Dropshipping - How to Design for Embroidery

How to Design for Embroidery
Embroidery allows for a high-quality and long-lasting finish, but you will need to put some thought into your designs before creating a range of garments to sell. Each new or altered embroidery design will incur a set-up fee, so it's good to prepare your designs with the following points in mind.


Embroidery is a maximum of 6 colours
To ensure that your designs look their best on our products, we limit the number of colours that can be used in embroidery to a maximum of 6. This allows us to achieve optimal stitch quality and maintain clarity in your design. Our embroidery team has worked diligently to ensure that this limit does not significantly impact the overall appearance of your design. We believe that this will allow you to create stunning and high-quality designs for your customers.

You can choose these colours from a selection of 16 vibrant threads. This selection has been curated to allow for the most common mix of colours normally found in embroidery.

You may find that colours do not exactly match your original design, the tool will try to match the thread closest to the colour you require.


Thin lines and tiny text
Designs with very small text or extremely thin lines may not translate well when embroidered onto fabric. To ensure the best results, it's recommended to use designs with larger text and bolder lines that can be easily replicated through embroidery. For text, we would recommend at least 5mm width for each letter. For lines, we suggest a minimum thickness of 1.25mm.

Choose your design carefully
The more simple your design, the more impactful it will be. Complex designs are unlikely to look good once embroidered.

For example, a photograph will not work well, remember you only have 6 colours for embroidery. Here are examples of how the less complex a design is, the more impactful the final result will be.

Match our thread colours

For the optimum designs, we suggest matching the colours in your artwork exactly with the choice of 16 colours we have available. This means that when you import your design it will match perfectly with our thread selection. Remember to set your artwork to only have 6 colours.

If you have any questions about setting up embroidery on your dropshipping products, please contact us.