AlereFlammam Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Hi Guys and Girls As you are all as nitpicky as I am when it comes to proper customization on a jersey, I wanted to share my recent experience and get some feedback and potential solutions from you fine people. I recently dropped off a number of jerseys for SLC to customize for me, specifically a few IIHF Nike Swift Jerseys. I ordered up the proper nameplates and numbers from EPS (swift material with clean heat pressed letters on the nameplate). When I picked them up on Friday, I thought something was off about them but I couldnt put my finger on it until this evening. During the process to attach the nameplates and numbers, the ladies in the stitch shop stitched all the letters to the nameplate and then stitched the nameplates to the jerseys. Normally the solution would be - strip and replace the nameplates. With Nike Swift material it isnt that simple because if you strip the nameplates, the jersey is ruined because of the holes and white inside shows through. Also, we cannot simply remove the stitching from around the letters because then there will be noticable holes around each letter. Further, SLC does not have black swift material and rarely has red swift material. One thought I had was for them to create / order new nameplates that had the proper customization that were slightly taller and wider than before so it would hide the evidence of stipping. Would this work? I've spent over $1000 on 3 jerseys not even including the cost for the lettering kits from EPS that were dead on to the authentic customization of the 2010 olympics and 2014 olympics. At this point with this error on the jerseys I dont even want to have them anymore because they arent authentic to what was worn and not what I had asked them to do - starting over is impossible as well because of the jerseys simply not being available anymore. I would appreciate any ideas that any of you fine people may have to help me out. thank you in advance Duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlereFlammam Posted May 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 I have contacted Adrian at SLC already and I'm awaiting to hear what he says about potential solutions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chow_hound Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Here is an easy option. Strip the nameplate first. Then seam rip the stitched on letters. Remove the letters from the plate. You will have a nameplate now that has hole marks from the stitching. Have new letters cut and heat pressed on the nameplate over the old letter outline. This will in essence restore the nameplate to what it should be. Then simply re sew the nameplate back down where it was. If they simply start the sewing in the same spot or hole the thread pattern will follow the old holes and be virtually invisible. I'm not suggesting you do it all yourself, if the company decided to go do it on there own then they should be willing to correct it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser416 Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Peeling letters off swift material cleanly is not easy. I've tried and failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlereFlammam Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 They got back to me and said that they would replace the nameplates at no charge by reordering from EPS. Only challenge is stripping the messed up nameplate which they may not do cleanly on the swift material. I'm just hoping it all works out in the end I know they're experts but definitely not with swift material - neither am I for that matter. I guess I just have to hope it works out okay. I will make sure the nameplates are slightly larger to cover the stripping properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser416 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) I'm not sure how the nameplate on the 2014 olympic jerseys are done, but for 2010 team canada the nameplates were straight stitched, as opposed to zig-zag stitched. just fyi. Edited May 13, 2014 by Gunnarsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guam64 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 The nameplate on the 2014 USA swifts were FREEDOM stitched. I believe it's the same as what inferior countries refer to as straight stitched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlereFlammam Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 How do you mean straight stitched? Do you have an example that I can see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mharolde Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 How do you mean straight stitched? Do you have an example that I can see? ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiggoalie Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 ----------------LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboys Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 I second That Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser416 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 What mharolde said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 ---------------- He's the master. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chow_hound Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) ^^^^^^ Zigzag or Z stitch -------- Straight stitch ***|||***||| Freedom stitch Edited May 13, 2014 by chow_hound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlereFlammam Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Well played good sirs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foppa21 Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Can anyone elaborate on this different stitching? I am sending a 2010 Team Canada and 2014 Team Canada jersey to EPS and I would love to get the proper stitching down as well. From pictures of a 2010 gamer's number, it looks like a zig-zag stitch, but does anyone have pictures of the "freedom stitching" on the 2014 jerseys? I couldn't find anything on Google about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMLFAN Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Boy oh boy is this gonna get good. Guam in 3....2......1..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guam64 Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Buncha commie-pinkos up in here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foppa21 Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Haha alright thanks for the clarification, I finally have all the details right now thanks to all of you guys. Always learning new things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser416 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 The 2014 russians use commie-stitch. I don't have an example of it unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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