Welcome to The Foundry Blog!
Thanks for visiting our blog, otherwise known as the subconscious of our website! Here you’ll find useful information on our services and an occasional Ecommerce store for our random fundraisers and such.
We want our customers to understand the screen printing and embroidery processes. That’s not to say we want to show you how to pull a squeegee but there are a lot of subtleties in the business. So you could say that that’s what our blog is about. Helping to shine light on the custom garments underbelly and also inspiring others to take up local production of whatever they are passionate about. Now there will be some boring technical stuff but we’ll do our best to lighten it up and keep it fun!
Printed Hoodies and Sweatshirts
Printed Hoodies and Sweatshirts in Seattle Custom hoodies and sweatshirts are a staple of our print business. With our shop being located in Seattle [...]
Embroidery or Patch?
A guide to selecting the best decorating method for your design. FIRST know the limitations of embroidery by understanding the level of detail in [...]
Shop Provided Garments
Shop Provided Blank Garments Welcome to sourced garments 101, this post is intended to help you find the right blank garment for your project. [...]
Custom Size Tag Options
Custom Size Tags For your Screen Print and Embroidery projects. Let's talk about custom size tag options for your custom printed apparel projects projects, [...]
Choosing the Right Price Point
Who is it for? Think about the end user and what they’ll be doing with the garment. Doing a little customer profiling can go [...]
A Guide to Understanding Minimums
How do minimums work for custom apparel? A minimum is the smallest number of items that we can produce per design. This includes Screen [...]
Contract Graphic Design for Apparel
Contract Graphic Design for Apparel Work with us to create the perfect contemporary designs that will appeal to your audience. If you are [...]
Custom Woven Labels
Custom Woven Labels Seattle Are you looking for an elevated level of branding or unique logo placements. Woven labels are a great way to [...]
Simulated and CMYK Process Printing
Alright let's take a look at Simulated Process and CMYK screen-printing methods. To fully understand what they are and why they are so commonly [...]
Embroidery Basics
Welcome to embroidery basics where we'll take a second to look at the sewout process from start to finish. First thing to take into [...]
Screen Printing Basics
We know that the screen printing process can be hard to understand so we wanted to take a second and go over the key [...]
A Guide to Sizing Your Graphics
A Guide To Sizing Your Embroidery and Screen Printing Art First understand that setups do not change size, putting together the screen stencils for [...]
Custom Patches and Woven Labels
With all the custom patches and labels we’ve been doing lately we thought it would be good idea to put together a gallery [...]
Screen Printing With Black Ink
Alright let’s talk about black ink. When most art is native to white paper and black pen it’s important to understand the best practices [...]
Specialty Inks and Applications
Let’s take a minute to talk about specialty systems and let’s start by defining them. Specialty inks and systems are print systems that create [...]
Get your fade on!
Get your fade on! Posted on December 21, 2016 In this post we would like to go over some of the methods involved in screen-printing [...]
ExcellentBased on 93 reviewsDaisley Gordon2021-09-02We've worked with The Foundry for two projects. Logo'ed kitchen towels which we sell and custom embroidered custom aprons for a special group of out staff at Café Campagne We were very happy with the results.Peter Keckemet2021-08-30Great to work with, very helpful in getting concept to product.Janet Charbonnier2021-08-24We love The Foundry! We too are a small business and appreciate working with another small local business. The communication was on spot, our bags and patches were perfect and our job was done in a timely manner. You guys rock!!!jeremiah robinson2021-08-04These guys were awesome to work with! Not only were they more than helpful with the process of getting my shop custom shirts and hats, but also helped with getting the image I wanted to come to life a reality. Very helpful and easy to work with! highly recommend for your next project.Nina Arranza-Riley2021-08-03I chose Foundry out of the many print shops available to us nearby because of their stellar communication and follow-up, plus they made the shirt-making and ordering so easy for me to understand! I have no knowledge of screen printing and shirts whatsoever, but with Clint and Kara's help I was able to pick and design one for my company AND THEY TURNED OUT AMAZING! Seriously, I can't thank you guys enough. The people at the Foundry are kind, helpful, patient and professional, answering my many questions and easing my worries. Project was completed on time and on budget, shipped fast, shirts were comfortable and the designs well printed. I am absolutely going back here in the future.BS_creativeDir.2021-05-05Working with Foundry was a wonderful experience. Clint was professional and he helped us tremendously. I will most definitely do more business with Foundry. Foundry is A1.Aimee Peck2021-04-15Great experience with The Foundry! They were able to do a project super fast and the end result was awesome! I will be working with them again.Drew Mortenson2021-03-31Fantastic customer service with friendly employees and high quality prints. They are great at accommodating for their customers and making sure that everything comes out absolutely perfectly. Definitely recommend for anyone who needs quality screen printing services!Liv Nagler2021-03-29The Foundry ROCKS!! So quick to respond and able to accommodate anything we threw at them! I can't wait to order from the team again!Marcus Hahnemann2021-03-29I got awesome service and some really cool swag for my new business. Forrest talked me through best bang for my buck and with some high-quality items. The logos turned out great in my members at the Cle Elum Back9 love the gear. I’ve already had to re-order some more gear.