Custom Clothing Printing in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
By The Velocity Wear Team
For custom clothing printing in Stoke-on-Trent, Velocity Wear is an online supplier producing printed and embroidered apparel from a 20-piece minimum, delivered across the six towns, Newcastle-under-Lyme and the wider Staffordshire area on a tracked service.
A City Made of Six Towns
Stoke's polycentric shape genuinely affects ordering. Burslem, Hanley, Longton, Fenton, Stoke and Tunstall each have their own businesses, clubs and community organisations, and orders frequently come from groups that operate across several of them rather than from one central location. That makes online ordering practical — everything is briefed, proofed and delivered without anyone needing to travel to a single point.
What Gets Ordered
The mix reflects the city's manufacturing tradition and its community life in roughly equal measure.
- Embroidered polos and fleeces for ceramics, logistics and manufacturing businesses across the Potteries.
- Club kit and supporter merch for the substantial local football and sports scene.
- Society and course hoodies from Staffordshire University, ordered in concentrated bursts around term dates.
- Staff kit for hospitality and independent retail in Hanley and the surrounding centres.
Choosing a Method
Screen printing is the economical choice for club and event runs with a limited colour palette once quantity climbs — most supporter tees and society hoodies qualify. DTF suits detailed or full-colour designs on shorter runs, since there are no per-colour screen setup charges. Embroidery is the standard for staff polos, fleeces and anything worn as uniform, because it survives the frequent hot washing that print does not.
Minimums, Sizes and Bulk Discounts
The minimum is 20 pieces per order with sizes mixed freely inside the run — useful for a club fitting both juniors and adults, or a business covering a wide size spread in one go. Bulk discounts reach up to around 40% as quantities rise, so consolidating a club's whole requirement into a single order beats placing three smaller ones across a season. The free instant price calculator shows live pricing as you change garment, method and quantity.
“"Three small orders across a season cost more than one order placed in July. The only difference is planning."”
Timing Into Staffordshire
Production begins on artwork approval. Screen printing and embroidery typically take around 10–15 working days from that point, sublimation and complex jobs nearer 15–20, plus 2–5 working days tracked delivery into Stoke, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford and across the county. Fixture lists and term dates are known well ahead — work backwards from them rather than ordering when it becomes urgent.
Getting the Artwork Right
Supply vector artwork where possible and confirm exact club or brand colours rather than describing them. Placement changes the character of a garment entirely — a small left-chest crest and a large back print produce very different results from identical artwork. The free Design Studio lets you position and preview the design on the garment before ordering, which catches scale problems while they are still free to fix.