It's Fleece Sweater Weather!

It's wintertime and the temperatures are way below most people's comfort zones in many places. Even the astonishingly mild winter in Louisiana, home to Orleans Embroidery, has its cold days that make working, walking and all other outdoor activities a little miserable. So what better way to keep yourself cozy and comfortable in spite of cold, rainy, stormy weather than a fleece sweater?

The choices are ample: big, small, tight, loose, with zipper, without zipper, blue, green, yellow, etc, etc. But there are also differences in the fleece materials themselves:

Regular fleece, also known as Polarfleece, was introduced to the world in the late 1970s and soon gained fame because it's lightweight and warm nature meant a giant improvement in outerwear. Trying to perfect the fabric has led to experimentation with cotton, wool and acrylic. Nowadays, most fleece fabrics are 100% polyester.

Microfleece is made from finer yarn, which gives the fabric a higher density than regular fleece. It is also brushed less, so that the garment is overall softer and warmer.


R-Tek™ Fleece is even softer and more lightweight than microfleece and has a special anti-pill finish to help counteract the formation of those annoying little tangled balls of fibers that you can see on the surface of fabrics as a result of friction or simply after a while of regular wear and tear.

If you own a business and want your employees to wear uniform fleece jackets or simply want to give your own fleece sweater a personal touch, the best way to customize fleece is embroidery. Due to the "fluffy" quality of the fabric, stitching will work better than printing.

So visit http://www.orleansembroidery.com/ to get an offer on customizing your cold weather gear today!