I sent a copy of the FOT logo over to the lady from the Mini club that has
an embroidery business to ask her opinion. Here is her reply. She
provides some explanation as to the complexities of putting the logo on the
breast of a shirt but putting it on the back of a denim shirt might be cool.
>From: "Shirley Blahak" <shirley@nis4u.com>
>To: "Dave Riddle" <dave@microworks.net>
>Subject: Re: Embroidery
>Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 08:08:09 -0700
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>OOOH that's a neat logo but quite a challenge!
>It's rather a lot of detail to get into embroidery that small. Too many
>stitches too close together tend to bunch up and make knots on the back
>that are uncomfortable to wear. The lettering in particular would be
>unreadable.
>A denim shirt would be strong enough to support a back design though.
>There would be a one time $35 digitizing fee and it's hard to forecast the
>actual cost of the embroidery till that's done. I would take a guess at
>about $25.00 for a back design, plus the cost of the shirt.
>Shirley.
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Riddle" <dave@microworks.net>
>To: "Shirley Blahak" <shirley@nis4u.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:36 PM
>Subject: Embroidery
>
>
>>Shirley,
>>
>>If I wanted the "Friends of Triumph" (a group that keeps TR's racing -
>>http://www.fot-racing.com) logo embroidered on a shirt - like a nice denim
>>shirt on the left breast say about 2.5" across how much would that cost?
>>
>>Might end up doing quite a few if any of the other FOT members wanted
>>one. Right now on the FOT list they are talking about doing some t-shirts
>>in a screen print but I think getting some stuff done embroidered would be
>>a lot nicer.
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