Full Color Printed Patches use advanced sublimation to create sharp, vivid, and long-lasting graphics.

Full Color Printed Patches from Star Stitch Promo provide a sleek and modern method to display designs on a variety of apparel, including clothing, hats, jackets, or backpacks. Utilizing advanced sublimation techniques, these custom patches feature vivid colors and complex graphics that are embedded directly into the fabric, ensuring they won’t fade or peel over time. These patches are ideal for showcasing affiliations, fandoms, achievements, and more, with every design being fully customizable to align with your unique requirements.

You have complete control over the customization of your patches, allowing you to achieve the exact look you desire. Our state-of-the-art sublimation process and top-quality materials ensure that each patch is a perfect representation of your vision. Choose from our three versatile backing options: heat-applied (our most popular), peel-and-stick, and Velcro, to cater to different application preferences. Additionally, enjoy significant savings with our bulk discounts, where you can save up to 70% on larger orders.

Features

Full Color Printed Patches are printed using advanced sublimation techniques that infuse dye into the fabric, ensuring sharp, vivid graphics that do not fade or peel.Our patches are rigorously tested to maintain their vibrant colors and structural integrity for over 50 wash cycles.Every order is carefully inspected by our team of skilled designers to ensure that each patch precisely meets your specified design and quality expectations.

Pressing Instructions

To ensure your patch looks professionally pressed every time, follow these four simple steps.

Position Your Patch: Being that your patch will be pressed facing down, touching the bottom plate, you will first need to secure the patch to your garment with Thermal Tape (heat resistant tape) to ensure it stays in its desired location when being placed on your heat press.

Load Garment Onto Heat Press face down: Now that your patch is taped in place, flip the garment over and place onto the heat press so the patch is facing downwards and touching the lower plate. This makes it easier to melt the low-melt glue on the back of the patch so that the patch will adhere to your garment. The goal is to melt the low-melt glue on the back of the patch, not the visible portion of the patch you’ll see when it’s adhered to the garment.

Press: After laying the garment with the patch face down, lay a Protective Guard Sheet over it to protect your garment from the iron, then press for 15 seconds at 360°F with 40-50 PSI or slightly hard pressure. After pressing, remove the garment from the press and allow it to cool for at least 30 seconds before removing the thermal tape. This allows the melted glue to solidify, thereby bonding it to your garment.

For Thicker Fabrics (Hoodies, Jackets, etc.): If after following these instructions, the patch isn’t adhering to your garment, it could be because the garment you’re using is made of thick material, such as a hoodie, jacket, etc. If this is the case, tape your patch to the garment and flip the garment inside out. Then, lay the garment onto the heat press so that the back of the patch is facing up. Lay a piece of parchment paper over the garment and press for 15 seconds at 360°F with 40-50 PSI or slightly hard pressure.

Art Upload Recommendations

All file types accepted, vector files are always preferred, raster art should be at least 300 DPI.

Care Instructions

To ensure the longevity and maintain the integrity of your patch, follow the care instructions below:

Washing: Turn the garment inside out before washing. Use cold or lukewarm water, select a gentle cycle, and a mild detergent. Avoid hot water, bleach, and fabric softeners to prevent weakening the adhesive and fabric. Patches from Star Stitch Promo are built to last up to 50 wash cycles.

Drying: Air dry the garment or use a low heat setting on your dryer. Avoid high heat as it can cause the patch to shrink or the adhesive to weaken.

Unique Full Color Patches for your Outfits

Unique Full Color patches for hats, uniforms, and all outfits are custom-designed patches created using the dye sublimation process. These patches are of high quality, with detailed images and vibrant and long-lasting designs. These patches can add a personal touch to hats, uniforms, and other outfits. The dye-sublimation process allows for full-color, photo-quality images to be printed onto the patch, making them an ideal choice for creating detailed designs and logos. These patches can easily be created in various shapes and sizes with borders like merrowed, heat cut, laser cut, etc.

Sports teams often use sublimated patches, schools, businesses, organizations, and other groups for branding, identification, and decoration. They are a cost-effective way of creating unique designs that can easily apply to clothing, hats, bags, and other textile items.

FAQ

What Are Full Color Printed Patches?

