Ask a Houston plumbing owner what went wrong with their last uniform order and the answer is rarely the design. It is the second batch of shirts. The shirts came back a different shade of blue, or the logo looks distorted, and nobody could explain why. 2LC Graphics has been dealing with that problem since 2003 from a Houston shop run by founder and president Claudia Lievano, a University of Houston advertising graduate and an active member of the Advertising Specialty Institute.Stitching is the part of the business built for exactly that complaint. Houston embroidery work here runs on Tajima machines with Madeira thread, with a minimum of 12 pieces, which is low enough that a five-person crew can outfit itself without ordering shirts nobody will wear. A logo gets digitized once, and that file gets reused, so the reorder eighteen months later lands in the same spot with the same stitch count. Screen printing is a separate service with its own 36-piece minimum because the setup economics of the two differ, and combining them does not work. Turnaround typically runs two weeks, and a proof comes back for approval the next day.
People assume the expensive part is the shirt," a company spokesperson said. "It is not. The expensive part is doing it twice. Somebody orders 60 polos, the thread color is off, and now they are choosing between paying again and letting the crew wear mismatched uniforms for 2 years. We would rather have that argument with you at the proof stage, when it costs nothing to fix.
Beyond apparel, the shop handles custom patches, business signage, commercial vehicle wraps and promotional products, which matters when a company rebrands and needs uniforms, patches and eight truck wraps at the same time. Six service lines, one contact, one approval chain. The apparel comes from ten stocked brands, among them Carhartt, Port Authority, OGIO, Adidas and The North Face. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 to 5, by appointment, and local delivery or pickup in Houston can be arranged.
About 2LC Graphics
2LC Graphics is a Houston branding supplier founded in 2003. The company provides embroidery, screen printing in Houston , custom patches, signage, vehicle wraps, and promotional products to businesses, schools, restaurants, and non-profits across Houston and surrounding areas, with every order handled by a named contact. For more information, visit https://2lcgraphics.com/.