 Northwest Embroidery Celebrates its Five-Millionth Embroidered PatchNorthwest Embroidery, a Seattle based company specializing in custom embroidery services and unique promotional products is proud to announce they have hit the milestone of producing five million embroidered patches in their lifetime. The number is a significant achievement that results from a longstanding commitment to quality products and customer service of 36 years.
The number was reached in late February with the production of their popular "9-11 Decade of Remembrance" The very first patch Northwest Embroidery sold was back in 1977, signifying their very first day in business. At the time, company founder Jim Mickelson was working up on the Alaska Pipeline and came up with the idea to sew his own patches onto baseball caps to sell to his coworkers. The patches were such a hit that Jim eventually left the pipeline to go into the embroidery business. A patch from that first order sits in a frame behind Mickelson’s desk, where a new frame will be added next it for the five millionth patch. In the following years, the company’s product line has expanded to include custom embroidered apparel, caps, and promotional items. Changes in manufacturing processes and fashion tastes have created a shift in demand towards direct embroidery, which means logos are sewn directly onto garments themselves rather than a patch. While they are no longer the sole item sold by Northwest Embroidery, patches still represent a significant part of their total business, especially with niche markets such as firefighters. Embroidered patches are popular with police and fire departments, military, and sports teams because they are inexpensive and can be easily applied to uniforms. Typically orders range from between 50 to 1000 patches, with some going into the tens of thousands. They are created by sewing rows of the same design into long pieces of cotton twill fabric on a commercial embroidery machine. The fabric is then removed and a die-cutter is used to cut the patches out in shapes such as circles, shields, badges, and stars. A sewn border of thread, known as merrow, is commonly added to give them a clean finished edge. The celebrate the five million mark, Northwest Embroidery has produced an additional one thousand 9-11 commemorative patches to give away to visitors of their showroom in Milton, WA. The patches are first-come first serve. Photos: https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ End
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