Detailed description
A patch quote that looks cheap is usually a quote for a different attachment. Heat transfer, sew-on and adhesive backing are three different products built from the same artwork, and only one of them suits the garment in front of you.
Where it is used
Common orders are small runs with several designs on one sheet, mixed sizes for a uniform programme, and repeat orders against artwork held on file. Where artwork is held, the repeat run skips the tooling and drops to piece price.
The material question
This is a heat-transfer construction: the design is printed or moulded onto a carrier film and applied with a press. Adhesion depends on pressure, temperature and dwell being right on your press, not only on the film, so the first application is a trial rather than a production step.
How it is quoted
Quotations separate the one-off tooling from the piece price, because they behave differently. Tooling is paid once and kept on file against your artwork; the piece price falls with quantity and with how many designs share one sheet.
What ships with the goods
Each carton is marked with the design reference, size, quantity and lot, and the artwork reference is repeated on the packing list so a mixed shipment can be checked without opening every carton.
Checking it on arrival
Measure the size on the finished piece, not on the artwork. Moulded pieces shrink and embroidered pieces pull in, and a five percent difference is visible on a cap front.
If this is a repeat order, send the previous artwork reference and we will quote against the tooling already on file.
