Alrighty, so I received my “raspberry” colored Infinistich’ed hat finally. About the hat itself, I like it. Yes it’s pink. But I think it’s cool to have some girly colored hats in this style. One of my annoyances with Zazzle is that they have a bazillion colors of hats, but they’re all trucker style. I hate those. Anyway, onto the embroidery. Cafepress recommends complex multicolored images for the best results, so I chose this Celtic design from the Dover Celtic Clipart Collection. Here is the original image.
The “embroidery” actually turned out better than I expected. When scrutinizing the area closely one can tell that it is not traditional embroidery, since the threads don’t follow the design, but from at least a foot or two away it looks pretty good. I think one thing that helps in this case is the fact that there is a thin black line that sort of outlines the shapes. It sort of gives the illusion that each colored area was stitched separately. Something to keep in mind for future designs. Click for high resolution images.
The backside of the embroidery is all white, with the same random stitchy pattern. Which goes along with the consensus that the image is somehow printed on the threads.
So, I am pleased and impressed with this new embroidery business. I would love to see in the future the ability to be able to choose different shapes or areas to embroider.
Tags: embroidery, Infinistitch, reviews
It looks good. I can’t understand why Cafepress chose such a wishy washy design to send out as samples. What were they thinking?
Thanks for the review–your design looks good!
Just wanted to point out that white on the back is very normal to use for embroidery. If you look on the back of items you know were embroidered the good old-fashioned way, you’ll probably find white, too. It just means the bobbin thread was white and it’s probably done since it looks nicer.
However, from looking at close-ups, it does look like the top is printed.