Digitizing for businesses, built around how you work
A stitch file for a busy embroidery shop and a stitch file for a home embroiderer making a birthday gift are built with the same care, but the people ordering them need very different things around the file. A shop needs files that run on the first try, a way to pay without approving every small invoice, and turnaround that fits a production schedule. A screen printer needs clean vector art and separations more than stitches. A home embroiderer needs the design to fit a specific hoop and to open on a specific machine.
That is why we built StitchQuill around a few fixed rules that suit everyone (flat prices, a proof before payment, unlimited revisions, every machine format included) and then wrote a separate page for each type of customer. Each page covers the problems we see most often in that line of work and the parts of our service that matter most to it.
Embroidery shops
Commercial shops use us as an outside digitizing department. The goal is simple: keep machines running and stop losing hours to fixing files. Shops get consistent files built for the fabric on the order, DST and every other format in one download, rush and express options when a job lands late, and credit packs with bonus credit for regular ordering. Files carry no branding, and we never contact your customers. Read more on our page for embroidery shops that outsource digitizing.
Print shops, DTF and sign shops
Screen printers and transfer shops mostly need artwork prepared for print: vector redraws of customer logos, color separations with registration marks and underbase, and cleaned files at print size for DTF and DTG. Many also want to offer embroidery without hiring a digitizer. Our page on art services for screen printers covers each of these in detail.
Promotional products distributors
Distributors deal with one logo going onto many different products: an embroidered polo, a screen printed tote, a laser engraved tumbler and a DTF transfer on a hat. Each method needs its own version of the art. We help distributors build a complete file set per client logo, turn quote requests around quickly and keep every version in one logo library. See digitizing for promotional products.
Home embroiderers
People who stitch at home on Brother, Baby Lock, Janome, Bernina, Husqvarna Viking, Pfaff or Singer machines usually want one custom design that fits their hoop and opens in their machine. We include PES, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX and the other home formats in every order, and on a first order with two designs the lower-priced one is free, up to $24. Details are on the page about custom embroidery files for home machines.
Etsy and online sellers
Online sellers need files that sew the same way every time a product is ordered, and fast turnaround when a customer asks for something custom. They also want to know who owns the file. You own the custom design files you order from us, and you need the rights to the artwork you send. Our page on embroidery digitizing for Etsy sellers goes through all of it.
Schools and sports teams
Schools, booster clubs and teams work with mascots, crests, names and numbers that appear on caps, jackets, polos, bags and patches, often at many sizes. That calls for cap versions, tackle twill applique, chenille letters and patch files built from one master design. See team logo digitizing for the details.
What every business gets
Whatever kind of business you run, a few things never change.
- Flat prices by size. Small designs up to 4.5 in are $14, medium up to 8 in are $24, and large up to 12 in are $39. Vector redraws start at $12.
- Manual digitizing. A digitizer builds each file by hand for your size, placement and fabric.
- A proof before payment. For embroidery you get a stitch simulation image and a PDF worksheet with the stitch count, size and color sequence. You pay only when you approve.
- Every machine format. DST, PES, EXP, JEF, VP3, XXX, HUS and VIP come with every embroidery order, with PXF and working files on request.
- Turnaround options. 24 hours standard, 12 hours rush for $5 more, and 6 hours express for $10 more.
- A dashboard that keeps your history. Orders, proofs, messages, downloads, re-orders, a saved logo library, credits and invoices live in one place.
- A sew-out guarantee. If a file we digitized does not sew cleanly on the machine and fabric in your order, send us a photo and we fix it free, or refund that order if we cannot.
See how it works with your own artwork. Order two designs and the lower-priced one is free on your first order, up to $24. Start your order
Not sure which page fits you?
Plenty of businesses sit across two groups. A print shop that has added a single-head embroidery machine, a home embroiderer who now sells on Etsy, or a promo distributor that also runs a small in-house embroidery department will find useful parts on more than one page. The service is the same underneath: you pick the service for each job in the order form, and the price is shown before you submit.
If you have a question about a specific job, email support@stitchquill.com with the artwork and a short description, and we will tell you which service it needs and what it will cost before you order.