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Bar-tacked stress points
Pocket mouths, belt loops and sleeve heads get a 42-stitch bar tack. It is the single cheapest thing a maker can do and the first thing a cheap garment skips.
Craftsmanship
What ten-ounce canvas, a bar-tack and a free repair desk actually mean — and why they decide how long a garment lasts.
Materials
We buy cloth before we buy colour
Our outerwear runs on 10 oz cotton duck woven in North Carolina, garment-washed once before cutting so it arrives soft and stops shrinking on you. Knits are 6.5 oz ring-spun cotton, combed to remove short fibres, which is why the surface still looks clean after a season of laundry.
- Solid brass rivets and YKK zips — no painted zinc
- Bonded polyester core thread, size 40, at every load-bearing seam
- Water-based, phthalate-free inks for all screen printing
- Colour lots recorded per batch so reorders match
Construction
The five details that decide the lifespan
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Triple-stitched side seams
Two rows of lock-stitch plus an overlock finish. Even if one row fails, the seam holds until you can send it in.
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Side-seamed knit bodies
Tubular tees twist after washing. Side-seamed bodies keep their shape and taper properly across the full size range.
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Action-back shoulders
A pleat behind each shoulder blade gives about two inches of reach, which matters when the job involves overhead work all day.
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Replaceable hardware
Snaps and rivets are standard sizes we stock, so a repair takes minutes rather than sourcing weeks.
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Inspected twice
Once off the machine, once at packing. Every garment is signed off by initials on the packing slip.
Care
Keep it alive for years
Canvas outerwear
- Cold wash, gentle cycle, no fabric softener — softener coats cotton and cuts water resistance
- Hang dry in shade; tumble drying bakes in creases and shortens fibre life
- Brush off salt and concrete dust before it dries into the weave
- Re-wax only on the waxed models, once a season, with a warm iron
Printed & embroidered knits
- Turn inside out, cold wash, medium tumble — water-based ink lives in the fibre, not on it
- Skip bleach and oxygen boosters; they lift pigment before they lift stains
- Iron around, not over, embroidery
- Dry fully before folding to avoid mildew in humid coastal storage
"Send us the garment and a note. If a seam or a piece of hardware failed within two years of purchase, the repair and the return postage are on us. If it is honest wear and tear, we quote the repair before we touch it — usually $12 to $30."
Patsy Crawford, owner
Ask us anything technical
Fabric weights, stitch counts, ink chemistry, whether a design will hold at 4,000 stitches — call 321-454-1431 and you will speak to someone who runs the machines.