how to Customize New Era Hats

New era caps have become the standard in quality and popularity in the rapidly growing custom cap market. The wide variety of available cap colors and styles make them a good option for further customization.

1.Create your design for the cap. Keep in mind the available space for decoration on a cap while making your custom design. Use a standard graphic design software program such as Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator to produce the final digital version of the design.

2.Have your design converted for use by an embroidery machine. This is known as 'digitizing' the graphic art file. Embroidery machines use digital files in a highly specialized format that communicate the colors, thread counts and dimensions to the sewing head. A local embroidery shop or online specialist can do this work for you.

3.Order the blank caps that will be customized from a wholesale or retail distributor of New Era products. You can find these distributors by calling local cap shops, embroidery shops or on the Internet.

4.Take the blank New Era caps and your design files to local embroidery shops and get bids for the application of the design to the caps, and turnaround time for finishing the job. Ask about the final cost, including any setup fees, and any extra thread count charges that may be incurred, based on your design.

5.Decide upon the embroidery service you will use, and make payment---50 percent down at the time of the order and the other 50 percent upon completion is standard.