Cheap custom patches cost $1.17 to $12 each, depending on type, size, and quantity. Embroidered is the cheapest at $1.17 each at 300 pieces; leather is the most premium at up to $12. Our Black Friday sale runs November 27–30, 2026 on every type, size, and quantity, with no artwork fees.
Most customers come to us with a design they’ve held onto for months: a shop logo, a club patch, or band merchandise. For most people, the design isn’t the problem. Not knowing what it will cost is.
Once a year, we take the guesswork out of pricing. Our Black Friday sale on cheap custom patches runs November 27–30.
Patch pricing doesn’t change much the rest of the year because most of what you pay is machine time and setup, not materials. That’s why we discount once a year rather than running recurring promotions.
At a Glance: Patch Types and What They Cost
| Patch Type | Typical Price Each | Best For |
| Embroidered | $1.17-$8 each | Clubs, uniforms, band merch, workwear |
| Woven | $2-$7 each | Fine detail, small patches, thin finish |
| PVC | $3-$9 each | Tactical, outdoor, anything that gets wet |
| Chenille | $4-$10 each | Letterman jackets, streetwear |
| Leather | $5-$12 each | Hats, denim, premium apparel |
Those are our standard published ranges. The low end is volume pricing; the high end is small runs. Embroidered sits at about $4 each on 25 pieces, $1.65 at 100, and $1.17 at 300. During the sale, every one of these prices comes down.
Cheap Custom Patches Black Friday Deals: Dates and Terms
Here’s the whole offer in one place.
| Runs | Friday, Nov 27 → Monday, Nov 30, 2026 |
| Includes Cyber Monday | Yes, through Nov 30 |
| Applies to | Every patch type, size, backing, and quantity |
| Free shipping | Included on all US orders |
| Artwork fees | None |
Sale pricing is applied automatically when you request a quote during the sale window. If you’re reading this before November 27, send your artwork now. We’ll hold the sale price.
For a fixed-price option, our 100-patch bundle is $160 with free USA shipping — the sale discount comes off that too.
A note on timing: order early in the window. The National Retail Federation counted 75.9 million online shoppers on Cyber Monday 2025, up from 64.4 million the year before — the biggest year-over-year jump of any day that weekend. Production queues fill in the order they arrive, so an early order means a shorter wait.
The sections below explain how to choose the right patch type for your design.
Types of Custom Patches and Prices
1. Cheap Custom Embroidered Patches
Thread stitched onto twill, finished with a merrowed or laser-cut border. This is what most people picture when they say “patch,” and it’s the cheapest custom patch per unit at volume. If you’re after cheap custom patches in quantity, this is almost always the answer.
Pricing by size:
| Size | Price Each |
| Small (2–3″) | $1.17-$3 |
| Medium (4–5″) | $3-$5 |
| Large (6″+) | $5-$8 |
Embroidery handles bold shapes, block lettering, and simple logos beautifully. Where it struggles is hairline detail and gradients. Thread has a minimum thickness, so anything finer than about 1mm gets lost.
Best for club patches, uniforms, scout and school patches, and anything you need in quantity.
Related: Why custom embroidered patches are so popular right now
2. Custom PVC Patches (Detail Thread Can’t Hold)
Soft molded rubber instead of stitching. PVC holds everything embroidery can’t: thin outlines, small text, layered depth, color blends. It’s also completely waterproof. For a softer, more flexible finish on the same design.
At $3-$9 each, it costs more than embroidery, and it earns that when your design is detailed or your gear gets wet. It’s the standard choice for dive kits, climbing packs, tactical vests, and outdoor brands.
Shop custom PVC patches · Read: What are PVC patches?
3. Custom Chenille Patches (Varsity Texture)
Custom chenille patches use looped yarn with a thick, raised texture that stands off the fabric. Chenille is the letterman-jacket look, and it reads from across a room in a way flat embroidery doesn’t.
$4-$10 each. Chenille is not a detailed format, so keep designs to letters, numbers, and simple shapes.
4. Custom Leather Patches (Hats and Denim)
Real or faux leather, debossed or laser-engraved. At $5-$12 each, these are our most expensive patches and currently our most requested for hats.
Leather ages. A cap patch that looks sharp when new looks better after a year of wear, which is why apparel brands keep choosing it.
Shop custom leather patches · Read: How to apply an iron-on leather patch
5. Woven Patches (Fine Detail, Thin Finish)
Woven patches use much finer thread than embroidered. The detail comes out sharper, and the finished patch is thinner and more flexible. The trade-off is texture: woven looks flat where embroidery looks dimensional.
$2-$7 each. Pick woven when your logo has small lettering that embroidery would blur.
For a direct comparison, see: embroidered vs woven patches.
6. Custom Patches for Hats (Curve Matters)
Hat patches need their own approach. A design that sits flat on a jacket will buckle on a curved crown. The usable area on a cap front is also smaller than people expect — usually around 2.5″ tall.