Full color printed patches, also known as sublimation patches or dye sublimation patches, are custom-designed textile patches that feature intricate and vibrant designs printed directly onto the fabric.Unlike traditional embroidered patches, which use thread to create designs, these sublimated patches utilize digital printing technology to reproduce complex artwork with a wide range of colors and details. This state-of-the-art printing process allows for even higher and more intricate designs than woven patches and many other custom patch types. Full color printed patches are bright, colorful, and detailed.

What Are The Benefits Of Full Color Printed Patches?

There are a wide range of benefits to consider when choosing the right custom patches for you. With full color printed patches, you can enjoy:

Detailed and Vibrant Designs: Full color printing allows for the reproduction of intricate artwork, including gradients, photographs, and complex color schemes.

Quick Turnaround: Digital printing is a faster process than traditional embroidery, making these patches an excellent choice for those in need of a quick turnaround time.

Customization: Customers have the flexibility to design patches with virtually any image or artwork they desire, making them ideal for brand logos, promotional items, or personal expression.

Durability: The printing process results in vibrant, long-lasting colors, and the patches are typically durable and resistant to fading when cared for properly.

What Are The Applications Of Full Color Printed Patches?

Our custom full color printed patches are versatile and can be used in various ways, including:

• Branding:Businesses can create patches with their logos to promote their brand on clothing, bags, and merchandise.
• Personalization: Individuals can design patches to showcase their interests, hobbies, or personal messages on jackets, backpacks, and more.
• Events and Promotions:These sublimated patches are suitable for commemorating events, clubs, or special occasions, serving as souvenirs or promotional items.
• Uniforms and Workwear: Many organizations use printed patches for uniforms and workwear to represent their company or team identity.

What Types Of Artwork are Suitable For Custom Full Color Printed Patches?

One of the most beneficial features of our full color printed patches is that there are no image requirements. That means you’re able to upload any type of image including photo realistic, logos and illustrations.

We recommend uploading high quality graphics to ensure the best quality design is printed onto your patches. With complete personalization available, our sublimated full color printed patches remain a top choice for our customers.

Are Full Color Printed Patches Machine Washable?

Yes, our full color printed patches are machine washable. However it’s important to make sure that they are washed on a cool setting with mild detergent to ensure long-term vibrancy and durability. If you opt for the press and stick, this is designed for one time use and are unlikely to be machine washable.

Is There A Minimum Order Requirement?

There’s no any minimum order requirement for our full color printed patches you can ask us for one patch as well

What Are The Size & Shape Limitations Of This Patch Type?

There are generally no size and shape limitations for any type of patch on our site, however, we do provide some general guidelines to make the most out of your full-color printed patches.

We offer between 1” and 9” patch widths for this product, with some in-between sizes like 1.5”, 2.5”, 3.5”, and 4.5” to allow for better application on different types of garments and accessories. The patch size that you choose will depend on what you are pressing onto. For example, if you decide on custom patches for hats, then the patch size will be much smaller than if you were looking at patches for backpacks, which naturally have a much larger surface area.

If you want a specific height and width for your patch, then simply leave a note for our designers and we’ll make sure to create this for you.

In terms of shape, we offer circle, square, rectangle, and oval shapes as standard, and these are the most common choices for full-color printed patches. We do also offer the option for custom patch shapes to suit any design!.

Can I Match Specific Colors In My Design?

Yes, you can. If you want a specific color from your design translated to the final result, then make sure to leave a special note for our designers, who will be happy to make sure that this is created for you. If there are ever any issues with meeting your design, then we’ll be sure to reach out to you to discuss your options.

Are Full Color Printed Patches Machine Washable?

Yes, our full color printed patches are machine washable if heat-pressed on. However, proper care and maintenance are vital in ensuring that the patches remain vibrant and applied long-term.

Make sure that they are washed on a cool setting with mild detergent to avoid any premature lifting and to keep the application sturdy.

If you opt for the press-and-stick application method, this is not machine-washable. These patches are designed for one-time use and may detach from the garment or accessory when washed, as water can cause the adhesive to become less effective.

What Makes Full Color Printed Patches From Star Stitch Promo Different?

Our full color printed patches are a popular choice out of our custom patches range. These sublimated patches offer custom shapes and clean edges. They’re photo realistic and vibrant, with full colors making them pop. With incredible detail and brightness, no matter the image, our sublimated full color printed patches are an ideal choice regardless of the organization.

Enjoy a FREE virtual proof of your artwork prior to production and fast shipping. Design your custom full color printed patches today!