Sustainability. There are so many aspects to what it means, what it includes and how to go about it that sometimes it’s hard to know where to start or even what to do. Whether small or large, all businesses can take steps toward more sustainable practices. Even small steps, when made by multiple companies, can … Continued

When you’re looking for scrubs, you don’t have to go far to find the WonderWink® brand and to learn why it is so popular. It provides the functionality, silhouettes and modern fabrics that medical professionals need. In the promotional industry, the kicker is that we are tasked with decorating these stretchable, lightweight and functional garments. … Continued

In order to make sure your embroidered cap design comes out the best it can be (for you and your customer), there are a lot of details you need to get right. Two of the most important details are properly hooping your cap and making sure your design is perfectly digitized. Hooping Caps Whether you … Continued

Cooler bags are a popular promotional product for the home, school and office. With many types of cooler bags to consider, how do we decorate them? What do we use? What kind of problems can we expect to see? Let’s start laying this out! Potential Challenges Cooler bags have a unique set of challenges that … Continued

Caps and hats are a big market in the promotional product world. Ball caps are all about variety. When you look at a cap catalog or website and there are hundreds if not thousands of choices…structured and unstructured, high profile and low profile caps. When embroidering on these different types of caps there are a … Continued

In recent years, heat-applied decorations have been sighted all over the country. From a raised, rubbery logo on a jacket from The North Face, to a stretchy, smooth design on an OGIO performance polo. Embroidery for branding has been replaced by these newer, heat-applied objects. Today we’re going to dive into this topic to uncover: … Continued

Looking for a little boost in sales? Workwear uniforms are worthy of a concentrated effort. Coming out of the pandemic, U.S. jobs increased by 379,000 in part due to returning service and restaurant workers. Now is a perfect time to focus on workwear that is decoration-friendly and that holds up to the demands and the … Continued

In our last article we took a look at how to embroider decorations on a bag with heavy fabric, like our new bags from Carhartt. This time let’s move on to heat transfer, and how to make it work on a fabric that is water-resistant. Carhartt bags have a Rain Defender water-resistant coating, but that … Continued

Bags with heavy fabric and small pockets can be tricky and may require special set-ups to achieve success. There are many variables to consider! The decorator’s equipment, accessories and supplies all play a crucial role in both embroidery and heat transfer. The two basic techniques that you’re going to rely on for Carhartt bags are … Continued

One of the most frequent decoration questions SanMar receives is “How do I embroider on lightweight performance fabric?” Performance knits are perhaps the trickiest substrates that embroiders work on. They come in many different brands, weights and fabric properties, but one thing remains the same: these fabrics stretch in all directions. Stretch is a big … Continued