Custom Hats: Patch Guide
What is a patch hat?
What Is a Patch Hat?
A patch hat features a custom patch: embroidered, leather, woven, PVC, or printed, applied to the front of the cap.
Unlike direct embroidery, the design is made on a separate patch, then sewn or heat-pressed onto the hat, offering a clean, detailed, and premium look.
How Patch Hats Are Made at CapsToYou:
1. Design Your Patch
Upload your logo or artwork. We’ll turn it into a patch-ready design.
2. Choose Your Patch Style
Options include embroidered, leather, woven, PVC, or printed patches. We normally choose this for you based on your design.
3.Pick Your Hat
Select from top brands like Richardson, Yupoong, and more.
4.Patch Application
Your patch is sewn or heat-pressed onto the hat for a durable finish.
5. Quality Check & Ship
Each hat is inspected and cured for 24 hours before we ship to your business or home.
How will my logo look in a patch design?
See how accurate your artwork will look when it becomes a patch! We want to make sure you are confident in the custom patch hats you will receive.
Woven Patch
Embroidered Patch
PVC Patch
Sublimated Patch Examples
Sublimated patch hats are the choice for you if your logo has intricate, small details or gradient colors. This type of patch is similar to the screen-printing process, so we are able to replicate almost any detail and color on the patch. *Colors tend to be more matte and do not have as much contrast. Black, for example, does not show up as true black. If you have mostly neutral colors, we recommend any of the other patch options shown above. Sublimated patches are the way to go if you have detail or gradients in your logo.
PVC Patch Examples
Our high quality PVC patches will give your cap a very bold and technical look. This decoration method adds an amazing level of dimension to any design. Ideal for multi-colored logos with a moderate level of detail. The texture of the patch is like rubber but with a lot more stability. Your design can be 2D or 3D.
PATCH SIZES & SHAPES
We can create any patch shape desired! The most common is to use simple shapes - square, rectangle, oval, circle, etc - these shapes work best for a merrowed edge border (which is what most people want) - and we can size the shape however is needed to best fit the logo. We use rectangles a lot, but often it's dictated by the shape/layout of the customer's logo and what will make it look best. Often, customers have some specific ideas as well and we can almost always accommodate. We can create detailed patch shapes as well - usually on these we have to do an embroidered edge as too much detail in shape won't work for merrowed edge.
PATCH BORDERS
A FEW MORE NOTES ON LEATHER PATCHES
Welcome to the leather patch section! If you're thinking about getting a leather patch, the information below will help you tremendously!
There are two types of leather patches: faux and genuine. These both look very similar but with faux we have a range of colors that the actual leather can be, NOT your logo. With real leather, there is light, medium, and dark brown.
Everything about size and shape above is the same for leather patches, but the great thing about leather patches is that we don't have to choose a border for them. Two options we do is an outline around the edge or a real stitch. Both options are heat sealed to the hat, so there is no actual stitching of the patch to the hat, it just depends on the look you are going for. We recommend the stitch option a lot to customers, so I'll drop an example down below!
Here are a few more examples of leather patch hats with a regular border outline with no stitching. Notice the shape, sizes, and different styles of logos that can be done on a leather patch.
