Use case: golf club personalized garments

Use case: golf club personalized garments

A golf club wants to let members order embroidered polo shirts and other merchandise, personalized with their own names (or names of family and friends).

Step 1: Design preparation in EmbroideryStudio

  1. In Wilcom EmbroideryStudio, create a lettering design sized for the left chest position.

  2. Set the design for the target fabric – e.g. Pure Cotton. This ensures correct stitch density, pull compensation, underlay, and minimum stitch length.

  3. Prepare separate EMB templates for each fabric type offered – cotton, poly-cotton, wool, etc.
  4. When a user selects a garment, the website automatically assigns the correct EMB file.
  5. The resulting machine file – e.g. DST for Tajima – will be production-ready.

Step 2: Website integration with Concept App

Using the Wilcom Concept App (available on the developer site):

  1. Upload the prepared EMB template.

  2. The server returns design data + TrueView image preview.
  3. The app detects lettering objects that can be changed.

  4. The customer types in their text → the app updates the design and TrueView instantly.

InfoDevelopers can enable 'Show Design Recipe' in the app to see the XML API call behind the scenes (useful for implementation).

Step 3: Production output

  1. For production, output the design in the correct machine format: DST (Tajima), TAP (Happy), EXP (Melco), etc.
  2. Always keep EMB templates for editing, personalization, or future API calls.

Step 4: Multiple colorways

  1. Designs can include multiple colorways (different thread color arrangements).
  2. Example: a garment available in 10 colors can have 10 corresponding thread color schemes.
  3. The website should map garment color selections to the appropriate design colorway:
Quote<design file="Golf_Template_CottonPolo.EMB" colorwaytype="current" colorway="Colorway 3" />

Developer resources

Info
Full documentation and source code for the Concept App can be found on the Wilcom Developer site under: Wilcom Embroidery Concept Example – Edit Design Lettering.

  1. Creating production-ready embroidery lettering

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