FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How to get a Quote and Order?
First Step : Enter the style number of the garment you
want to buy, if you do not have this number find it on the
catalog, or choose on the descriptions drop down menu, and the
color drop down menu.
Second Step : Enter the quantities and click outside the
field to refresh the price in the right side.
Third Step : Choose the Size, some items like caps, bags,
etc. are available on unique size (for that reason this field
does not appear on some items).
Four Step : Enter the number of stitch count you want to
embroidery on each position. If you do not know about this
concepts send us your design we'll calculate it for you.
Fifth Step : Enter the personal information, and place the
order (note: Some fields are required).
You can change, any time the entries on all the fields and
see instantly the price reflected, once you're ready to check
out click the button "Place an order".
When we receive your "Request" we'll check your
specifications and e-mail or fax you a Confirmed
Quote--including estimated production time and delivery date.
At that time we'll discuss method of payment. Dallas T-Shirt
Company accepts Visa, Mastercard. Or, you may pay by check.
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I've seen lots more embroidery on garments recently:
what's the big appeal?
In the past 15 years embroidery has risen to become the
leading value-added decorating technique for clothing. Today
embroidery appears on a wide range of garments--from T-shirts to
button-down dress shirts, on jackets and tote bags, sweaters and
golf shirts.
Designs to be embroidered are created in two ways:
keyboarding and digitizing. Keyboarding utilizes standard type
styles to set up the design. Digitizing is used when there is a
logo design, a graphic image or a distinctive type style to be
matched.
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What is digitizing?
It's the preparation of your company or organization's logo--typeface and artwork--to be sewn by the computerized embroidery machines.
At Dallas T-Shirt Company, a digitizer examines your design and determines the best way for it to be sewn: the type of stitches for each area of the design, the direction, length and density required in order to produce a quality finished garment.
A talented digitizer knows the importance of maintaining the design's artistic values in creating quality embroidery.
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Does everything require digitizing in order to be embroidered?
Absolutely not. Digitizing is required when you are using a unique type style or artwork or a complex arrangement of elements. If, for example, you just want the words "2001 Champion" embroidered on a hat, shirt or windbreaker, it can be keyboarded using one of our standard alpahabets. Keyboarding charges are less than digitizing costs.
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Does it cost more to embroider in more than one color?
No. Embroidery works on stitch count--the number of stitches it takes to sew your design. The only limitation--without added expense--is the machine's capabibility: up to seven colors on "flats" (everything but hats), and five colors on hats.
Most embroidery designs require far fewer colors than possible and the machine's limitations rarely become a factor.
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Does it matter what type of garment I want as far as what my design will look like?
Yes--and no! Planning is the key. You can do almost anything you want on a nice stable woven fabric like denim. On knits, items like golf shirts, there are two basic fabrics available: the smooth-finished jersey and the textured or pique.
Knits require the digitizer to adjust his work to compensate for the pull or weave of the fabric. The uneven surface of the pique means that extremely small lettering or type styles with the little feet on the letters (serifs) may fall into the texture and ruin the look of the garment.
Really high piles, sherpa and polar fleece, need extra care and attention and all designs may not work on these fabrics. Your customer service representative can advise you.
The color of the thread and whether we're sewing hats and/or flats also plays a role.
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What's the difference--besides fabric content--between a 100% cotton and a 50/50 shirt. How do I decide which to order?
The difference between cotton and cotton/poly blend T-shirts is often just a matter of personal taste. Cotton is the big seller these days. It's the "natural" fabric--people like that. It's more absorbent than the cotton/polyester blend and "breaths" better. The fabric in today's cotton T-shirts is pre-shrunk so with proper laundering shrinkage is not usually a significant factor. Its main drawback is that after washing and drying cotton T-shirts have a slightly more casual unpressed look.. Nobody today wants to iron a T-shirt.
Cotton/polyester blend shirts don't come in the same weight options as cotton shirts, they aren't as absorbent (the polyester doesn't absorb) but, the polyester does mean they'll come out of the dryer looking crisper than cotton. They are also more stain resistent.
For youngsters, moms seem to prefer the cotton/polyester blend because the kids go off to school or play looking neater.
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