Ever wondered why Paimon’s Boutique labels itself as a luxury apparel brand for gamers? Let us take you behind the scenes to show you the process of creating a new Genshin Impact embroidered sweater design. Here’s a breakdown of the steps involved:
"I got tired of purchasing clothes from my favorite series or videos games and being disappointed by the quality. The clothes I purchased would start to look worn after a few washes only, despite being pricy! That's why I decided I should start a clothing brand myself, make products I am proud of and share them with others." - Mélodie, owner of Paimon's Boutique
- Choosing the character: There are so many characters in the game that we must select only a few. Your opinion is crucial to us, which is why we often conduct surveys and polls on our social media accounts.
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Drawing the Design: This initial step takes anywhere from 1-3 hours, depending on the necessary brainstorming, the complexity of the design as well as the editing needed.
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Digitizing the Design: We must “redo” our new Genshin Impact inspired design in an embroidery software so it can be read by an embroidery machine. This step takes 1-6 hours, depending on complexity, with eye designs often being the most complex. Note that it took us a lot of practice to be as fast as we are today. The software wasn’t learnt overnight!
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Testing Embroidery: Trying out the embroidery on scrap fabric takes from 45 minutes to 2 hours. This step is essential because it helps us see if there are any defects in the digitized embroidery file before producing our final sample, which will then be used for content.
- Adjusting the Design: If there are any defects in our Genshin Impact embroidery, making the necessary adjustments take 15-30 minutes.
- Contacting Manufacturers: We want to find the best hoodies for our subtle Genshin Impact designs. We don’t compromise on quality! Negotiating and placing an order with manufacturers takes 30 minutes to 1 hour, as we already have contacts, but we still need to prepare a document indicating the quantity of the items we want to order.
- Preparing the Sweaters: After receiving the sweaters, preparing the stabilizer and aligning the design before finally embroidering takes from 50 minutes to 2 hours and 15 minutes. We want to make sure the design of your favorite Genshin Impact character will be embroidered right, which is why we use thick stabilizer and measure everything out. Stabilizer is a type of non-stretchy fabric that needs to be glued underneath the material you plan on embroidering. It stabilizes fabric, ensuring it doesn’t stretch or move during the embroidery process.
- Creating Content: Developing content for new designs, editing, and interacting with your comments takes a minimum of 3-4 hours. Editing videos and photos takes the longest. It is not rare that we spend over an hour on editing a single video!
- Receiving Orders: Once we open orders on our website, we start planning our bulk order!
- Placing Bulk Orders: This step takes around 30 minutes, as we’ve already determined which sweaters or hoodies are right for our new Genshin Impact design when ordering some for the sample earlier.
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Mass Embroidering the Design: Embroidering each sweater ourselves takes 2 hours and 15 minutes, or with our local embroidery partner who has 4 industrial 16-needle embroidery machines, it takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes, plus a 40-minute drive for us to and from his workshop.
- Packaging Orders: This takes 2-5 minutes per order. The more items are in one order, the longer they take to prepare!
- Measuring and Weighing Packages: We must measure and weigh each individual package to ensure the most accurate and lowest shipping rates! Filling out this information in our shipping software and purchasing a shipping label takes around 3 minutes per package.
- Dropping Off Packages: That’s the exciting part because that means your new Genshin Impact hoodie is finally on the way! Driving to the post office takes 35 minutes each way because the location we go to is where we get the best shipping prices for you! If you're a Canadian small business owner, you too can save on shipping with ChitChats!
Beyond the time and effort, the materials involved in the business add up quickly:
- Drawing software: $15
- Video editing software: $144 per year
- Digitizing software: $1500
- Scrap fabric: $15
- Embroidery thread: $5-15 per bobbin
- Embroidery stabilizer: $120 per roll
- Embroidery glue spray: $25 per can
- Sweaters, advertising, poly mailers, freebies, shipping labels, shipping, time spent driving, the actual creation, and promotion of the sweaters, and gas for all this travel.
While creating knitted cardigans or sweaters is a bit different since the production is handled by an overseas manufacturer, it’s important to consider that the time we save is compensated by the costs paid to the factory. Factories also have a high MOQ (minimum order quantity) whenever customization is involved, which can be trickier to work with.
Each of our Genshin Impact sweaters is a labor of love, meticulously crafted to ensure you receive the highest quality product. This is why our prices reflect the dedication, effort, and resources invested in each piece. At Paimon’s Boutique, we believe great things take time, but we’re also sure that you won’t regret giving us a try!
Shop our selection of high quality Genshin Impact clothes and learn more about our brand.