Rush Custom Patches, Reviewed Against Your Date
No minimum order. A rush run of one is a rush run.
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You send art and your date
The artwork in whatever state it is in, the quantity, the finished size, the destination ZIP and the date the patches have to be in hand. All five, because a missing one means a follow-up email rather than an answer.
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Feasibility is checked
We review the request against your quantity, the construction and the destination before confirming anything. Requests up to 1,000 pieces are subject to review. This is where we tell you yes, yes with a change, or no.
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Rush production run
Rush production normally runs 5 to 7 business days once your proof is approved and the applicable payment is made. Approval is the gate, so the faster that happens the more room the schedule has.
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Shipping is added
Transit is separate from production and is confirmed for your order rather than included in the production figure. The arrival date is confirmed with you, not assumed from the production band.
- No minimum order. One patch is a real order.
- First digital proof in 24 hours, one revision included
- No setup or digitizing fees
- Rough artwork is fine. We redraw it.
A rush order is a feasibility question, not a product. You tell us the date the patches have to be in your hands, where they are going and what you need made, and we tell you honestly whether that is achievable.
Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes it is yes if you change the construction. Occasionally it is no, and we would rather say so than take the order and disappoint you.
Rush-eligible material review
Choose the Construction Before Relying on the Clock
Construction affects the schedule more than most buyers expect, which is why it comes before the clock on this page. Some builds move faster than others, and a design that is straightforward in one material can be the slowest thing on the floor in another. If your date is tight and your material is not fixed, tell us both and we will suggest the route that actually fits.
Stitched textureEmbroidered Patches- Thread on a twill base
- Visible stitching over twill. The construction most buyers picture when they say patch, and the one that carries a bold logo well.
Debossed or engravedLeather Patches- Genuine leather and leatherette
- Debossed, laser engraved or printed on hide or leatherette, with the color variation real leather comes with.
Smallest textWoven Patches- Fine flat thread
- Threads woven flat and thin, holding lettering down to around 2 mm where the artwork allows it.
2D or 3D reliefPVC Patches- Flexible molded PVC
- Molded rather than stitched, in flat stepped 2D or sculpted 3D. Often searched as rubber patches, though the material is PVC.
Four variables, one date
What moves your date
Four things move a rush date. None of them is a fee, and all of them are things you can influence. The one buyers underestimate most is their own approval time: the schedule does not start moving until the proof is approved, so a day spent waiting for an internal sign-off is a day off the production window.
- Order size
Larger runs need more production time. Requests up to 1,000 pieces are subject to review, and above that a rush becomes a conversation about what is genuinely achievable.
Quantity
- Patch type
Different builds move at different speeds. If your date is tight and the material is not fixed, this is the lever with the most room in it.
Construction
- Proof approval
Production follows proof approval and the applicable payment. Every day spent on an internal sign-off is a day out of the production window, and this is the variable buyers control most directly.
Your response time
- Shipping method
Transit is separate from production and depends on where the patches are going. Send the destination ZIP with the request so the arrival date is reviewed rather than estimated.
Destination and service
Give us the date.
We will tell you if it holds.
Send the artwork, the quantity, the destination ZIP and the date it has to arrive. We will come back with whether it holds, and if it does not, what would have to change for it to.
Before you rely on the date
Get the schedule assumptions in writing.
- Production
- Confirm the start condition and business-day range.
- Transit
- Confirm method, estimate, destination, and charge.