Custom Patches in Oklahoma City, Made and Set by Hand
Patching is a patch made for you and then set onto the piece by hand. The patch carries the idea — a saying, a symbol, a name, a joke — and the piece it lands on is whatever you want wearing it: a cap, a jean jacket, a bag, a cover you already own.
Not sure it is the right method for what you have in mind? Compare all three methods and we will tell you which one your job wants.
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It is the right call when
- Trucker caps and headwear. Hats come first here, and they are still what most people walk in holding. A patch reads across the front panel from a room away.
- Jean jackets and denim. Heavy fabric with somewhere to put things — a back panel, a chest, a sleeve — and a jacket that gets added to over years rather than finished in one go.
- Bags, totes and belt bags. A piece you carry every day, where a patch does the work a monogram would do on something quieter.
- Bible covers, planner covers and journals. Covers are the second thing people ask for after hats, and they are the piece most often brought in rather than bought new.
- Slippers, sneakers and the pieces nobody expects. Pins and chains too. If you are holding something odd, ask.
Working the other way round? If your artwork is full color or photographic, a DTF transfer may suit it better. If it is a company logo going on a uniform, it may want embroidery.
Worth knowing
A patch is a small made object — your idea worked up as its own piece, then set onto whatever it is going to live on. Nothing here comes off a rack. Every patch is made to order, which is why the starting point is what you want it to say rather than a page of stock designs to pick from. Anything can be patched: hats first, then bible covers, planner covers, bags, slippers, jean jackets, pins and chains. Setting it on the piece is done by hand, one at a time, in Oklahoma City. And you do not have to buy a blank from us to start — bring the cap you already wear, the jacket that has been in the closet for years, the bag you carry every day, and we will work from there. Not a hat person? You just have not found the right one.
What to send us
Send whatever you have — even if what you have is a sentence.
A vector file
.pdf or .svg. Lines and lettering stay sharp at any size, which is what lets the same design be sized for a cap front or a jacket back. Working in .ai or .eps? Zip it first and the form will take it.
A large PNG or JPG
The bigger the better. A screenshot of a font you like, or a sketch on paper shot straight on, both give us enough to draw from.
A photo of the piece
The cap, the jacket, the cover you want patched. Knowing the piece often decides the shape of the patch.
Say what you want
Most patch jobs start here. A saying, a name, an inside joke — type the words and we will talk it through rather than have you give up on the form.
How a patch job runs
- You send the piece and the idea. Either the cap, jacket or cover you already own, or the blank you want us to bring — plus the saying, the sketch or the file, in whatever state it is in.
- We quote it. A real number for your piece, from the person who is about to make it. Priced to your artwork, your piece and your quantity, not from a calculator that climbs at checkout.
- We build the patch and settle placement. Where the size, the shape and where exactly it sits get decided — and where we tell you if anything wants simplifying to read at that size.
- You approve the mock. The number is confirmed once you approve the final mock, and nothing goes onto your piece before you have seen it.
- It gets made, by hand, here. In Oklahoma City, by Stephanie, one piece at a time.
- The design stays on record. So the second one, or the set for everyone who asks where you got it, is a message rather than starting over.
How long the whole thing takes depends on what the piece is, how many there are, and how much drawing the idea needs before it is a patch — so we tell you when you have the quote rather than publishing a number that would be wrong for half the jobs that read it.
What it looks like finished
Denim jacket, patched
Bible cover, leopard
Two caps, side by side
Photographs of patching jobs we have finished — sixty-nine of them, sorted by what the patch went on: caps, bags and covers, and everything else.
Questions people ask first
Can you put a patch on a jean jacket?
Yes, and denim is one of the pieces patching suits best. A jacket gives you a back panel, a chest and two sleeves, so the question is usually how big and where rather than whether. Bring the jacket you already wear and we will lay out where it sits before anything is made.
Iron-on or sewn on — which do I get?
We set the patch on the piece by hand, and we choose the attachment that suits the fabric it is going onto — a structured cap panel, heavy denim and a soft slipper do not all want the same thing. We tell you which one your piece is getting before it runs.
Can I bring my own hat or jacket?
Yes. Plenty of jobs start as a photo of something you already own — the cap you wear anyway, a jacket out of the closet, a bag or a cover. Bring the piece and we will work from there. Tell us where you want the patch and we will tell you whether the fabric and the seams allow it.
Can I have a patch of my own idea rather than one of yours?
That is the usual way round. Every patch is made to order, so the starting point is your idea — a saying, a symbol, a name, a joke that makes sense to about six people. Send the words and we will build it into something that reads on the piece.
Got something in mind? Let's make it yours.
Send a patch, a photo, or just tell us the vibe. If it's a rough idea, even better. We'll figure it out together.