Blog

Hundy owners Aviv and Michelle came into Mr. Stitch with an issue: Their jackets! Here is their story. Part 1: Disaster Strikes! Here at Mr. Stitch, we receive a call letting us know the Hundy team is heading our way with an embroidery 911 situation. They are unhappy with their recent jacket customization. Looking for forever pieces, the last company did not pull through. Embroidery was expected but was not received. We would soon see what the damage was upon their arrival

Ryan Gosling is Starfighter in the new Star Wars film coming in 2027. Last year, we were able to be part of embroidering hats for the first announcement of this project. His stylist, Mark Avery, created these caps that said: “ Never tell me the Odds.” For this second announcement. Mark Avery created a concept where Gosling would start with a jacket resembling the old one from his original Disney days on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. This would then be replaced by a jacket with

Looking for a local embroidery shop where you can actually bring in your project and talk it through with someone? Mr. Stitch is located right on Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, and customers from around Los Angeles stop by with everything from one personalized piece to larger custom orders. A Little About Mr. Stitch We are Mr. Stitch Embroidery, a custom embroidery shop serving Sherman Oaks and the greater Los Angeles area. We have been working on custom embroidery projec

We do not get golf gloves in the shop every day, so this was a fun one to figure out. The challenge was simple: the gloves needed custom branding, but the gloves themselves were not suitable for direct embroidery. Why We Couldn’t Embroider the Gloves Directly Golf gloves can be tricky because there is very little room to hoop and position them safely on an embroidery machine. On this pair, direct embroidery was not a practical option, so we had to find another way to add the

We recently had the chance to work with PASTL on a colorful custom cap project. Before getting into the embroidery, I think it is worth introducing the organization behind the hats because the work they are doing is really what gives this project meaning. PASTL works with neurodivergent youth through sports, physical activity and community-based programs. Their approach is built around helping young people become more comfortable participating, communicating and connecting wi

An embroidered patch can change the look of a jacket without having to redesign the whole garment. You might be adding a company logo, personal artwork, a name, a symbol, or simply something that makes the jacket feel more like yours. The artwork matters, but so do the size, placement and jacket itself. Those few decisions usually make the difference between a patch that feels like it belongs on the jacket and one that looks added as an afterthought. Why Use an Embroidered Pa

Los Angeles moves quickly. We get customers coming into our Sherman Oaks shop with deadlines for events, productions, gifts, uniforms and plenty of last-minute projects. So one of the questions we hear all the time is: How fast can you get this embroidered? The answer depends on what you are bringing us and what is already on our production schedule. We do take rush orders, and some projects can move very quickly, but not every order can be finished immediately. Can You Embro

If you are planning a custom apparel order, one of the first questions is usually the same: Should I use embroidery, screen printing, or direct-to-film printing? We hear this a lot at our Sherman Oaks shop, and there really is not one answer that works for every order. The right choice comes down to what you are decorating, how many pieces you need, what the artwork looks like, and how you want the finished piece to feel. Here is the simple version before we get into the deta

Some weeks at our Sherman Oaks shop are definitely busier than others, and this was one of them. We had a couple of rush apparel projects come in with very different artwork, and DTF gave us a practical way to handle the printed parts without making the designs overly complicated. For these projects, we worked with DTF, vinyl and embroidery—including one simple graphic T-shirt order and another garment that mixed several decoration methods together. Why We Used DTF for These

A design can look great on a screen but still need a few changes before it works well as embroidery. Size, fine details, colors, the garment and even the placement can all affect how the finished design turns out. Most of these problems are much easier to fix before the design reaches production. Here are some of the most common embroidery design mistakes we see and what to consider instead. 1. Making the Design Too Detailed for Its Final Size Size matters because the design

Aprons have been around for a long time for one very practical reason: keeping whatever is underneath them a little cleaner. That is still their main job today, whether someone is cooking, serving customers, making coffee or working on another hands-on project. But an apron can do more than protect your clothes. Add a logo, name or favorite phrase and it becomes part of a business uniform—or something that simply feels more personal to the person wearing it. We have embroider

Every project that comes into Mr. Stitch has a story behind it, and this one happened to involve the stage. Rick Simone-Friedland reached out to our Sherman Oaks shop with an embroidery idea connected to his one-man show, Kind Stranger…a memory play. The request was simple: add the show title to the back of burgundy jackets that would become part of this special theater project. Custom Embroidery for Kind Stranger Rick Simone-Friedland came to Mr. Stitch with the idea of embr

You would think a gathering nicknamed “Billionaire Summer Camp” would be full of flashy fashion. Instead, one of the things that stood out at the 2025 Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley was something much simpler: baseball caps. That is what caught my attention. The hats were not necessarily about wearing the most expensive brand. A lot of them were simple caps that said something about the person wearing them—a company, team, project, interest or just their personal st

We usually talk about embroidery on hats, jackets and shirts, but every once in a while a project comes through the shop that takes us somewhere completely different. This time, it was outdoor pillows for Outer. Outer reached out to us to embroider its branding onto pillowcases for an outdoor furniture display. Since Outer is also based in Los Angeles, it was especially nice to see a local collaboration travel well beyond California. From Our Sherman Oaks Shop to Palm Beach W

We get to work on all kinds of projects at Mr. Stitch. Some are uniforms, some are one-of-a-kind pieces, and some introduce us to people and organizations doing work we probably would not have known about otherwise. JOSHWAY was one of those projects. David Robertson, the founder of JOSHWAY, came to us to create custom embroidered patches for the organization. We made them here at our Sherman Oaks shop, but once I learned more about JOSHWAY, I wanted to share the story behind

We work on all kinds of custom embroidery projects in Los Angeles, from individual pieces to corporate apparel. This rush project came through our Sherman Oaks shop for Vincent Clerc, CEO of Maersk. The request was simple: personalize a Maersk jacket with company branding and Vincent’s name, then get it finished on a tight schedule. It is a good example of how straightforward corporate embroidery can give a company jacket a more personal, finished look. Custom Corporate Jacke

Mr. Stitch patches went farther than most embroidery projects ever will. The four-person Polaris Dawn crew wore patches made by Mr. Stitch during their SpaceX mission in September 2024, including on the crew's flight suits. Polaris Dawn spent nearly five days in orbit and completed several major objectives, including the first commercial spacewalk, testing Starlink laser-based communications and conducting nearly 40 scientific research experiments. Mr. Stitch Patches on the P

Let’s talk about shoes—because we get asked a surprisingly common question at our Sherman Oaks shop: can you actually embroider them? Shoes, we wear them every day. They protect our feet, make us look fashionable, and give an impression. I’ve been told that your shoes are an important part of a person’s presentation. My parents have stressed the importance of keeping the exterior of them clean. I agree, but I also have a few that show their wear, tear, and battle scars. I fee

Custom embroidery starts before the machine begins stitching. The artwork first has to be prepared so a design created on a screen can work when it is recreated with thread. Digitizing is an important part of that preparation, but the garment, design size, stitch choices and production setup also affect the finished result. Here is a closer look at how the process comes together. 1. Start With the Artwork Every project starts with artwork—a logo, lettering, illustration or an

Vinyl gives us a lot of room to personalize an item without making the project complicated. One of the simplest examples is adding a name or number, especially on jerseys, team apparel and other pieces where clean lettering is the main focus. At our Sherman Oaks shop, we see vinyl used for everything from a single personalized piece to team jerseys and custom apparel. Sometimes, a basic one-color design is all the item really needs. Start Simple With Names and Numbers Names a