Embroidery Services at ImageSmith

Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials with designs stitched in strands of thread using a needle. A digitized file is created from a digital art file and carefully turned in to digital instructions for an embroidery machine. The digital instructions, also known as a .dst file, are carefully encoded with the number of stitches necessary for the fabric type the file will be stitched on to. We digitize to the fabric type.
Some common fabric types are:
Pique
Twill (for caps)
Twill (for garments)
Fleece
Cotton Broadcloth
Denim, Oxford
Jersey Knit
Jersey Knit (Ribbed)
High-Performance Sport Knit
Sweater Knit
Polar Fleece
Corduroy
Corduroy for Caps
T-Shirt Knit
Microfiber
Heavyweight Nylon
Lightweight Nylon
PVC Rainwear
Terry Towel
Lycra
Ballistic Nylon (Luggage, Briefcases)
Leather
Canvas
The type of fabric and the size of the image determine the number of stitches in the digitized file. ImageSmith will estimate your embroidery project based on this number of stitches.