Screen Printing

Screen printing, also referred to as silk screening, is the process of transferring an image to a printed surface by ink, which is pressed through a stenciled screen and treated with a light sensitive emulsion. Film positives are put in contact with the screens and exposed to light, hardening the emulsion not protected by the film leaving a soft area on the screen for the ink to pass through, with the help of a squeegee.

Each screen is only good for one color. You must create multiple screens in order to accommodate the multiple colors in an image. Each color goes on separately and requires drying time between colors.

Embroidery

Embroidery is the process of stitching a design into fabric through the use of high-speed, computer-controlled sewing machine. Due to the nature of the medium, all artwork must be “digitized”. A particular format of art such as a *.jpeg, *.tif, *.eps, or *.bmp cannot be converted into an embroidery tape. To digitize an image for embroidery, a “digitizer” must recreate the artwork using stitches on a computer. Then it programs the sewing machine to sew a specific design, in a specific color, with a specific type of stitch.

Customizing

 CUSTOM CRESTS can be created in 2 different ways; screen print and appliqué. Your design can be screen-printed with either 1 color or multiple colors onto a piece of tackle twill, cut to shape and sewn onto the jersey. This is the least expensive crest.


The appliqué crest is a combination of tackle twill, used as a fill area, and embroidery for detailing and added dimension. This is what an authentic NHL jersey uses for most of the teams.

Pricing depends on the number of colors for the printed crest and difficulty of design for the appliqué crest.

FILM Is a heat-applied product that has the appearance of screen print.

TACKLE TWILL Is a fabric that has been cut to shape and sewn onto either a second color of twill (for a 2 color) or directly onto the nameplate (1 color).