CROOKED BROOK®
Sweatshirts, Custom Sweatshirts, Custom Hooded Sweatshirts
Ordering Embroidery Fonts Embroidery Thread Colors Embroidery Designs
Design Your Own Sweatshirt
At one time, a sweatshirt was just a sweatshirt. They were long sleeved, unisex and colors were limited to heather gray, navy blue, black or white.
Today, there are short sleeve, cap sleeve and sleeveless sweatshirts. Men’s sweatshirts are now available in what were once considered women’s colors, and women’s sweatshirts are no longer smaller versions of men’s, with silhouettes made specifically for a woman’s figure.
The most popular fabric for a sweatshirt is cotton fleece, followed by cotton/polyester blends and many brands offer them in a wide variety of weights.
Personalized Sweatshirts, Personalized Hooded Sweatshirts
There are many promotional products and decorated apparel companies that offer personalized or custom sweatshirts and hoodies, or allow you to design, create or make your own sweatshirt online.
Crooked Brook is not a decorated apparel nor a promotional products company; it is a label used by the atelier division of our art studio.Our shop is a full-service apparel design, pattern making, sample making, and small lot production atelier. In addition, we offer decorated apparel and these are the methods we use to make personalized hoodies and custom sweatshirts:
Embroidery - The default placement for an embroidered logo on a hoody or sweatshirt used to be back, front or the left chest. Embroidery placements now include shoulder sleeves, down the sleeve, or on the hood.
Appliqué - A shape cut from a piece of fabric and stitched to another, to create and add dimension and texture to a design. The most popular placement of appliqué on a hoody or a sweatshirt is on the front or back.
Tackle Twill - A form of appliqué in which letters, numbers or designs are cut from a piece of fabric and sewn onto a garment. The most popular placement of tackle twill on a hoody or a sweatshirt is on the front or back.
Printed Sweatshirts, Custom Printed Sweatshirts
Embroidery, appliqué and tackle twill are not suitable for all logos or designs because more often than not, the artwork was designed for print. With print, letters can be much smaller and colors can be incorporated more fluidly than with embroidery, appliqué or tackle twill.
Therefore, for some artwork, printed sweatshirts are a better option and a lower cost alternative to appliquéd, tackle twilled or embroidered sweatshirts.
Custom sweatshirt prices, and whether there is a minimum, will be determined by the sweatshirt, method of decoration and the complexity of the logo or design.
Promotional Sweatshirts
As corporate gifts or promotional products, custom sweatshirts have always been a great way to build brand recognition or to promote your business or cause. However, to some people (since it is a give away), this means buying the cheapest sweatshirt they can find. These cheap sweatshirts usually end up being worn while doing chores around the house.
It is worth it to spend a few more dollars and give somebody a custom sweatshirt they will actually wear.
Cheap Sweatshirts, Cheap Custom Sweatshirts
Cheap: of inferior quality or worth, contemptible because of lack of any fine, lofty, or redeeming qualities.
When you buy a cheap sweatshirt, that is exactly what you get… a cheap sweatshirt.
Cheap sweatshirts are thin, ill fitting, loose their color and shrink excessively after the first wash.
Numerous decorated apparel companies and promotional products companies offer “Cheap Sweatshirts", "Cheap Custom Sweatshirts" or “Cheap Personalized Sweatshirts".
If your only concern is price, contact them.
However, if you are interested in high quality personalized custom sweatshirts, choose from the brands below and click here to order.
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B160 Hanes 9 oz. Premium Cotton Crew |
F260 Hanes 10 oz., 90/10 PrintProXP® Crew |
P1607 Hanes 7.8 oz. ComfortBlend® 50/50 Fleece Crew |
P360 Hanes Youth 7.8 oz. ComfortBlend® 50/50 Fleece Crew |
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Champion Ladies’ 9.3 oz. Double Dry® Classic Fleece Crew |
CY6C Champion Youth 9 oz., 50/50 Crew |
S1049 Champion 12 oz., 82/18 Reverse Weave Crew
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S122C Champion 9 oz., 50/50 Crew |
S1780 Champion 9.7 oz., 90/10 Cotton Max Crew |
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4000A Anvil Organic 8 oz. Cotton/Recycled Polyester Crew |
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11561 Authentic Pigment 11 oz. Pigment-Dyed Ringspun
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11561Y Authentic Pigment Youth 11 oz. Pigment-Dyed
Ringspun Fleece Crew |
1941 Authentic Pigment 11 oz. Pigment-Dyed Ringspun Cotton
Boxy Crew |
1975 Authentic Pigment 11 oz. Pigment-Dyed Crew Neck |
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9564 Alternative Women's Raglan Fleece Crew |
9567 Alternative Men's Raglan Crew Fleece |
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AA9575 Alternative 6.3 oz. Long-Sleeve Basic Fleece Crew |
AA9585 Alternative 6.3 oz. Short-Sleeve Raglan Fleece Crew |
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PlayBack 10.5 oz. Crew-Neck with Ribbed Side Panel |
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