A drool bib lives a hard life. It gets soaked at every meal, rubbed against the floor, dragged through the garden and thrown in the washing machine more times than you’d like to count. So when you’re choosing a personalised dog bib, how the name is put on matters just as much as the colour.
There are two main ways: printing and embroidery. Here’s how they compare.
Printed names: quick and cheap
A printed name is pressed or transferred onto the surface of the fabric. It’s fast to make, so printed bibs are often a little cheaper.
The catch is that print sits on top of the fabric. On a thick, fluffy towelling bib that gets washed often, a printed name can crack, peel or fade over time, and the texture of towelling doesn’t always give a crisp print in the first place.
Embroidered names: stitched in to stay
Embroidery is sewn into the fabric with thread, stitch by stitch, on an embroidery machine. The name becomes part of the bib, so there’s nothing on the surface to peel off.
What you get with embroidery:
- It handles washing. Thread doesn’t crack like a print can.
- It looks raised and textured, which shows up beautifully on towelling.
- More colour choice. At DoggiesWorld you choose from 38 thread colours, so you can match a collar, a lead or your dog’s personality.
- Designs, not just names. Crowns, paws, bones, breed pictures and funny wording can all be stitched.
Which should you choose?
If the bib is for a one-off photo, a printed one might do the job. But if your dog drools every day (and if you’re reading this, they probably do), embroidery is the better choice. The bib will be washed again and again, and you want the name to still look good after it has been through the washing machine many times.
That’s why every name and design on our towelling drool bibs is embroidered, never printed. Each one is handmade in our workshop in Scotland, with a soft towelling front, a waterproof backing and a neck strap.
Tips for picking the thread colour
- Go for contrast. A light thread on a dark bib (or the other way round) makes the name easy to read in photos.
- Think about the fur. On a black Newfoundland, a bright bib and a bold thread really stand out.
- Two-colour designs let you pick one colour for the name and another for the design.
Not sure what size your dog needs? Read how to measure your dog for a bib, then browse our personalised dog bibs.
