Services
We Make Gear is the go to spot for small businesses and individuals looking for custom printing and embroidery solutions. We offer DTF apparel printing, custom embroidery & dye sublimation printing for event merch like coffee mugs, signage, table cloths, koozies and more.
To better serve the small/independent businesses and individuals needing small orders, we do not require any minimum quantities for your order!
Please read below for more detailed information regarding the services offered at We Make Gear.
CUSTOM APPAREL PRINTING
When it comes to custom printing solutions for clothing items, we offer DTF printing on items like t-shirts, hoodies, sweatpants and more. DTF stands for Direct to Film printing, first the image is printed on a film, coated in a special powder and heated up, after which it is applied to your desired garment(s). DTF printing is extremely durable and can withstand a plethora of washes without diminishing quality of the print.
DTF VS SCREEN-PRINTING
Many custom print shops use screen-printing techniques and is what the general public is familiar with. While screen-printing can save you money with large quantity bulk orders, there are often minimums and the price is much higher for lower quantity orders before you can really see the savings.
DTF printing on the other hand requires no intricate set-up or color separations or ink mixing, making it very time efficient to start the printing process. This allows us to have great pricing even on orders with a single item!
Other advantages DTF printing provides over screen-printing is that designs can be much more intricate, colorful, and detailed. With screen-printing you are limited by amount of colors, as typically you can not fit more than 6 colors on a design. Lastly DTF printing has an extremely fast turn around time, where with screen-printing, production times can range from 2-6 weeks depending on order size and scheduling availability.
EMBROIDERY
We also offer embroidery for apparel items. Whether you need employee names on shirts, or a logo on hats, We Make Gear has you covered. With state of the art embroidery machines we guarantee great quality stitching to proudly represent your brand/business or just having really great embroidery done for your own personal needs!
DYE SUBLIMATION PRINTING
Dye sublimation is a printing technology that uses heat transfer to apply an image on to specialized materials such as coffee mugs, drinkware (glass cups etc.,) metal signage, table cloths, pet attire, and other applicable merchandise items.
SHIPPING
While our mission is training and employing Rhode Island residents in the manufacturing/textile industry, we do offer shipping on all orders anywhere in the USA. If you find our pricing to your liking you can place an order with us to support our mission from wherever you are. Head over to our quote form section and let's get started today!