We didn’t help put Humpty together again… but we gave him stitches and printing.

Humpty Dumpty embroidered golf shirt

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Straight from the LavaLab, these 230 gram ladies tops are creatively fresh and make a bold statement with its shocking pink trims. Loudgear (our client) designed these tops to ensure  that the Queens of  Tugwell Hall at UCT are hip and happening – but this was a task intensive process that had us biting our nails right up to the last minute because of its extremely tight deadline.

Here’s a summarized version of what happened:

1. We developed patterns from scratch according to the client’s specification and size curve
2. sourced 230 gram ribbed fabric (black) at a price that was good enough to maintain the client’s budget
3. dyed the pink fabric according to clients specification
4. supplied fit samples
5. processed artwork for screen printing
6. processed artwork for digitizing
7. cut and soabarred the garment panels to ensure that all panels and sizes were easily identifiable
8. pre-planned printing and embroidery to ensure consistency in  colours for printed and embroidered finishes i.e. the print colours had to match the embroidered colours.
9. also ensuring that the sizing of the print and embroidered logos were suitable for all the garment sizes (small to 3 Xlarge)
10. sent the appropriate panels for printing (2 colours sleeve, 2 colours back)
11. sent the panels for embroidery
12. assembled the garments
13. quality checked and removed rejects
14. ironed and flat-packed
15. re-did  all rejects.

All of this in 16 days.

The result is a beautifully mass produced garment that could be mistaken for something that was bought from a designer store like YDE or Lacoste.

PS. Apologies for the low quality images

Ampere Technical Staging, based in Cape Town, South Africa, provides technical support and equipment for the events and exhibitions industries.

Lava Ink supplied these 50% polyester/ 50% cotton golf shirts which offers durability with its polyester component and comfortability with its cotton component. The garments are branded with the ampere logo using embroidery.

Viking Cape Town are suppliers of safety equipment to the maritime and fire-fighting Industries. Their headquarters are in Denmark and they have an impressive 270 service stations across the world.

This is the second part of an order that they’ve placed with us. The first was for hoodies with a reflective silver screen print.

They chose a 210 gram golfer which are of our premium quality range shirts. They also chose to embroider their logo on the front pocket position as well as below the neck on the back. We always advise embroidery for golf shirts as it gives a more upmarket appearance.

Forget those boring pen sets, bottle openers and conference folders – give gifts of substance is what I say. These knee blankets make great companions on those cold winter nights out on the porch. I’m proud to say that Lava Ink has perfected the process of manufacturing and branding of these knee blankets which are proving to be a popular item of choice for large corporates. It costs about the same as a branded t shirt and is a much warmer gesture than a pen set. We make these up in an array of fabric and blanket stitch colours.

T shirt printing when done properly can be a good investment. These t shirts were printed by Lava Ink for for Symphonia Consulting.

Lava Ink can print up to 12 colours on made up t shirts. We ensure that our printing is of the highest quality by employing the most experienced printers in the industry. All our printed goods are cured inhouse which ensures that the print will outlast the t shirt, never to crack or fade.

These are our 220 gram hoodies which are designed to have a slim fit. The styling is appropriate for the younger market as the fit makes them look super funky. Baggy hoodies are just uncool, especially on the ladies.

Here is an example of how we’ve embroidered a company logo on the front and their website on the back. Great for casual Fridays an team events!