EMBROIDERY INFORMATION
Custom Embroidery for Premium Apparel
Frontline Orders provides high-quality, durable embroidery built for everyday wear, work environments, and retail-ready merchandise. Whether you're outfitting a team, building your brand, or producing custom merch, we stitch clean, consistent results across a wide range of apparel.
What We Embroider
We offer embroidery on:
Hats: snapbacks, truckers, dad hats, beanies
Shirts: polos, corporate wear, uniforms
Hoodies & Sweatshirts
Limited Outerwear: select jackets & soft shells
Accessories: bags, aprons, totes, and more
If you’re not sure whether a specific item can be embroidered, just ask—we’ll let you know what’s possible and what will hold up best long-term.
Quantities & Pricing
How Pricing Works
Item Cost + Embellishment Cost = Your Total
MINIMUM ORDER QUANTITY OF 12 ITEMS
Embellishment cost depends on stitch count & type of garment. (See Pricing Table Below)
1-Time Digitizing Fee of $40 for new artwork.
Re-orders of the same embroidered art waive this fee (once it’s in the library it’s good to go).
| Thread Count | 1k | 2k | 3k | 4k | 5k | 6k | 7k | 8k | 9k | 10k | 11k | 12k | 13k | 14k | 15k | 16k | 17k | 18k | 19k | 20k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 4.72 |
4.72 |
5.42 |
6.11 |
6.81 |
7.50 |
8.19 |
8.89 |
9.58 |
10.28 |
10.97 |
11.67 |
12.36 |
13.06 |
13.75 |
14.44 |
15.14 |
15.83 |
16.53 |
17.22 |
| Thread Count | 1k | 2k | 3k | 4k | 5k | 6k | 7k | 8k | 9k | 10k | 11k | 12k | 13k | 14k | 15k | 16k | 17k | 18k | 19k | 20k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 6.25 |
6.25 |
6.25 |
6.94 |
7.64 |
8.33 |
9.03 |
9.72 |
10.42 |
11.11 |
11.81 |
12.50 |
13.19 |
13.89 |
14.58 |
15.28 |
15.97 |
16.67 |
17.36 |
18.06 |
Specialty Embroidery (additional charges)
3D or Puff Stitching: + $1.50/item
Chain Puff Stich: + $1.50/item
Types Of Embroidery
Run Stitch
Best for small details, outlines, and fine linework
Appears as a thin, broken line
Not recommended for readable small text
SATIN STITCH
The most popular embroidery type
Smooth, shiny, raised threading—perfect for text and borders
Ideal for clean, bold logos
Fill Stitch
Used for large shapes and solid areas
More textured and matte than satin
Great for patches, big logos, and coverage on outerwear
CHAIN Stitch
Looping, textured stitch with a vintage, hand-crafted look
Great for script lettering, retro logos, and decorative lines
Adds movement and character not possible with standard embroidery
EMBROIDERY RESTRICTIONS
Embroidery has limitations as to what is realistically possible and also what looks best. We’ll do our best to make recommendations so your artwork looks as good as possible. Select a dropdown to read about design limitations for embroidery.
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Minimum stroke thickness: 1 mm
Sans serif fonts: 4.7 mm minimum height
Serif fonts: 6.35 mm minimum
Script fonts: 6 mm minimum
Negative spaces must be at least 2 pts
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Text must be at least 0.18" tall to remain legible
Very small taglines often need to be enlarged or removed
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Ultra-thin lines cannot be recreated in thread
They will appear thicker or merge together
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Outlines on lettering under 0.75" tall do not stitch cleanly
Small outlined fonts usually become muddy or unreadable
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Very detailed artwork can’t be shrunk down without losing clarity
Details may require simplification at small sizes (like hat side placements)
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Smooth fades and gradient effects cannot be embroidered at small scales
These areas will be converted to solid colors
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Embroidery cannot capture true photo-quality detail
Expect a stylized, stitched interpretation—not a printed look