Rhode Island's Apparel Shop Since 1986

Our Story

East Coast Embroidery started in East Providence in 1986, and the shop has stayed there ever since. Nearly forty years later, we've completed work for thousands of local businesses — over 261,000 projects and counting — and the shop is still family-owned, still local, and still answering the phone when you call.

What started as an embroidery shop grew into a full decoration operation: embroidery, screen printing, laser etching, heat press transfers, and hat decoration, all handled in-house rather than farmed out. That matters more than it sounds — it means one shop is accountable for your logo file, your proof, your production timeline, and your finished product, start to finish.

Why In-House Production Matters

A lot of apparel decorators — especially newer, online-first ones — take your order and send the actual production work to a third-party facility you never see or interact with. When something goes wrong (a color mismatch, a placement error, a delay), you're stuck between the company that took your order and the facility that actually made it, with neither one fully accountable.

Every embroidery, screen print, laser etch, heat press transfer, and hat we produce is decorated inside our own East Providence shop, on equipment we operate and maintain ourselves. If there's a question about your order at any point in the process, you're talking to the people who are actually doing the work — not a call center relaying messages to a subcontractor.

What Nearly 40 Years in Business Has Taught Us

Staying in business in the same trade, in the same town, for this long isn't an accident — it comes from consistently getting the fundamentals right: an accurate proof before production starts, honest turnaround estimates instead of best-case guesses, and pricing that doesn't change after you've already committed. Those habits sound simple, but they're what turns a customer's first small order into a relationship we're still handling apparel for years later.

How We Work

• Every order gets a proof before we start. New embroidery files also get a physical stitch sample on test fabric — you see it before we run it.
• Honest pricing, no surprises. The quote you get is what you pay. New logos have a one-time digitizing fee; every reorder after that skips it.
• Two weeks or less, consistently. Turnaround time is a promise we plan capacity around, not a best-case estimate.
• Local accountability. We're not a print-on-demand platform routing your order to an unknown facility — your apparel is decorated in our East Providence shop.
• Reordering is simple by design. Your logo stays on file. Skip setup fees, get the same quality, every time.

Who We Serve

We work with commercial, B2B customers — businesses that need branded apparel and uniform programs year after year, not a single t-shirt order. Construction crews, healthcare practices, municipal departments, restaurants, corporate offices, and dozens of other industries across Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts trust us with recurring apparel programs. See how we approach apparel for your specific industry.

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