Decoration guides
Four ways to personalise the tag
The tag is approx. 8 x 5.5cm of white polyester fleece on a short cord. That makes it easy to press, easy to hoop, and happy with every mainstream decoration method. Pick yours.
Sublimation on the TagTales tag
The tag is white 100% polyester fleece, which is exactly what sublimation ink wants. Full-colour, permanent, and no hand-feel. Here is how to press it without cooking the plush.
- Temperature
- 190–200°C
- Time
- 45–60 seconds
DTF transfers on the TagTales tag
Direct-to-film gives you full colour with a white base, so photos and pastel designs work as well as bold names. On fleece, the trick is a short pre-press and a second press for durability.
- Temperature
- 150–160°C
- First press
- 10–15 seconds
HTV on the TagTales tag
Heat transfer vinyl is the quickest way to add a name. A single-colour PU vinyl, a small cut, a short press. The fleece takes standard PU vinyl at a polyester-friendly temperature.
- Temperature
- 150–160°C
- Time
- 10–15 seconds
Embroidering the TagTales tag
The tag is the same fleece that embroiderers already love on the Tummi Bears belly, and because it hangs on a cord it floats over a hoop without the body in the way. Names, dates and monograms look premium stitched.
- Hooping
- Float on stabiliser, or clamp frame
- Stabiliser
- Medium tearaway or cutaway
Before you start
- Decorate the tag, not the body. The plush pile is deep and coloured. The tag is flat, white and polyester, which is exactly what these methods want.
- Keep the body off the heat. On a press, let the toy hang over the edge of the lower platen, or use a mini press so only the tag is under the top plate. Polyester plush can flatten or scorch.
- Test on one first. The settings in each guide are starting points. Presses, inks, films and vinyls all differ, so run one tag before a batch.
- Leave a margin. Design to about 7.5 x 5cm so nothing runs into the blanket-stitched edge or the grommet.