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BUILD YOUR OWN GARMENT.
TWO THINGS,
DONE PROPERLY.
CUSTOM BLANKS
for printers that need custom blanks. build your blank in stitch lab using our pre-developed patterns, fits, fabrics and finishes, or provide your own specifications by emailing us.
- + free production-ready overview (tech pack)
- + your own labels and branding added to blanks
- + quality control before shipping
FULL SERVICE MANUFACTURING
for brands that need finished garments as products, merchandise, or for events. build your garment in stitch lab using our pre-developed patterns, fits, fabrics and finishes, then add your designs and branding, or provide your own specifications by emailing us.
- + €50 tech pack + 3 revisions
- + €50 credited back on bulk production order
- + printing, embroidery & finishing
- + quality control before shipping
USING STITCH LAB
- 1 build your garment and options in stitch lab.
- 2 submit your selection.
- 3 we prepare the production-ready overview.
- 4 you review and approve.
- 5 we provide the production cost.
- 6 sampling and production.
NOTE the tech pack is free for custom blanks. for full service manufacturing there is a €50 tech pack fee, credited back on your bulk production order.
USING YOUR OWN SPECIFICATIONS
- 1 send us your specifications or production-ready tech pack.
- 2 we review the details.
- 3 we provide the production cost.
- 4 sampling and production.
NOTE if you know exactly what you want but do not have a tech pack, we make one for you. outside stitch lab it is priced for your garment and is not credited back on production. if your garment is one we offer in stitch lab, building it there costs less: free for custom blanks, €50 credited back for full service.
[ TECHPACK EXAMPLE ]need a garment that is not available in stitch lab, or need us to develop something for you? we develop the garment based on your requirements and prepare everything needed for production.
NOTE product development is quoted based on the work required. the development fee is not credited back on production.
[ EMAIL US ]- + pattern and sizing development
- + fabric and construction development
- + design vectorization and production preparation
- + production-ready overview (tech pack)
- + other development work required for the garment
THE GARMENT COMES FIRST.
THE PRINT COMES AFTER.
what we build for you
you build the garment instead of picking one. fabric, fit, weight, stitching, labels, all yours to decide. ten units per color, and we manage the production.
what you are printing on now
your order starts with someone else's garment. gildan, bella+canvas, comfort colors. you can change the print, but the fit, the weight and the label are already decided.
FROM IDEA TO
DELIVERY, 4 WEEKS.
20 minutes in stitch lab. you get a costed breakdown and a techpack.
we run a sample. you hold it, wear it, tell us what's wrong.
50% deposit and production starts. remaining balance before shipment.
to you, or straight to your customers under your name.
OUR WORK.
WHY WE
STARTED.
we built our own clothing brand and hit every wall you can imagine. chasing factories, waiting on samples, overpaying for blanks, unclear pricing, high minimums. the process was messy, expensive and draining.
so we looked for an easier way. printing companies, pod suppliers, local printers. those had their own problems. all of them start from the same stock garments, and the fabric, the fit, the weight and the construction are none of them yours to decide. that is why most merch ends up looking and feeling like everyone else's.
we started ashtray studio because you shouldn't have to settle for someone else's blank, gildan, bella+canvas, whatever is off the shelf, just because building your own seemed too complicated. so we built stitch lab to make it simple.
FAQ.
ten units per color. not ten in total: ten of one garment in one color, and you can split those across sizes however you like.
yes, that's the whole business. send a sketch, a reference garment, or a full techpack and we draft the pattern from it. we'll tell you honestly if something won't sew well before you pay for a sample.
we'll draw one with you. build a custom blank in stitch lab and the techpack is free. build a full service garment in stitch lab and it's €50, invoiced once you submit your project and credited back on your bulk order when you go ahead with production. anything outside stitch lab, like a special request, is priced for that garment, and that fee isn't credited back. three revisions are included either way, further revisions are €10 each, and the drawing is yours to keep, even if you never produce with us.
it depends on fabric, detail and quantity. a 220 gsm tee at fifty units and a 380 gsm zip hoodie at ten are different animals. configure it in stitch lab and you'll see a costed breakdown, line by line, within one working day.
yes. uk, us, canada, australia, japan. shipping is quoted separately and handled according to the agreed incoterms.
both. screen print, embroidery, woven labels, hem tabs, neck tape, we manage all of it.