Cut and sewn, not printed on a blank

There are two ways to get a team into matching kit. One is to buy blank garments and decorate them. The other is to make the garment.

Decorated blanks are quick and they have their place — a one-off run of supporter tees, a last-minute set for a tournament. What they cannot do is change the garment. You get the cut the blank came in, the fabric weight the blank came in, and a colour that is as close as that supplier's stock gets.

Cut and sew starts from flat cloth. The pattern is drawn for the sport, the fabric is chosen for the conditions, and the colour is matched from a Pantone reference rather than picked off a shelf. It is slower, and it is the only way to get a kit that fits a hockey player over pads or a softball player on a women's block.

Patterned to the sport

A rugby collar takes a grip. A volleyball shoulder stays down when the arms go up. A baseball jersey hangs over a chest protector. These are pattern decisions, and a blank has already made them for you.

Colour matched in-house

Your red is a specific red. We match it from a Pantone reference at the mockup stage and hold it across jerseys, shorts, caps and bags, so the programme reads as one thing rather than five near-misses.

Twelve pieces to five thousand

The construction does not change with the count. A club side ordering twelve gets the same pattern, the same fabric options and the same decoration methods as a league programme ordering five thousand.

Choosing a decoration method

Which technique is right is our problem, not yours — but it helps to know why we will recommend one over another.

Sublimation
Colour goes into the fibre, so nothing can crack, peel or lift. Unlimited colours, gradients, and designs that wrap seams. Polyester only, and it cannot print white.
Embroidery
Thread, stitched into the garment. The most durable finish we offer and the one that reads most premium on caps, polos and fleece. Fine detail has to be re-digitised for the surface it sits on.
Screen print
The most solid, opaque colour across a run, and the most economical once the count is up. Best on flat cotton panels — tees and crew sweatshirts.
DTF and DTG
Digital transfer and direct-to-garment. Photographic detail and complex crests at low counts, and DTF works on blends where screen print struggles.
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