Embroidered bags and backpacks that carry your brand everywhere

Embroidered bags work hard for conference packs, staff welcome kits, school and sports teams, client gifts and travel groups. Stitching sits on the surface without cracking or peeling, so a logo still looks crisp after years of being thrown into car boots and onto airport carousels.

• Backpacks and laptop bags for staff onboarding, sales teams and students
• Duffel and sports bags for clubs, gyms and school teams, often with a player name added
• Cooler bags for events, promotions and corporate year-end gifts
• Canvas and cotton totes for retail, markets and conference giveaways
• Drawstring bags and toiletry pouches for hospitality and team kits

For large batches of lightweight promotional bags, a print may be the better value; see our promotional products options and we will tell you honestly which route fits.

The embroidery machine has to reach the panel you want stitched, so construction matters more on bags than on garments. A flat front pocket or an unlined outer panel is ideal. Heavily padded laptop compartments, rigid moulded shells and pockets with zips running across them limit where the hoop can go and how large the logo can be.

Common positions we plan around:

• Front pocket, centred, usually the most visible spot
• Upper front panel above a pocket on backpacks
• End panel on duffels and cooler bags
• Shoulder strap or flap for a small name or icon

If you are sourcing bags yourself, send us the product link or drop one off before ordering a batch. Our placement and size guide explains realistic logo sizes.

Most bags are made from polyester, ripstop nylon, canvas or PVC-backed fabrics. Each behaves differently under the needle. Thin nylon needs a lighter, carefully digitised design so it does not pucker; heavy canvas takes dense fill stitching beautifully; coated fabrics are pierced permanently, so placement must be right first time.

We digitise every logo for the actual bag fabric, choose a suitable backing so the design stays flat, and match thread colours to your brand guide as closely as standard embroidery threads allow. Very fine lettering below a few millimetres high does not stitch cleanly on textured bag fabrics, so we may suggest simplifying a tagline or dropping it in favour of the main mark.

Send your logo as a vector file (AI, EPS, SVG or PDF) if you have one; a clean, high-resolution PNG or JPG also works. Our team converts it into a stitch file through in-house digitising, and you approve a digital proof showing size, position and thread colours before anything is stitched.

Adding individual names or initials to each bag is popular for teams and staff gifts. Send names in a simple spreadsheet with the spelling exactly as it should appear, and tell us which bag gets which name if the bags differ in colour or size.

Bag orders move fastest when the bags are in hand, the logo has been digitised before and the proof is approved early. Same-day or next-day work is possible on qualifying orders, always subject to stock, quantity, artwork approval, payment and production capacity, and we confirm the timeline on your written quote.

Finished bags are checked for stitch quality and loose threads, then packed for collection from our Rivonia shop. Delivery can be arranged on request and is quoted per job. Call or WhatsApp to confirm your order is ready before visiting.