Keywords: Embroidery, Embroidery Patches, Woven Patches, Woven Labels

1. Definitions

Here at our website (http://everlastinglory.com), you will find our embroidery and woven patches.

But what are they? See the following Wikipedia definitions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embroidery
Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. In modern days, embroidery is usually seen on caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, denim, dresses, stockings, and golf shirts. Embroidery is available with a wide variety of thread or yarn color.
Contemporary embroidery is stitched with a computerized embroidery machine using patterns digitized with embroidery software. In machine embroidery, different types of “fills” add texture and design to the finished work. Machine embroidery is used to add logos and monograms to business shirts or jackets, gifts, and team apparel as well as to decorate household linens, draperies, and decorator fabrics that mimic the elaborate hand embroidery of the past.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woven_fabric
Woven fabric is any textile formed by weaving. Woven fabrics are often created on a loom, and made of many threads woven on a warp and a weft. Technically, a woven fabric is any fabric made by interlacing two or more threads at right angles to one another.[1]

2. Embroidery

Let’s say you have a logo/design made of thread/yarn on fabric — that’s embroidery.

However, unlike printing, the thread resolution won’t match the design 100%.

Depending on design complexity, it is possible to get a 70%-99% match.

Furthermore, different options are available depending on your budget.

For example, there’s 100% embroidery coverage (fabric background hardly visible) or just 50% (approx. 50% fabric visibility) for you to choose.

3. Woven

As for woven patches, the logo/design is constructed by weaving directly.

That’s why there’s no fabric at the bottom (thin fabric can be added for increased stiffness if necessary).

It can also be very thin, like the labels inside your clothes. Due to its light weight, it can be attached on sports jerseys too.

4. Differences Between Embroidered and Woven Patches?

Likewise as above, you can see that the production methods are totally different. Embroidery is sewing the thread onto fabric, and woven fabric is made by weaving — “…woven on a warp and a weft…” (Wikipedia).

Main differences as below:

  • Embroidery is heavier & thicker, as it always has a piece of fabric as background. It cannot be too thin or it will be hard to embroider. Large amounts of thread is needed, one layer over another. But weaving is lighter & thinner.
  • Details behind woven surfaces can be seen, but not with embroidery(unless the embroidery enlarged enough). If the design’s too intricate, the embroidered bits will be bigger than woven ones (smaller designs may not be visible on embroideries).
  • On the other hand, if you would like to make a SUPER LARGE patch, then embroidery is the only way, but bearing higher cost of course =). Weaving machines use warp & weft, which requires larger machines. That’s why the design of woven can be as large as around 7”.
  • Embroidery machines produce fewer patches at slightly higher cost; weaving machines produce comparatively more patches at lower cost.