Special Report
Long live the King! T
his beautiful piece of embroidery was digitised using Wilcom EmbroideryStudio e4 Designing by Lisa Craddock at Barudan UK specifi cally for Printwear & Promotion LIVE! in February. It was digitised to show the high performance and stitch quality of the Barudan embroidery machines. It was embroidered on the BEKY-S1508CII – eight-head, at a speed of 1,100 stitches per minute, taking just under four hours to complete.
It features a total of 177,500 stitches and uses 15 shades of Madeira Classic thread.
Digitised in sections for the best registration results, and with P&P LIVE! visitors in mind, starting with the bottom sections fi rst, and working upwards. This means as the embroidery was taking shape, the completed sections were visible to passers-by, while the machine was busy embroidering sections above.
T Bottom section of the final design
quirky promotional gifts for the coronation. Products range from tea towels to door banners to cushions. The range has proven popular with customers, and the team has also received bulk enquiries and sales from a BBC show, Heathrow Airport and several local councils all wanting to be suitably decorated for the occasion.
sublimation printers, utilising industrial Kyocera print heads and DGI inks, as supplied by Sabur Digital.
The design takes shape T The final design
o celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, David Sharp has created a suite of giveaway designs which can be downloaded from its website for free. The team are encouraging embroiderers to get involved in this historic moment, with embroidery designs to produce something memorable for such a prestigious event. The design to the right was digitised in house by David Sharp’s very own Jamie Hood, using Wilcom EmbroideryStudio e4 Designing and stitched on the
The finished embroidery | 22 |May 2023
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The designs were then sublimated via Hunt & Moscrop heat transfer calendars across British Made Gift’s fabric range before fi nishing with laser cutting.
The full selection of merchandise
King Charles III will be crowned on Saturday, May 6 at Westminster Abbey. Garment and promotional product decorators up and down the country have been busy creating and designing merchandise and artwork to celebrate the momentous occasion. Here is just a small showcase of the huge amount of creativity that exists within the industry.
he team at British Made Gifts headed by Lance Dentith have been busy making a varied selection of
Coronation tea towel
Each product was carefully and thoughtfully designed in-house by a team of skilled designers. The designs were digitally printed using a fl eet of DGI Poseidon high-speed
Melco EMT16X from Amaya, with Madeira Classic 40 rayon thread and EZEE 42g backing. There are three options available for download; a small design measuring 97mm and 19,431 stitches, and two large designs, with different colour options, from 48,659 to 65,845 stitches, depending on the option chosen. If you choose to download a design, the team have asked that when fi nished designs are posted online that the hashtag #davidsharpemb is used so they can see all the beautiful things that have been created.
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