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mushybees
Orange Belt
Joined: 16 Nov 2014
Posts: 199
Location: UK
Styles: Wado ryu
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 Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:28 pm Post subject: Replacing embroidery |
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Has anyone ever unstitched an embroidered logo (like a school logo) and removed it from their dogi?
I have a 12oz dogi and I'd like to remove a school logo and have a different one embroidered in it's place.
It's a nice Hirota gi so I'd hate to spoil it by sewing an ugly patch over the old logo. |
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16453
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Yeah!! Afterwards, I could still see the outline quite well for quite some time!! Even our SKKA patch wasn't big enough to completely cover the area where the embroidery was, no matter how I washed the top or how many times I washed my top. Tried ironing it out, but that didn't help at all.
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MatsuShinshii
Black Belt
Joined: 15 Aug 2016
Posts: 1423
Location: Kentucky
Styles: Machimura Suidi Rokudan, Ryukyu Kenpo, Kobudo, Judo
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I'm afraid I agree with Sensei8. If it's been in there for any amount of time it will still show.
I wanted to try out a new art and joined but did not want to buy a new Gi so I used one of my older gi's and removed the embroidery. These are the things I noticed.
1. it would be better to have a professional do this but it's not exactly cheap. The reason I say this is I ended up snagging the uniform a few times. Where there was tension around the edges you could see where the material was separated due to the stitching.
2. as Sensei8 said, no matter how many times I washed it or ironed it it still was there under the new embroidery.
3. it just looked bad.
I ended up just buying a patch and covering it. Not the best look but it worked. Unfortunately I only trained in that art for two years. I attempted to have it re-embroidered and it looked terrible. The top went into the trash, I was out the money and had to buy a new top and pay for the embroidery again.
I would recommend you just purchase a new 12 oz Gi top and have the new embroidery put on it and save your existing one as is.
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mushybees
Orange Belt
Joined: 16 Nov 2014
Posts: 199
Location: UK
Styles: Wado ryu
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Thank you gents. As tempting as it is to try and reuse it I'll admit defeat.
In fact, if I ever decide to start my own school I'll resolve to forego badges and school logos from dogi. |
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JR 137
Black Belt
Joined: 10 May 2015
Posts: 2442
Location: In the dojo
Styles: Seido Juku
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| mushybees wrote: |
Thank you gents. As tempting as it is to try and reuse it I'll admit defeat.
In fact, if I ever decide to start my own school I'll resolve to forego badges and school logos from dogi. |
Yeah, but the patches and embroidery might make people stay longer to avoid getting a new gi |
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DWx
Black Belt
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 6455
Location: UK
Styles: Tae Kwon Do & Yang family Tai Chi
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: Replacing embroidery |
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| mushybees wrote: |
Has anyone ever unstitched an embroidered logo (like a school logo) and removed it from their dogi?
I have a 12oz dogi and I'd like to remove a school logo and have a different one embroidered in it's place.
It's a nice Hirota gi so I'd hate to spoil it by sewing an ugly patch over the old logo. |
I've had to do this recently and it's just not worth the time or hassle especially if it's a larger, more complicated piece of embroidery. In the end I just paid for someone to embroider a load of patches to sew over the top.
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