Tuesday, January 20, 2015

TN Embroidery Stitch Types

Contact BIG FROG® CUSTOM T-SHIRTS located on Carothers Parkway for all your different TN embroidery stitch types.  Stitches used in embroidery has a great effect on the creativity and art of embroidery. Each stitch type that is used creates a unique appearance.

  • Straight Stitch – Very basic. Used in a line or in adjacent placements;
  • Chain Stitch – Known as the Tambour stitch. One of the oldest decorative stitches in use;
  • Split Stitch - Known as a Kensington stitch. Frequently used to outline other stitched areas or used as a fill-in-shading. Requires thread that can be split easily;
  • Buttonhole Stitch - Known as blanket stitches. The foundation for many other stitch types. Can prevent fabric edges from raveling;
  • Satin Stitch - Sometimes called Damask stitch. Several straight stitches placed close to each other to create a satin appearance;
  • Back Stitch - Often used in outlining;
  • Cross Stitch - X-shaped stitches;
  • Knotted Stitches - Leaves a knot above the fabric as a decorative accent.


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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Embroidery Styles in Murfreesboro, TN

For all your custom T-Shirt and apparel embroidery style requirements in the Franklin TN area, contact BIG FROG® CUSTOM T-SHIRTS located at 509 North Thompson Lane Murfreesboro, TN 37129. Bring us your design or let us help create your new favorite t-shirt or apparel using your ideas!

What are the different embroidery styles?

·         Crewel – Uses wool thread and stitch types such as split, satin, and chain stitches. Designs are large and bold.
·         Cross Stitch - Precise placement of x-shaped stitches on fabric with a pre-printed picture on it, and has evenly spaced threads and stitch holes. Cotton floss is the used thread.
·         Needlepoint - Uses canvas with evenly placed stitch holes. Silk, cotton, wool, or wool blends are the different threads being used. May use only a couple of stitch types or a variety of them.
·         Needle Painting - Uses very closely placed, long and short stitches. This form is also called thread painting or silk shading. Also uses many colors.
·         Blackwork, Bluework, Redwork, and Whitework - Uses one color of thread on white or natural-colored fabric. Cross stitch and crewel are used.
·         Hardanger – Uses the same color of thread and fabric. Designs are usually geometric in form. Uses various stitch types including satin stitch and French knots.


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Friday, December 19, 2014

Murfreesboro TN Embroidery

For all your Franklin TN embroidery requirements, contact BIG FROG® CUSTOM T-SHIRTS located on Carothers Parkway. Bring us your design or let us help create your new favorite t-shirt using your ideas!

What exactly is embroidery?

Embroidery is the skill used for decorating fabrics or other materials with a needle and different color thread or yarn. Individuals normally use embroidery on caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, denim, stockings, and golf shirts. Embroidery styles and techniques vary greatly. The basic techniques or stitches used in embroidery are known as chain stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, and cross stitch. Embroidery designs can be either stitched on top of or through the foundation fabric. A variety of pictures, scenes, or decorative accents are normally stitched on cloth. Embroidery can either be done by machine or by hand, and the designs can range from simple to complex. Machine embroidery sometimes uses different stitching techniques to achieve the resemblance to hand stitching.


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Monday, November 17, 2014

Silkscreen Printing in Murfreesboro TN

For all your silkscreen printing requirements in the Murfreesboro area, contact BIGFROG® CUSTOM T-SHIRTS located on Carothers Parkway. Bring us your design or let us help create your new favorite t-shirt using your ideas!

What exactly is silkscreen?

Silk screening is a process or technique that is used to create a variety of prints on a wide selection of different materials. Another term used when describing silk screening is known as screen printing. Traditionally, silk was used in the process prior to polyester mesh. Today, synthetic threads are commonly used in the silk screening process. There are also a special mesh material of nylon and stainless steel available to be used in the screen printing process. The different mesh sizes will determine the outcome and the look of the finished design on the material used. Now, the mesh is stretched tightly onto a frame to silk screen. Then, a negative design is created on the screen using a variety of techniques, and ink is rolled or sponged onto the screen. This is then pressed onto the object being printed. Most printers use a squeegee or a similar tool to gently press the ink onto the printed product, before removing the screen and hanging the print up to dry.


Visit BIG FROG® CUSTOM T-SHIRTS at 509 North Thompson Lane Murfreesboro, TN 37129 for professional advice on any of your specialized apparel and gifts printing needs; alternatively phone us on 615-624-6670.

Monday, November 3, 2014

Specialized Apparel and Gifts in Murfreesboro TN

For all your specialized apparel and gifts for men, women, kids and infants in TN, contact BIGFROG® CUSTOM T-SHIRTS located in Murfreesboro.

Some of the apparel and gifts we offer are 100% Cotton T-Shirts, Long Sleeved T-Shirts, 50/50 Sweatshirt, Tank Tops, Cotton Raglan T-Shirts , Cotton Sports Shirts, 80/20 Sweatshirt, Cotton Ringer T-Shirts, Organic T-Shirts, and Organic Long Sleeved for both men and women, youth, infants, and much more. You get to pick what you want to print on your apparel and gifts, as well as choosing your colors and sizes. Our talented artists will work with you at our in-store design station to create a custom message and/or full color graphic to your exact specifications. Experiment with colors, fonts and graphics to get just the look you want. With our advanced printing technology, the sky’s the limit on what you can do. And, most orders can be ready in just one day! We accept Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express, money orders, personal checks as well as PayPal as different forms of payment. 
 
Visit BIG FROG® CUSTOM T-SHIRTS at 509 North Thompson Lane Murfreesboro, TN 37129 for professional advice on any of your specialized apparel and gifts printing needs; alternatively phone us on 615-624-6670.






Thursday, October 16, 2014

Murfreesboro TN Custom T-shirt Services

If you are looking for custom t-shirts in the Nashville area, or a Nashville custom t-shirt design provider, look no further than BIG FROG® CUSTOM T-SHIRTS situated in Carothers Parkway! We offer all our clients the following Custom T-shirt services:

We keep our costumer files indefinitely; therefore you will be able to order another t-shirt with the same design later and won’t need to panic about anything. You can also bring your own t-shirts to be printed as well! Do keep in mind that we typically print on cotton and cotton blends (with a 50/50 mix being preferable).  We also print on 100% polyester items however the wash fastness cannot be guaranteed. If you have more than one item, you may be eligible for volume discounts. All the artwork created by each client for their orders, remains their own property and will be maintained at our store for our exclusive usage in executing your orders.  Artwork that Big Frog generates on your behalf remains the property of Big Frog.  Please, enquire regarding policies of transferring artwork ownership to yourself or company.

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Murfreesboro TN Custom Design T -Shirts

For best results, always try and make use of our professional expertize at BIGFROG® CUSTOM T-SHIRTS in Murfreesboro. We believe in good customer service, and offer our TN clientele no minimums, free custom design and set up, unlimited colors, volume discounts and 24 hour turnaround on in stock items.

With our printing technologies you can order as few as ONE custom design t-shirt and as many as 10,000 custom design t-shirts! We most definitely offer our Franklin TN clients volume discounts starting at just 5 items. You can even mix and match the items. It doesn't have to be the same style or color! When you choose a style, color and size that we have in stock, your custom design T-shirts will go into our printing queue and you may even have them in 24 hours - often they are ready the same day.  If we need to order your custom design T-shirts, then it will be a minimum of 48 hours until your order is complete.  However, if you are in a rush, then we can get your custom design T-shirts sooner, however; a rush fee will apply.   If you have a rush order, please contact your local store for more information on a delivery schedule.


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