Machines & operators
Commercial embroidery heads run by trained operators — not rented equipment left with your volunteers. Operators handle hooping, tension, trims and rethreads so the line never stalls on a mechanical hiccup.
Services
What arrives when you book an embroidery bar
Every station is staffed and self-contained. Your venue provides a corner, a table clearance and one outlet; the crew brings the rest and leaves the room the way they found it.
Included in every booking
Digitized monogram menu
We digitize your monogram styles, fonts and any logo lockups in advance, test-stitch them on the actual garments, and print a menu card guests can choose from in seconds.
Thread palette
A traveling wall of 60+ thread colors, trimmed to a recommended palette that flatters your garment colors and brand. Metallic golds and tone-on-tone are the perennial favorites.
Garment sourcing
Blanks arrive counted, steamed and sized: Richardson 112 truckers, dad caps, Bella+Canvas 3001 tees, Gildan 18500 hoodies, crewnecks, robes and canvas totes. See how menus are built in the garment menu guide.
Station styling
Counter, signage, menu cards, hooping table and a finished-piece rack, styled to read as part of your event design rather than a vendor folding table.
Run-of-show fit
A coordinator confirms load-in windows, floor plan placement, power and timing with your venue contact before event day, then staffs setup and teardown around your schedule.
Ways to configure the bar
Three station formats
Pure stitch
One or two embroidery heads doing monograms, names and small motifs directly on caps, hoodies and totes. The most premium feel, best for guest lists under 300 or longer service windows.
Stitch + patch hybrid
Embroidery heads for personalization plus a heat press applying embroidered patches and chenille letters. The press serves a guest in under two minutes, which absorbs rush periods while the machines handle the marquee pieces. Most corporate bookings choose this format.
Full merch line
The embroidery bar alongside Merch Troop’s live DTF apparel printing — full-color printed tees on one side, stitched caps on the other. One crew, one invoice, two very different souvenirs.
Logistics, answered early
What your venue will ask us
- Space: a 10×10 footprint fits two heads, hooping and display; a hybrid bar likes 10×20.
- Power: one standard 15-amp circuit per two machines. No generators, no special drops.
- Load-in: 90 minutes before doors for a standard bar; convention-center docks and freight elevators just need to be flagged in advance.
- Insurance: COI naming your venue issued on request, typically same week.
- Noise: conversational — machines hum under music and never compete with a band or speaker program.