Embroidery
Embroidery came into the building in 1995 and turned Graph-Tex from a print shop into a decorating house. The machine mix is the point: a twelve-head runs a company rollout, a single-head runs the twelve executive polos, and neither job has to wait on the other.
- Department since
- 1995
- Machines
- Single-head · six-head · twelve-head
- Digitizing
- In-house
- Typical placement
- Left chest, cap front, sleeve, back yoke
- Personalization
- Names and numbers available
- Combined orders
- Printed and stitched in one job
Digitizing is a craft, not a file conversion
A logo does not become embroidery by being uploaded. Someone has to decide stitch type, direction, density, and underlay, or the mark puckers, the small text closes up, and the colour registration drifts across a run. Graph-Tex digitizes in-house and keeps the file, so the second order matches the first.
The machine mix decides your lead time
A shop with only large machines quietly discourages small orders. A shop with only small machines cannot take a rollout. Running single, six, and twelve heads means the job is scheduled onto the right machine instead of the only machine.
High-end finishes hold up
Embroidery is what a corporate customer buys when the apparel has to look like the company rather than like a giveaway — a clean left chest on a soft-shell, a cap front that keeps its shape, an outerwear program that survives four winters.
Send us this.
None of it has to be perfect. Half of what comes through the art desk is a photo of an old shirt and a rough count.
Start a projectThe logo, at the best resolution you have
Thread colour preferences, or the brand's colour codes
Garment type — knit, woven, fleece, cap, and outerwear all stitch differently
Whether you need names or numbers on individual pieces
Screen Printing
Ink on garment
In-house screen printing since the 1980s, from a single team's worth of shirts to ten thousand pieces.
Design & Art
Before anything is made
An in-house art staff that builds the concept first, then makes it printable and stitchable.
Promotional Products
Everything that is not a garment
Drinkware, bags, headwear, signage, awards, and giveaways, quoted alongside the apparel.
Tell us what you need on it.
A quantity, a date, and whatever artwork you have. We will come back with garment options and a quote — not another form.