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Embroidery Technique
How to Embroider 3-D Designs
Successful embroidery using puffy foam depends on many factors, but mastery usually is achieved via trial and error.
By Steven Batts, Contributing Writer
Puffy foam embroidery has
become a staple of the embroidered cap business. Caps are ideal because they usually are made of a heavy twill fabric and fused with a buckram lining where they will be embroidered. This is strong enough to hold the heavy stitch count of 3-D designs.
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remember seeing 3-D (or puffy foam) embroidery for the first time in the mid-1990s. I was working for a machine distributor and we were incorporating this “new technique” into our designs to be sewn at trade shows. We all were so impressed with the look of the raised embroidery, and the thought of it was quite fascinating.
Impressions | March 2012
As we repeatedly performed the puffy foam embroidery technique, we found that it didn’t work well on just any type of fabric. My colleagues and I came to the conclusion that this type of embroidery probably would be a fad that would fade away after a few years of prominence. We couldn’t have been more wrong.
Nearly 20 years later, 3-D embroidery is as popular as ever.
BEST USES FOR 3-D
Puffy foam embroidery has maintained its popularity because it settled into the best possible niche: caps. These products work best because the process involves
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