2016 Hat Tricks panels. Unstructured and structured caps have a maximum embroidery space in the front of 2½" x 6". Brian Burr is chief operating of ficer of wholesalehats.com, Palm Desert, Calif., which has produced embroidered garments for clientele that includes Google, NASA and the United States Army. He has been involved in every aspect of the embroidery industry for more than 20 years, including machine operation and repair. For more information or to comment on this article, email Brian at brian@wholesalehats.com. Services and Resources Catalog Request Impressions makes it easy for you to request and receive supplier catalogs. Download a Catalog InfoAction Request product and service information Request Product Info Buyer's Guide Screen Printing, Apparel Blanks and <strong>Embroidery</strong> Visit the Site Site Map | About Us | Contact Us | Industry Associations | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use © 2016 Emerald Expositions , LLC. All rights reserved http://impressions.issshows.com/embroiderydigitizing/HatT ricks9833.shtml 4/4
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