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Create custom embroidered shirts

Order embroidered t-shirts for yourself and your team or sell them online

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Create embroidered t-shirts and polos with your design and branding

Sell quality merch with your embroidered logo to customers worldwide

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Add a touch of luxury to your wardrobe with the premium embroidery technique

Craft embroidery designs for best-selling shirts and polos

Explore embroidery design placement possibilities

Style your custom embroidered shirts as you wish

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Left chest

Choose the upper left area for a classic and visible embroidery design on the front of your shirt, perfect for branding, logo, or a monogram

Center chest

Pick the center chest placement for uniform designs, school emblems, bold lettering, or any design you want prominently displayed

Large center

Opt for a large, centered design on the front for maximum impact and visibility, ideal for statements or bold designs

Sleeve

Embellish the sleeves with a subtle logo to add branding to your custom shirt without overwhelming the overall design

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Choose from 15 vibrant thread colors

For each design, you can select up to 6 colors per design from our palette of 15 vibrant options, ensuring your embroidery turns out exactly how you envision it.

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Create gradients with our unlimited color feature

Unleash creative freedom with unlimited color embroidery. Thanks to our advanced embroidery technique, you can make gradients and designs with nearly endless color possibilities.

This option is currently available for more than 50 products. To check them out, go to the product catalog and filter by Technique > Unlimited color embroidery.

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How to design and sell custom embroidered shirts

Part 1

Choose a shirt

Pick from 50+ t-shirts and polos

Part 2

Create an embroidery design

Upload your design or create one with the free Design Maker

Part 3

Add it to your store

Put premium quality shirts up for sale in your store

Part 4

Grow your business

Focus on marketing your clothing brand, while we handle fulfillment

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Tips to get started with embroidery

Make the perfect embroidery file for your product

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Use simple shapes with thick lines

Make sure your design complies with these rules:

  • Minimum thickness for shapes: 0.05″ (1.3 mm)
  • Text, logo, or simple graphic designs only
  • Choose up to 6 colors from 15 available options
  • Pick unlimited color embroidery for uncapped creativity
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Have your designs digitized

Don’t worry—we’ll digitize all embroidery designs so our embroidery machines can read them. Digitization costs up to $6.50, and you can reuse the digitized embroidery file afterward at no extra cost.

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Frequently asked questions

Digitization is a process where we convert your design into a file our embroidery equipment can understand. This process involves formatting the stitch type, stitch density, and color—all the details our machines need to recognize and create the design exactly like you imagined it.


Embroidery digitization requires a one-time payment of $6.50 or $3.95 if you create the design in our Design Maker. You can reuse the digitized design as many times as you like.

No, we don’t accept embroidery files that have been digitized elsewhere because these files still need to be adjusted to work with our embroidery machines.

You have a range of embroidery placement options for custom shirts to ensure your design stands out just the way you envisioned. Here are the common placements available: left chest, center chest, large center, left sleeve top, and right sleeve top. 

You can also choose to combine embroidery designs with direct-to-garment (DTG) designs that you can add to the back of the shirt.

Yes, each placement area has its recommended size and dimension limits to ensure the best embroidery quality. When you upload your design in the Design Maker, you’ll be guided on the recommended size for your chosen placement.

Before washing, the shirts should be turned inside out. It’s best to machine-wash them in cold temperatures on a gentle cycle. After washing, they should be hung-dried. If your customers want, they can also dry clean the embroidered shirts.

How to create your own embroidered shirt

Part 1

Choose a shirt

Pick from 50+ t-shirts and polos

Part 2

Add an embroidery design

Upload your artwork or create one in our free Design Maker

Part 3

Wait for delivery

Order your shirt, and we’ll embroider and ship it

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Embroidery design creation made easy

Design without paying for fancy design software. Create fabulous embroidery designs for tees and polos with the Design Maker’s built-in features:

  • Text Tool—add your name, initials, or favorite quote
  • Clipart—use the free graphics on their own or embellish your text design
  • Quick Designs—customize the color and text to make it your own

Frequently asked questions

Digitization is a process where we convert your design into a file our embroidery equipment can understand. This process involves formatting the stitch type, stitch density, and color—all the details our machines need to recognize and embroider the design exactly as you imagined it.

Embroidery digitization requires a one-time payment of $6.50 or $3.95 if you create the design in our Design Maker. You can reuse the digitized design as many times as you like.

No, we don’t accept embroidery files that have been digitized elsewhere because these files still need to be adjusted to work with our embroidery machines.

Absolutely! With MerchShare, you can easily place group orders for embroidered shirts and other products. Create a personalized embroidered shirt design template and share the link with your friends or colleagues.

Members can select their preferred shirt size, color, and shipping destination. We’ll take care of fulfillment and deliver the order directly to them. Say goodbye to tedious manual work with MerchShare!

Before washing, turn your shirt inside out. Then, machine-wash it in cold temperature on a gentle cycle. After washing, don’t wring the shirt, just hang it to dry. You can also dry-clean embroidered shirts.

You can go for the left chest, smack in the center, left sleeve, right sleeve or for some shirts, add a larger design in the center. You can also mix things up and add direct-to-garment (DTG) designs on the back too.

Yep! Each spot has its own size guidelines to make sure it looks as good a possible. When you drop your design into our Design Maker, it will show you the best size for where you want it.

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