Sleeping Kitty in Wreath w/Bow Christmas Sweatshirt

To keep your treasured embroidered items in the best quality possible, please read the following instructions:

• Machine wash with cold water.
• Do not wash your embroidered clothing with clothing that has any buttons, zippers, bra hooks, etc. The stitching may get caught on these things and can damage the embroidery.
• You can dry your clothing on a very light setting BUT we recommend to hang dry your embroidered items as often as you can. Embroidery may pucker/"shrink" on a t-shirt more than it would on a sweatshirt because of the thinner fabric.
• After washing and drying you can iron over the embroidery to really smooth it out and make it look like new but not excessively so. It should only be done for a few seconds as putting a lot of heat onto the design for too long can damage the embroidery over time. You can use a little steam to help it behave. Also, place material between the embroidered item and the iron to protect the threads. Teflon sheets are great for this but most fabrics will do.
• Most of the time we will run a hot air gun across the back of the item to “shrink” the threads so don’t be alarmed by some of the kinked threads on the back. It helps the thread from unraveling. Sometimes the gun slightly burns the material but it should not affect the look since it’s on the back of the item. It’s a necessary step to keep the thread in place.