What is Tackle Twill?

Tackle twill, or appliqué, involves sewing material, usually a nylon twill, to clothing. Originally, the twill was laid and sewn by hand or with a sewing machine one letter at a time. It was time consuming, not always uniform, and limited to letters and basic shapes. Many types of clothes were done this way, the most visible have always been baseball uniforms and varsity jackets.

Today, by using embroidery machines, we can create complex combinations of embroidery and twill. This allows us to create intricate, 3-dimensional designs that are large, detailed, and gorgeous. It may take time to digitize the artwork, but the final result if worth all the time and effort involved.

At Shirt Factory & Sporting Goods, we use our embroidery machines to do the stitching for many reasons. First, we can provide a uniform quality not always found in the hand-sewn variety of tackle twill. Second, we have the flexibility of using many different types of stitching on the twill or other material to give many different looks to the same design. Finally, we can do the work faster on multi-head machines, thus keeping shorter delivery times.

Quality, consistency, and complexity of design add to our versatility. Our expert operators consider appearance to be the more important aspect of your garment.  It shouldn't unravel and we do our very best to insure that the design will outlast the clothing.

What can we Tackle Twill?

Just about anything that can be sewn, team jerseys, jackets, blankets, flags, banners, car seat covers, table clothes, just to name a few.