Artwork, a sample patch and a specification sheet being checked side by side at the LOVECOLOUR factory.

Start a Project

Everything the factory needs, in one form.

Artwork, product, quantity, packing and the date you need it — sent once, to the desk in Guangzhou that reads it before anything is quoted.

Nothing has to be complete before it is sent. The lines beside the form are what a quotation is built from, and whichever of them you cannot answer yet is asked back rather than guessed at.

  • One form, no steps
  • Artwork can be attached
  • A file or a photograph to start from

Project brief

One form, no steps.

The form asks for what a quotation is built from, and nothing else. Send the part you have: a brief with the artwork missing still starts a project, and a brief with the date missing still gets a process and a price.

What the brief should carry

  • Artwork or logo file
  • Product type
  • Size
  • Quantity
  • Material and backing
  • Packaging requirement
  • Application
  • Required delivery date

The artwork field is optional, and the file kinds and the size it accepts are printed under the field itself. A file that arrives later is read against the same brief, so nothing has to wait for it. A photograph of a patch you already have, or a page out of a spec sheet, is often enough for a first answer.

For example: embroidered patches, 3 in, iron-on backing.

A figure or a range is fine.

What are you making, and by when?

PDF, AI, EPS, PSD, PNG, JPG or ZIP, up to 20 MB. A photograph of a sample you already have is usually enough to start.

Your name, email and message are required; everything else is optional, and the file can follow later if it is not ready.

Where to start

Send what the project actually has.

Four states a project arrives in, and the one thing that lets each of them move. None of them is a finished specification, and none of them has to be.

  • 01

    A logo or artwork file

    A vector file, a PDF, or a photograph of a sketch. If the file is all you have so far, that is enough to start.

    Artwork Review →
  • 02

    A sample you already have

    A photograph of the front and the back, and the size it measures. The structure is read from what the piece is made of.

    Samples & Approval →
  • 03

    An order to repeat

    The previous order number, or the last specification you were sent. A repeat is quoted against what was approved.

    Repeat Orders →
  • 04

    A written specification

    The lines a quotation is built from, in whatever order you have them. Whatever is missing is asked back rather than guessed at.

    How We Work →

Not ready to send it

A question with no file behind it?

The contact page reaches the same desk, with the phone number and a shorter form — and the FAQ answers most of what a brief runs into before it is written.