PATCH DIGITIZING
State of Texas Level 3 Security Patch Digitizing at 35,491 Stitches
A seven-stop build where the shield border and arched “SECURITY” lettering lay in first, then the Alamo building takes shape in grey with black window and doorway detail, and the “STATE OF TEXAS” and “LEVEL 3 COMMISSIONED” banners close the file grey-then-black, so the badge reads clean at shoulder-sleeve scale. A 3.92 by 5.00 inch (width by height) State of Texas Level 3 security patch digitized in Wilcom EmbroideryStudio at 35,491 stitches, run across 7 stops in two thread colors to keep the Alamo shield emblem crisp on a shoulder-sleeve placement.
01 · Artwork receivedState of Texas Level 3 security patch artwork submitted for embroidery digitizing. 02 · Digitized file previewRendered preview showing how the shield border, Alamo building, and banner lettering line up before a single stitch runs. 03 · Production worksheetWilcom EmbroideryStudio: 35,491 stitches, 2 colors, 7 stops, Tajima format. 04 · Finished stitch-outThe finished patch stitched out and photographed on fabric as proof of file quality.
Shield border first, banner text last: the 7-stop build behind the State of Texas security patch
The State of Texas security patch stitches in a planned sequence: black opens the file with the shield’s outer border and the arched “SECURITY” lettering across the top, the single largest run in the file at 11,620 stitches. Light grey follows at stop two, filling the Alamo building’s walls and rooftop at 5,564 stitches, before black returns at stop three to lay in the building’s windows, doorway arches, and roofline detail at 5,430 stitches. Grey runs again at stop four, filling the “STATE OF TEXAS” banner ribbon at 4,801 stitches, and black closes that ribbon at stop five with the lettering and outline at 1,624 stitches. The pattern repeats once more for the bottom banner: grey fills “LEVEL 3 COMMISSIONED” at stop six with 5,115 stitches, and black closes the file at stop seven with the lettering and the final border trim at 1,335 stitches.
2 colors, 7 stops: why black and grey repeat across the Alamo shield
The worksheet shows 2 colors, 6 color changes, and 7 stops. Black and grey are the only colors in the file, and both repeat: black runs four times, 11,620, 5,430, 1,624, and 1,335 stitches, for the shield border, the building detail, and both banner outlines. Grey runs three times, 5,564, 4,801, and 5,115 stitches, for the building fill and the two banner ribbons. That alternating black-grey-black sequence is what turns 2 colors into 7 individual stops, with 38 trims cleaning up the thread between each non-adjacent run.
A digitized preview before a single stitch runs
Before a single stitch runs, the rendered preview shows exactly how the shield border, the Alamo building, and the two banner ribbons register against each other. That’s the checkpoint where the building proportions, the curved banner-text spacing, and the two approved thread colors get confirmed against the customer’s original artwork before the file moves to production. That’s what our free, unlimited revisions and preview step are for: catching any mismatch before it’s sewn into 35,491 stitches on the finished sleeve.
Specs
- Techniques
- Shield border outline, Alamo building silhouette fill, curved banner lettering
- Placement
- Shoulder sleeve
- Finished size
- 3.92″ × 5.00″
- Stitch count
- 35,491
- Colors / stops
- 2 / 7
- Color changes
- 6
- Trims
- 38
- Max / min stitch length
- 6.9 mm / 0.3 mm
- Max jump
- 6.9 mm
- Bobbin thread
- 261.65 ft
- Thread
- Madeira Classic 40 (Emerald Black, Light Grey)
- Format delivered
- Tajima (DST)
- Software
- Wilcom EmbroideryStudio – Level 3 Advanced
- Pricing tier
- Standard ($15)
- Turnaround band
- Rush (1-2 hour)
- Digitized by
- Chris Wendall
The full worksheet
Every number above traces back to this production sheet: the stop sequence and machine settings Wilcom EmbroideryStudio generated for the 7-stop, two-color build.