We size to the specific cap style, and if your artwork needs reworking, we’ll tell you before we make 200 of them.
Leather and 3D puff are the two most popular hat finishes.
Read: Custom Patches for Hats — The Complete Guide
7. 3D Puff Patches (Bold and Raised)
Foam sits under the stitching, lifting the embroidery off the backing. Block lettering suits puff embroidery well. Fine detail does not, because the foam rounds off every edge.
If your design is a word or a monogram, puff is the cheapest way to make it look expensive.
What Affects the Price of Custom Patches
Four things, in order of impact:
Quantity. This has the largest effect on your per-unit price. 25 patches cost more per unit because setup is spread across fewer pieces. At 100, the per-unit cost drops noticeably, and 500+ moves you into wholesale territory.
Size. Bigger patch, more machine time.
Stitch coverage. A design that’s half bare twill costs less than one stitched edge to edge. If budget is tight, leaving background unstitched is the easiest saving.
Patch type and backing. See the table up top. Velcro, iron-on, and adhesive backings each add a little.
For the full breakdown, our custom patch costs guide goes deeper than this page does.
No Minimum Order on Any Patch Type
Cheap custom patches shouldn’t mean a 500-piece commitment. You should be able to test the result first.
We have no minimum quantity on any type, including custom embroidered patches and custom PVC patches. A band ordering 20 gets the same artwork review and the same stitch quality as a company ordering 2,000. Small runs cost more per patch. That’s setup spread across fewer pieces, not a different standard of work. Small runs still get the sale discount.
Testing a design first? Order a small run before committing to the full quantity — it’s the least expensive way to catch a problem.
Wholesale and Bulk Custom Patches
Per-unit price on wholesale custom patches keeps falling as quantity climbs. That’s why many of our late-year orders come from retailers and uniform suppliers stocking up for the following year.
Current volume pricing for a 2.5″ embroidered patch:
| Quantity | Total Cost (USD) | Cost Per Patch (USD) |
| 25 | $100.00 | $4.00 |
| 50 | $125.00 | $2.50 |
| 75 | $145.00 | $1.93 |
| 100 | $165.00 | $1.65 |
| 150 | $210.00 | $1.40 |
| 200 | $250.00 | $1.25 |
| 250 | $300.00 | $1.20 |
| 300 | $350.00 | $1.17 |
Wholesale custom patches and bulk custom patches both stack with the Black Friday discount. Over 500 pieces, skip the standard form and ask for a tiered quote — we’ll price the breaks at 500, 1,000, and 2,500 so you can see exactly where the curve flattens out.
Request a bulk quote · Read: custom bulk patches buying guide
Where to Get Custom Patches Made in the USA
There are three options, and they are not equivalent.
Overseas marketplace sellers. Lowest headline price. You’re usually buying through a middleman, artwork review is thin to nonexistent, and a reorder in six months may not match your first batch.
Print-on-demand platforms. Easy for one or two pieces. Locked to their templates and their patch types, and the per-unit price barely improves at volume.
A US manufacturer. You talk to people who run the machines. A human checks your artwork, thread gets matched to your colors, and your digitized file stays on file so next year’s reorder comes out identical.
Patches Studio is the third. We manufacture at 2 Passaic St, Passaic, NJ 07055, and ship nationwide. The production team is reachable at (551) 362-2422.
That distinction matters when you see the word “cheap.” A patch can be affordable without looking cheap. Ours cost less because our setup is efficient and our volume is real — not because we reduced stitch density.
Production Time and Rush Orders
Normal production runs 7–14 business days. Rush production runs 3–7 business days for an additional charge.
Add to either: one business day for your proof, and 2–5 days shipping.
So if you want last-minute custom patches in hand before Christmas, count backwards. Ordering during the sale window with rush production puts most orders in your hands by mid-December. Orders placed after December 10 are unlikely to arrive in time.
Rush slots are limited, and the week after Cyber Monday is our tightest of the year. Flag your deadline on the quote form, and we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s achievable before you pay anything.
Christmas Patches and Gift Ideas
The timing suits this well. Christmas custom patches are a steady seasonal line for us. Popular choices include matching family patches, ugly-sweater club patches, iron-ons for stockings, and small branded runs for office gifts.
Custom patches for gifts work because they’re personal and cheap at volume. 25 custom patches make an affordable group gift, and people keep them for years.
For DIY application, our guides on how to sew on a patch and iron-on vs sew-on patches cover each method.
How to Order Cheap Custom Patches Online in 4 Steps
Four steps, about five minutes.
1. Send artwork and quantity. Anything readable works for a quote — a phone photo of a sketch is fine. We’ll ask for better files only if production needs them.
2. Get your quote and proof. Back within one business day with the sale price applied. The proof shows size, thread colors, border, and backing.
3. Approve or revise. Proof-stage revisions are free; changes after production begins are not. Review it carefully at this stage.
