Wondering about stock embroidery designs? Read on!
1. What are stock embroidery designs? Stock designs are images that have been set-up in stitch format. They can be used alone or with text.
2. When are stock design used? Stock designs can be used to personalize an item or create a business logo.
3. Where can you find stock designs? There are many web sites that sell stock designs. Some of the most popular sites are Great Notions, Dakota Collectibles, Embroidery Library and Urban Threads.
4. Will any design size work for any project? No, you must pick a design that is sized correctly for the placement you want.
5. How do you know what design size to choose? Your embroiderer can suggest what size will work depending on the placement and if text will be added to the design.
6. Can the size of a design be changed? Most designs can be resized 5% - 20% depending on the amount of detail in the design.
7. Can the colors be changed? The thread colors can be changed but you can’t add additional areas of color. For example, you can change an area from green to blue but you can’t make it green and blue.
8. Will all designs sew well on all fabric types? No, stock designs are usually set-up to sew on stretchy fabrics like polo shirts. A design may need to be edited to work on a particular fabric type.
9. Can stock designs be embroidered on hats? Possibly not. Hat designs are set-up differently so they will embroider well on a curved surface. Unless the design says it was set-up for hats it probably won’t sew well.
10. Which design format should I pick? Most likely your embroiderer will download the design but if they ask you to purchase it then they will specify what file format to choose.
