What is an embroidery percentage?
The embroidery percentage conveys the amount of fabric covered using embroidery stitches, for example, when you design custom embroidery patches. It helps customers understand how much fabric is embroidered, and this percentage can significantly impact the look, feel, and cost of any fabric.
Embroidery is a time-consuming and artistic process, due to which higher embroidery means more costly fabric.
What are the different categories of embroidery percentage?
Different categories of embroidery percentages provide different coverage levels. Let’s look at them below.
Low Coverage
This category provides 10% to 30% coverage on the fabric, and it is good when you want simple and minimal designs. Such embroidery is also used to create simpler logos or texts on any clothing item.
Medium Coverage
The medium coverage embroidery percentage includes 30 to 60% of the underlying embroidery fabric. This category is used when the designs are not very detailed, and the underlying fabric is still visible.
High Coverage
The high coverage category covers 60 to 90% of the fabric, with detailed designs and extensive embroidery work. Designs in this category usually leave tiny, visible parts of the fabric.
Full Coverage
As the name suggests, a full coverage category provides 100% coverage to the underlying fabric. The entire fabric is covered with embroidery, which creates badges and patches for various uses.
How do you choose the correct embroidery percentage?
The embroidery percentage decides how your fabric will look, and it is essential to strike the perfect balance between embroidery and the underlying fabric for the best outcomes. Below are some pointers that can help you decide the correct embroidery percentage.
Fabric
Different fabrics have different embroidery capacities; you should not push them beyond their limits. When choosing an embroidery percentage, check your fabric’s coverage levels and select levels lesser than that to have a long-lasting embroidery design.
Budget
Embroidery is an artistic and time-consuming process, which also makes it costly. When choosing coverage, you should also consider your budget. A higher embroidery percentage will involve much more work and thus cost you more.
Design
When choosing the embroidery percentage, you should also consult the design and check out the parts that require embroidery. More intricate designs may require more effort and coverage and effectively cost more.