How to add Embroidery
How to Add Embroidery
Add the garments and embroidery to the same online order by selecting the garment sizes, choosing the embroidery position and stitch-count option, providing the logo details and checking that both items appear in the cart.
This page explains the ordering steps. For advice about whether embroidery suits a particular logo, garment or position, use the Custom Embroidery guide or send the logo before ordering.
Before you start
If the stitch count is unknown, email the logo and preferred finished width if known before ordering. The logo size, filled area and complexity influence the number of stitches and therefore the embroidery price.
If you proceed online without an estimate, select the available “Not Sure” option where shown and provide the logo. PlusEmbroidery can review the requirements and contact you if the chosen stitch-count option, position or garment needs to be reconsidered before production.
Request a stitch-count estimateAdd embroidery step by step
Enter the garment sizes
On the product page, select the garment colour and enter the required quantity against each size. If the same logo will be used across several garment styles, add each required style and size to the order.
Choose the embroidery position
Select the required position from the embroidery options associated with the product. Left chest is common, but the available positions depend on the garment and its construction.
Select the stitch-count option
Choose the estimated stitch-count range supplied for the logo. If it has not been estimated, select “Not Sure” where available so the artwork can be reviewed.
Upload or identify the logo
Upload the clearest file available. If the logo has already been emailed or used on a previous order, include the logo name or previous order number and explain any changes.
Confirm the embroidery quantity
The decoration quantity should match the total number of garments receiving that logo in that setup. If one logo is used across several garment styles, confirm the combined quantity at cart level.
Add the garments and embroidery
Use the “Add Both/Three/Four… to Cart” button shown with the linked product options. This adds the garments and associated embroidery items rather than the garments alone.
Check the cart before checkout
The cart should show the garments by colour and size and a separate embroidery item for each selected decoration requirement. Check that the decoration quantity matches the garments to be embroidered.
If the cart shows only garments, return to the product page and add the embroidery option, or add the relevant embroidery product separately before checkout.
Use the order notes for clear instructions
Useful notes include the required wording, font or style references, thread-colour requirements, logo width, placement details, previous order number and any deliberate differences between garments.
Do not assume a previous logo reference covers a new size, position, garment or colour change. State what should stay the same and what is changing.
Embroidery minimum charge
A minimum embroidery charge equivalent to 10 embroidered items applies to each production run. You may order fewer than 10 garments, but the minimum embroidery charge still applies. Blank garments can be ordered with no minimum quantity.
Different logos, finished sizes, positions, thread-colour setups or other production requirements may need separate treatment. PlusEmbroidery does not charge an embroidery setup fee, but the relevant decoration price and minimum charge still apply.
Understand embroidery pricingWhat happens after the order is placed?
New embroidery is checked and approved before the full order moves into production.
1. Order review
The garment, logo, position, stitch-count selection and order notes are reviewed together.
2. Logo digitising
The logo is converted into embroidery stitch instructions at the intended finished size.
3. Plot-sheet approval
A printable, to-scale plot sheet is emailed so you can cut it out, position it on a garment and check the logo size, layout, spelling and computer-generated stitch format.
4. Physical sample
After plot-sheet approval, the logo is stitched onto sample fabric and a photo is emailed so you can see how it physically translates into thread.
5. Final approval
The stitched sample is reviewed and may be fine-tuned before you give final approval for the logo to be used across the full order.
6. Production
Once the required approval is received, in-house embroidery is scheduled and the order is dispatched when complete.
Special ordering situations
One logo on different garments
Add every garment and the combined decoration quantity, then note that the same logo and approved setup are intended across the listed styles. Fabric and construction are considered for each garment because the same logo may stitch and appear slightly differently across different garment types.
Different logos or positions
Add the appropriate embroidery item and quantity for each distinct logo, position or requirement, with notes that clearly connect each decoration to the correct garments.
Repeat embroidered logo
Include the previous order number and confirm whether the logo, size, position, garment, thread colours and other requirements remain unchanged.
Ready to add embroidery?
Choose the garments, complete the embroidery options and confirm that both the garments and decoration appear in the cart. If the logo, stitch count or position is unclear, send the details before checkout.
Adding embroidery FAQs
How do I know the stitch count?
Email the logo and preferred finished width if known for an estimate. If ordering first, select “Not Sure” where available and provide the logo for review.
Why are the garments and embroidery separate cart items?
The garment selection records styles, colours, sizes and quantities; the embroidery item records the decoration position, stitch-count range, quantity and logo requirements. Both are needed for a decorated order.
Can one logo be embroidered on several garment styles?
Yes. Add all garments, use the combined embroidery quantity and identify the shared logo clearly. Because different fabrics and constructions respond differently to thread tension, the same approved logo may not look identical on every garment type. Small differences are normal and are generally not noticeable at normal wearing distance.
Can I order fewer than 10 embroidered garments?
Yes, but the minimum embroidery charge equivalent to 10 embroidered items still applies to the production run.
What if the cart contains only garments?
The embroidery has not been added. Return to the garment page and use the combined add-to-cart option, or add the relevant embroidery item separately before checkout.
Why can placement vary slightly between garments?
Every garment is manually framed, hooped and tensioned before embroidery. Fabric stretch, seams, pockets, plackets, reflective tape and internal layers affect how each garment sits, so small placement variations are normal across a production run.
Will production start as soon as I order?
New embroidery requires approval of the printable, to-scale plot sheet and then the physical embroidered sample photo before the full order is scheduled into production.