This guide provides a step-by-step guide on how to remove embroidery from a denim jacket, hat, or backpack. Denim is a more forgiving material than leather, making it easier to work with. There are various methods to safely remove embroidery from jackets, including seam ripping, ironing, or freezing.
A seam ripper is essential for removing machine embroidery stitches without damaging the fabric. It gets under the stitches, grabs the thread, and clips them. Using a sharp end of the tool, wiggle underneath the embroidery and lift it aligned with the stitching gently to rip the threads.
To remove embroidery from used clothing, carefully cut the stitches on the back of the fabric using a seam ripper or small, sharp scissors. Turn your project over so you can see the back of the embroidery to avoid nicking the fabric in the front.
In this guide, we will explore various methods and techniques to safely remove embroidery from a jacket, hat, or backpack. A seam ripper is the easiest and cheapest way to remove an embroidery logo, as it makes the stitches easy to remove. Tweezers are also helpful for grabbing hold of individual thread strands and gently pulling them away without damaging the fabric.
In summary, removing embroidery from a denim jacket, hat, or backpack can be a simple and cost-effective process. By following these steps, you can safely and effectively remove the embroidery from your garment.
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Thank you so much! I am a seventh grader and my teacher asked me for some cash to help him remove stitching from his FFA jackets and each jacket would be $20. He asked me before and I’ve had to plug it by hand but it was totally worth 20 but just yesterday he asked me to do three jackets for $60 so this is a lifesaver.
My mom said this is all I needed but never showed me. Thank you for the hands on simple to do. Using this method I was able to remove the logos from expensive company wear that I’ve purchased that I was fired from and will be getting replacement Embroidery for my self-employed repair business. Thank you ma’am!
I just tried this on one of my baseball caps. Anyone who owns New Era caps knows that they embroider their company logo on the left side of the cap, which ruins the aesthetics of the cap. Everybody on the planet knows that New Era has been making Major League caps for decades, but still they put it on there. Using this method, I just removed that logo in less than 10 minutes, and it was easy. Normally it takes me close to an hour of picking at and cutting the threads, which is a pain in the butt. This method is also less obtrusive to the material on the outside of the cap. And I did this with a swivel head razor. I imagine one of the cheap, fixed head razors would work that much better. That and a pair of tweezers is all you need! Great technique, Rhonda!
YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!! My hands are aching from spending the past 4 hours removing 3 – 2″ letters using a seam ripper stitch by stitch by stitch…. FINALLY I decided there MUST BE AN EASIER WAY!!!!!!!! 😩😩😩😩YOUR article CAME UP AS A 2ND OPTION ON YOUTUBE!!!!!! YOU SHOULD BE 1st 🏆🏆🏆! THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES OVER!!!!! I have 7 letters left but I was able to remove 1 of them in less than 20 SECONDS with your instructions!!! TRULY GENIUS!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH (from me and my aching hands)!!!!!!!!!! 😃😃😃😃😃😃
I’ve heard of this method, but never tried it myself due to not having seen it successfully pulled off. Seeing it now, how quickly the stitches were loosened and how easily everything started to come out- OH. The PROJECTS I can finally get underway that I put on hold due to frustration! Thank you so much! 😀
Thank you so much for this article Rhonda! I had a blue oxford shirt for an upcoming modeling shoot w/embroidery. I must have spent two days with a rip/pic tool trying to get those tiny stitches out. I was about to purchase another blouse until discovering experts like you on YouTube. Boy I’m glad I found your article just in time, a few days before the shoot. Thanks for the solution to what had been a very tedious problem.
Oh thank you for posting. I have used a seam ripper to remove stitches from numerals attached to a mesh Jersey. In fact I have done this for several jerseys and it is incredibly time-consuming. I would like to do something like this that would be a little quicker, but I’m afraid a razor will dig into the mesh because the numerals are directly stitched into the Jersey without that extra layer of fabric. Is there a handheld device that can remove stitches easier than one at a time? Thanks! Michael
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH, i just got a shirt from amazon that has text embroideed on it, i didnt like the proginal text at first but the rest of the shirt looked cool so i bought it anyways, but then i relaized it had a typo, it was supposed to have the word “where” but the first e kinda looked like an o, ill try to remove it w this info!!😛
Thank you thank you thank you, in fact, 129 thank yous as this is how much you have saved me. I just want to remove a bit of embroidery and thought that I would have to do all of that unpicking, then I found those erasers and I really didn’t want to pay out that much. Found your youtube website and you have made my day. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Thank you! Have a really nice Nike NFL Hoodie, and the strings on the Nike Swoosh were coming loose from the outside of the sleeve, so I decided to just completely remove that segment of the embroidery. Albeit not 100%, it took me no more than 15 minutes, no damage to the material on the outside of the sleeve, and looks nearly perfect unless your really looking closely. Great article!
I used a water soluble over the top of my fabric since I was embroidering lettering on a flannel burp cloth. After I dampened the fabric to remove the soluble film it seems to have made it into a hard mass and this method of removing stitches doesn’t work at all. Can you tell me how to get around this?