Digitizing included

Custom Embroidery — Up to 15 Colors

Stitched, not printed. Build it in the same editor as everything else — pick the garment, place your logo, set your sizes, and see the price before you order.

Custom Embroidery — Up to 15 Colors at A1A Print Shop in Fort Pierce, Florida

Fifteen colors, and it is priced by stitches

We run up to 15 thread colors in a single design, which is more than nearly any logo needs — but it means we are not asking you to simplify your brand to fit our machine.

The pricing model surprises people: embroidery is billed by stitch count, not by color. A detailed 12-color logo can cost less than a solid one-color block that happens to be densely filled. Size and density drive the price; the number of colors mostly does not.

What we embroider

  • Polos — the default for front-of-house staff, sales, management, and anyone customer-facing.
  • Caps and beanies — the highest-visibility branding per dollar available. Flat or 3D puff.
  • Jackets and outerwear — softshells, fleece, and work jackets.
  • Bags and totes — conference bags, gear bags, coolers.
  • Uniform shirts — including name tapes and department insignia for public safety.

Digitizing is included

Embroidery machines do not read images — they read stitch files. Converting your logo into one is called digitizing, and a lot of shops charge $50 to $100 for it. It is included here.

Your digitized file is kept after the job. Reorder later and it stitches identically, with no setup charge and no risk of a slightly different-looking logo on the new hires.

Embroidery artwork can be PNG or JPG. Clean, high-contrast art digitizes best — fine gradients and thin hairlines do not survive translation into thread at any size.

Design it, see it, order it

Most print shops ask you to email artwork and describe what you want. Then you wait, and hope the thing that shows up matches the thing in your head. We built the editor to delete that entire gap.

  1. Design itOpen the editor, pick your garment, and drop your artwork onto it. Move it, scale it, set your print size and placement. You are not describing what you want to somebody over the phone — you are building it.
  2. See itThe shirt on screen is the shirt you get. Real garment, real color, real print size and position, with your quantities broken out by size and color. What you see is what you get, before you spend anything.
  3. Order itThe price updates live as you change quantity, colors, garment, and locations. When it looks right, check out. No quote request, no waiting two days for an email, no phone call unless you want one.
  4. Approve itYou already approved it — you built it. We confirm the file and flag anything that will not print well before it goes on press, so nobody ever says "wait, that is not what I meant."
  5. We produce itYour order generates the production paperwork directly: separations, ink colors, placement, size breakdown, per location. Nothing gets retyped, so nothing gets mistyped.

No phone calls. No paper forms. No guessing. Start your order and you will have a real price in about two minutes.

Embroidery or screen printing?

Embroidery costs more per piece and reads as more formal. It is effectively permanent — thread does not crack or fade the way ink eventually will. Screen printing is cheaper, better for large graphics, and the obvious choice on tees.

EmbroideryScreen printing
Best onPolos, caps, jackets, bagsTees, hoodies, large graphics
ColorsUp to 15 thread colorsUp to 8 inks per location
Priced byStitch countQuantity and ink colors
SetupDigitizing, included$30 per screen
ArtworkPNG or JPGPNG only
DurabilityEffectively permanentOutlives most garments

Plenty of businesses run both: embroidered polos for customer-facing staff, printed tees for the crew. You can build both jobs in one cart.

Frequently asked questions

How many colors can you embroider?

Up to 15 thread colors in a single design. Embroidery is priced by stitch count rather than by color, so a detailed multi-color logo does not automatically cost more than a simple one — a densely stitched small logo can cost more than a large open one.

Is digitizing really included?

Yes. Converting your logo to a stitch file is part of the job, not a line item. We keep the file afterward so reorders match exactly and cost less.

How small can you embroider text?

Roughly a quarter inch tall is the practical floor for legible lettering. Below that, thread is physically too coarse to hold the shape of a letter. If your logo has fine print in it, we will usually recommend dropping that line rather than stitching something that reads as fuzz.

Can you embroider on hats we already own?

Yes, on customer-supplied goods, but the editor prices new garments from our catalog. Email sales@a1aprintshop.com for supplied-goods pricing. Note that we cannot replace a garment we damage that we did not sell you, which is why we usually suggest new blanks.

How do I get a price?

Build the job in the online editor and the price appears as you go. Change the quantity, ink colors, garment, or print locations and the number updates immediately.

There is no quote form and nothing to wait for. Most people have a real number inside two minutes.

What is the minimum order for screen printing?

15 pieces per design. Screen printing has fixed setup work — burning screens and registering the press — that happens whether you order 15 shirts or 500.

Need fewer? Switch the method to DTF in the editor. No minimum, full color, and a single shirt is a normal order.

What does it cost?

Three things move the price: quantity, ink colors, and which blank you pick. More pieces and fewer colors means less per shirt. Screens are a one-time $30 per color, and we keep them on file so reorders skip that charge.

Rather than quote ranges at you, the editor prices your exact job live.

How long does it take?

Standard turnaround is 5–10 business days. Rush runs 24–72 hours depending on the size of the run and what is on the press schedule.

Hard deadline — a game, an opening, a shift change? Put it in the job notes when you order and we will confirm in writing before we produce.

Can you match my exact brand colors?

Yes. We mix plastisol to Pantone (PMS) numbers. Set your ink colors in the editor, and if you have official PMS codes put them in the job notes so we match to those rather than to our best guess.

What file formats do you accept?

Screen printing: PNG only. DTF, embroidery, and sublimation: PNG or JPG.

You upload the file directly in the editor and see it land on the garment immediately, so you know it worked before you order.

Why does screen printing only take PNG?

Because a JPG cannot store a transparent background. It fills transparency with white, and on press that white becomes a printed white box around your design. PNG keeps the background genuinely empty and holds the hard edges each screen needs.

If all you have is a JPG for a screen print job, send it to sales@a1aprintshop.com and our art department will convert it properly.

My artwork is a PDF / AI / EPS / a sketch. Now what?

That is what sales@a1aprintshop.com is for. Send whatever you have — vector files, a PDF, a photo of something drawn on paper — and our art department turns it into a print-ready file.

Once it is ready you will have a PNG you can drop straight into the editor and order like anything else. The email route is for artwork only; ordering still happens in the editor.

Can I order different sizes in the same run?

Yes, at no extra charge, and you enter the breakdown yourself in the editor — a grid of sizes by garment color, so you can see exactly what you are ordering.

2XL and up carry a small blank upcharge from the mill, which the editor applies automatically. We box everything sorted by size.

Do you ship, or do I have to pick up?

Both. Free local pickup at the Fort Pierce shop. We ship nationwide, and shipping is calculated from your ZIP at checkout so nothing gets added afterward.

Ready to see your price?

Build your job online and the quote updates in real time. Or call the shop and we will walk you through it.