Ideas for Team Name Embroidery

Whether you're part of a team of volunteers or a sports team, adding team name embroidery to uniforms or accessories is a good way to present a unified image. Items featuring the team name are also usable in a number of other ways, including as goods for sale in fundraising drives, door prizes for team parties or as gifts for exceptional team members. Custom embroidery costs more than other forms of material embellishment like screen printing, though discounts are often available for team orders.

  1. Team Uniforms

    • Have your team name embroidered onto uniforms. Approach companies specializing in embroidery or experienced home sewers for estimates on the cost of the embroidery. Determine the number of letters that will be embroidered on the uniforms -- the number of letters in an embroidery job influences the total cost. Inquire about discounts for school or team orders to save money. Have embroidery sewn in different colors to distinguish different levels of teams like varsity or junior varsity.

    Team Leader Apparel

    • Make team leader's apparel stand out with custom embroidery. Team leaders like coaches, senior camp counselors and heads of volunteer groups are highly visible as team representatives at conferences, games and matches. Adding extra flair to their team name embroidery by personalizing it with their name or the team logo helps visually state their importance to the team. Custom embroidery on single items can be pricey. Ask friends who embroider to stitch names and other embellishments to individual items with the same font used on other team members' clothing to cut costs.

    Gifts

    • Homemade decorative pillows embroidered with a team's name make great gifts for exceptional team members or door prizes for team parties. Add the team's mascot or a saying used by the team to make the pillow extra special. Quilts featuring scenes from a player's sports career made from photo copied images on fabric are gifts sure to be appreciated by any athlete. Embroider team names onto the quilt for a custom finishing touch.

    Fundraising Items

    • Recruit local people who sew to embroider team names onto socks, hats, towels, bags and other small items for fundraising drives. Many crafters are willing to volunteer their time for a good cause. Sell these items to raise money for charities, trips, new uniforms and special team programs. Church and community groups can divide up into teams and sell their custom embroidered items in friendly competitions to see who raises the most money, with all of funds raised by both teams going to the needy.