How to Design the Perfect Embroidery for Your Fleece Jacket

Fleece jackets become more than just basic outerwear when they are embroidered with your brand's identity - they become workwear uniform.

You need to take a variety of considerations into account while designing your perfect embroidery, such as the positioning, the quality of your artwork, and selecting the best embroidery partner. With the help of this guide, you can make sure that your fleece jackets come out just the way you intended.

Choosing the Best Embroidery Placement

Left Breast

Embroidering the left breast is a timeless option, particularly for work uniform. Most fleece jackets we embroider have a left breast position with an embroidered company logo. Smaller logos or monograms look great in this position, which guarantees that your design is noticeable but not overbearing.

Right Breast

The right breast placement can be used for secondary logos or names, balancing the design when paired with a primary logo on the left breast. This spot works well for adding additional personalisation to corporate uniform.

It's tempting to request staff names here, but that can become quite expensive. Every embroidery must be drawn stitch by stitch, and for unique embroideries, you can soon run up quite the bill. We would recommend NOT embroidering individual names on garments, and instead opt for name badges which are pennies on the pound compared to unique embroidery - we can help with that, just give us a call.

Left Sleeve

Embroidery on the left sleeve is great for adding a logo or a small graphic that complements the main design on the front.

It’s an excellent choice for team jerseys or workwear, providing a unique touch that stands out.

Right Sleeve

Similar to the left sleeve position, the right sleeve is an option for further branding or design features. It's a flexible location for a range of uses and is frequently used for, accreditation logos, sponsorships or event branding.

If you are going for a Left Breast logo and a single sleeve design, we would recommend putting the sleeve design on the right sleeve to help balance out the garment.

Nape of Neck

The nape of the neck is ideal for long and narrow logos, website URLs or designs that you want to be displayed when viewed from behind.

This placement is often used for expanding the brand beyond just the logo.

Large Back Embroidered Logo

Although we can do this, we absolutely do not recommend having a large embroidered logo on the back of a fleece.

Firstly, it would be very uncomfortable for the wearer. A large, hard, unforgiving embroidered logo or design on the back wouldn't move with the garment. Secondly, the stitch count would be enormous. Your first 8000 stitches are included in the price, which (trust us) is plenty for nearly all logos. But then you get charged for every 1000 stitches after that - and the larger the design, the higher the stitch count and the higher the price.

It could cost you a fortune for something nobody really likes wearing - and print simply doesn't work on fleece fabric.

Graphics and Logos: How to Make Your Logo Stand Out

The quality of your embroidery is directly related to the quality of the artwork you provide us with. While XAMAX® can work with almost any graphical file type—such as .jpg, .png, .ai, or .pdf—better artwork results in a better final product. Ensure your logo or graphic is high-resolution and clear to achieve the best embroidery outcome.

XAMAX® is proud of our expertise to expertly embroider your designs. To guarantee that your design fulfils your exacting requirements, our skilled artists painstakingly prepare it by drawing each stitch in specialist software.

Different garments require different drawing techniques and we've amassed a whole array of tricks to ensure your logo looks great regardless of the garment or fabric type.

If it is the first time we've embroidered your logo, we will post out a sample swatch of the design for your approval before the final production. You will also receive a digital mock up of the garment showing the positioning of your embroideries. This lets you see precisely how your embroidery will appear on a fleece jacket.

Working with XAMAX®

Experience and Expertise

XAMAX® is an established company with more than thirty years of experience and expertise in the UK's custom clothing embroidery market. We only use the highest-quality threads and our bespoke equipment ensures a great finish to every embroidered job. Our professional operators and highly skilled artist-workers are committed to delivering excellent results.

Quality Control

We use strict quality control procedures and monitoring to guarantee your embroidery is accurate and up to our high standards in every way. You will receive a product which not only looks amazing but also endures over time.

We guarantee our embroidery will outlast the lifetime of the garment.

Design Approval

We will post out a swatch sample of your design embroidered onto a fabric that reflects your chosen garment before we start the final embroidery process. This lets you approve to the design's appearance, guaranteeing the final result lives up to your expectations and you get the full benefits of an embroidered logo.

Conclusion

Designing the perfect embroidery for your fleece jacket involves careful consideration of placement, artwork quality, and choosing the right embroidery partner.

By selecting the ideal location for your design, providing high-quality artwork, and working with XAMAX®—a leader in custom embroidery—you can ensure that your fleece jackets turn out exactly as you envision.

Let us help you bring your design to life with our expertise and commitment to excellence.