How To Do Embroidery On Caps

Mark the center of the hoop and extend lines from the center point horizontally.

How to do embroidery on caps. Try to keep all your designs within the 2-inch-high range for all of your caps. To get it in place rotate the cap to the right enough to get the brim under the needles then push into place. Your embroidery design for a standard cap should not be more than 210 inches high and if you are working on a low-profile cap it usually cannot be more than 2 high in the center of the cap.

Of course this is just a suggestion. When you create a hat embroidery file and select the cap hoop the Redline knows to flip the design upside down. Resize the design to fit the cap frame area.

Score the inside edges of the hoop and peel back the paper to expose the adhesive. While there is a large area on the front of a cap waiting for your embroidery you will need a bit of margin between the inside of your hoop and your usable embroidery area. Mostly the embroidery is done on the front side of the cap.

Today most commercial embroidery machines utilize wide angle cap frames designed to go most of the way around the cap typically 270º of rotation. To do this take a look at the list below. If you struggle with cap hooping watch this cap embroidery tutorial to learn how to do it the right way.

First hoop your cap as you normally would. This will handle not only the front of the caps but also the sides. Even the most basic cap frames are designed to do the front of caps.

Then load and position the cap onto the machine as usual. Cap hoop on machine. Also lightly stitched designs like redwork get lost easily and have less room for error when stitching.