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Design vs Production

What your design looks like woven

Woven uses a much finer thread than embroidery, so it keeps far more of the design — small text, thin lines and tight detail all survive. What it gives up is the raised, tactile thread texture.

Design a patch free
AI patch design of a bald eagle in flight over a purple-to-orange gradient sunset, with fine feather detail
The same bald eagle design produced as a woven patch — fine thread, flatter profile, more preserved detail
Your designWoven
Your design versus Woven comparison slider

Drag the handle to compare. Rendered for illustration — every real order is proofed and approved before production.

What comes through

  • Small text and fine lines that embroidery would lose stay readable
  • Detailed illustration work survives far closer to the preview
  • The patch sits flat and thin, so it lies cleanly on a collar or dress shirt

What changes

  • Gradients still step, just in more bands than embroidery
  • The surface is flat — none of the raised, dimensional thread feel
  • Very large solid areas can look plainer than the same area embroidered

Woven limits, in numbers

These are the physical floors of the process. Anything in a design below them is thickened, merged or dropped — which is the single biggest reason a produced patch differs from a preview.

Colours
Up to 8
Fewer than embroidery, but placed far more precisely.
Smallest legible text
About 0.12"
Roughly half what embroidery can hold.
Thinnest line
About 0.5mm
Fine enough for detailed line art.
Gradients
Finely stepped
Closer to the preview than thread, still not smooth.
What this means for your designIf your design has small type, a detailed logo or fine line work and you still want thread, woven is usually the honest answer — it gets closest to the preview without going to print.

Common questions

Will my woven patch look exactly like the AI design?

Woven uses a much finer thread than embroidery, so it keeps far more of the design — small text, thin lines and tight detail all survive. What it gives up is the raised, tactile thread texture. Our team redraws every design for production and you approve that artwork before anything is manufactured.

How many colours can a woven patch have?

Up to 8. Fewer than embroidery, but placed far more precisely.

What is the smallest text that works on a woven patch?

About 0.12". Roughly half what embroidery can hold.

Can a woven patch reproduce a gradient?

Finely stepped. Closer to the preview than thread, still not smooth.