Personalization & Embroidery
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How embroidery on nylon webbing actually works, fonts, thread colors, character limits, and why stitched names outlast printed ones.
Dog Names That Fit On A Collar
A Squffy collar takes up to ten characters of embroidered name, eight when the collar carries dog pins, and six on a Small. The cap is the strap itself, not a policy. Longer names go on an engraved dog tag, where there is more room to work with.
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Why Diacritics Get Stripped on Embroidered Dog Collars
Why we strip accents from embroidered names: ë, à, ñ, ç turn into thread blobs at 25-38 mm webbing density. A founder-voice explainer on the trade-off, with real examples and a clear opt-in.
The Squffy Thread Colors: How We Picked Them
A complete guide to the embroidery thread colors we offer at Squffy: how we group them, which threads flatter each collar colorway, and how to pick one you'll love in three years.
What is satin stitch? The technique behind name collars
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Machine Embroidery on Nylon Webbing: How It Actually Works
The technical reality of stitching a name into nylon webbing, the digitization step, needle choice, stitch density, why the thread outlasts the webbing color, and the trade-offs we make in our Dutch studio.
Squffy Embroidery Fonts: Everest to Solmere
A walkthrough of the Squffy embroidery fonts (Everest, Havenlock, Brimlow, Rumley, Solmere) with the same dog names imagined in each, plus when to pick which.
Embroidered vs Engraved Dog Collars: Which Lasts Longer?
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What Is Embroidered Dog Gear? A Plain-English Guide
Embroidered dog gear means the design is stitched into the webbing with thread, not printed on top. Here's what that actually looks like, how it differs from engraving, and where the limits sit.