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Custom apparel in Markham
Markham apparel work is mostly corporate and mostly quiet — the technology and professional services firms around Buttonville and Markham Centre ordering staff kit, event polos and onboarding gifts. These orders are modest in quantity and particular about the garment, because the shirt is being handed to an employee on their first day rather than thrown into a swag bag at a conference.
That means embroidery more often than print. A stitched left chest on a decent polo reads as a uniform rather than a giveaway, survives repeated washing, and looks the same in three years, which matters when new hires arrive continuously and need to match the people already there. We digitise once, keep the file, and every reorder after that runs with no setup charge and at exactly the same size and position as the first batch.
The rest is community and school work — teams, clubs and events around Unionville and Milliken — where the requirement flips completely. Those are dated, often numbered, frequently need a different name on each piece, and are ordered three weeks before the event by someone doing it as a volunteer. DTF handles all of that with no minimum and no per-name setup, and we would rather set the expectation about blank availability early than have a set arrive after the tournament.
Onboarding kits work best when they are specified once and left alone. Agree the garment, the colour, the placement and the size range, and we hold that specification on file so every new hire receives the same thing without anyone re-deciding. It removes a recurring small decision from whoever runs onboarding, and it is why the kit still matches two years later.
How it worksQUOTE → ARTWORK → PROOF → PRODUCTION
01
Quote
Tell us what you need — a photo of the old sign is enough to start. You get a written quote back within 24 hours on weekdays, with the specs written out so you can compare it to anyone else's.
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Artwork
Send print-ready files and we use them as they are. Send a logo and a rough idea and we set it here, with the setup quoted up front rather than added at the end.
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Proof approval
Nothing goes to production until you approve a proof in writing. On print that is a PDF at size; on apparel it is a mockup on the actual garment colour. Turnaround starts from this step, not from the deposit.
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Production and delivery
We produce it here and deliver across the GTA, or hold it for pickup in Mississauga if that is faster. Your artwork stays on file, so the reorder skips straight to production.
FAQASKED IN THIS CITY
Custom apparel in Markham, answered
What is best for company polos, embroidery or print?
Embroidery. A stitched left chest on a decent polo reads as a uniform, survives repeated washing and looks unchanged in three years. Printing is right for events and one-offs, not for kit somebody wears weekly.
Will new hires get shirts that match the existing team?
Yes. We keep your digitised file, so a reorder in eighteen months stitches at the same size and position with no setup charge. The only variable is whether the exact garment and colour is still made, which we check before quoting.
How long before an event should we order team shirts?
Three weeks. Production is seven to ten business days from proof approval, but blank availability is the real constraint — a specific colour in a full size range can take a week to arrive before we even start.
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Tell us what you need. We’ll quote it in a day.
Send artwork if you have it, a photo of the old sign if you don’t. Weekdays, you get a written quote back within 24 hours.