4. We make and ship. Tracking goes out the day it leaves Passaic.
If this is your first order, our guide to designing a custom patch covers file formats, colors, and sizing before you send anything.
5 Mistakes That Cost You Money on a Patch Order
Sending a low-res screenshot. We can often redraw it, but it adds a day. A vector file or a 300 DPI image saves time.
Crowding too much into a small patch. A 2-inch patch holds roughly four words legibly — not twelve.
Choosing embroidery for a detailed logo. If your design has thin lines or gradients, PVC or woven will hold the detail noticeably better at a similar budget.
Ordering 25 when you’ll need 200. The per-unit gap between those two is large, and a second setup later costs more than ordering right the first time.
Skipping the proof. Review and approve it carefully, because it’s the last moment anything is free to change.
Final Thoughts: Cheap Shouldn’t Mean Cheap-Looking
Cheap custom patches stay cheap because the discount comes out of our margin. We don’t reduce stitch count, swap to thinner twill, or cut corners on the border finish to pay for it.
Your order runs on the same machines, with the same thread, and gets the same artwork review that a $2,000 order gets. The only thing that changes between now and December is the number on the invoice.
If you have a design waiting, send it to us.
Ready to Get Your Patches Made?
Send your artwork, quantity, and deadline. You’ll have a quote and a proof within one business day, with the sale price already applied.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much do custom patches cost?
You’ll pay between $1.17 and $12 a patch. Embroidered is the cheapest: about $4 each if you order 25, $2.50 for 50, $1.65 for 100, and $1.17 at 300. Leather is the most expensive, $5 to $12. There’s a setup fee, but it’s charged once, so the bigger your order, the less each patch costs.
How much do embroidered patches cost?
Embroidered patches cost about $4 each on a run of 25, and size sets the range: 2–3″ patches run 1.17–3, 4–5″ run 3–5, and 6″+ run 5–8. Stitch coverage matters too. Skip stitching the twill background, and you’ll pay less, with no change to your design.
When is Black Friday 2026?
Our sale begins on Black Friday, November 27, 2026, the day after Thanksgiving, and wraps up on Cyber Monday, November 30. If your artwork reaches us before the 27th, we’ll hold the sale price and move you up the queue ahead of the rush.
When is Cyber Monday 2026, and is the deal different?
The deal is the same. Cyber Monday falls on November 30, 2026, and it’s simply the last day of the one sale that begins on Black Friday. We produce orders as they come in, so placing yours earlier means getting it earlier.
How long do custom patches take to make?
Standard production takes 7–14 business days, and rush takes 3–7 business days for an extra charge. Add one business day for your digital proof and 2–5 days for shipping. That’s roughly 10–20 business days door to door for standard and 6–13 for rush, confirmed in writing with your quote.
Can I get patches in time for Christmas?
Yes, if you order by December 10. Rush production (3–7 business days) plus shipping (2–5 days) puts most late-November orders in hand by mid-December, while orders after the 10th are unlikely to arrive in time. Add your deadline to the quote form, and we’ll confirm it’s achievable before you pay.
Where can I get custom patches made in the USA?
Our shop is in Passaic, New Jersey, and we ship across the US. Someone on our team checks your artwork before anything is stitched, and we match thread colors instead of guessing. Your digitized file stays saved, so next year’s reorder looks exactly like this one. You can also call the team at (551) 362-2422.
What is the cheapest type of patch?
Embroidered patches are the cheapest per unit, from $1.17 each at 300 pieces, because the process is most efficient at volume. Woven can occasionally cost less on very small, detailed designs, while chenille and leather cost more due to materials. For the lowest price, choose embroidered with a larger quantity and modest stitch coverage.
How are custom patches made?
First, we digitize your artwork so the machine can read it. Embroidered patches get stitched onto twill, then finished with a merrowed or laser-cut edge. PVC is molded from soft rubber in a custom die. Chenille is looped yarn, and leather is debossed or laser-engraved.
Do you offer wholesale or bulk discounts?
Yes, and wholesale pricing stacks with the Black Friday discount at any order size. Price breaks begin around 500 units and improve at 1,000 and 2,500. For orders that size, request a tiered quote with your quantity and target budget, and we’ll show the pricing at each break.
What artwork file should I send?
A quote needs very little, so a phone photo of a hand-drawn sketch is fine. For production, we like vector files (AI, EPS, SVG, or PDF), or a 300 DPI PNG if that’s what you have. A small or blurry image isn’t a dealbreaker, since we can usually redraw it, which adds about a day. Our custom patch design guide has more detail.
Do cheap custom patches mean lower quality?
No. The sale discount comes out of our margin, so you get the same twill, thread, backing options, and human artwork review as a full-price order. Low quality shows up with overseas marketplace sellers who cut stitch density, leaving thin patches, frayed borders, and off-brand colors, so check who you buy from.