Patent ID: 7467418

Claim:
A method of applying adornment to an apparel article, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first apparel article comprising a sheet layer defining a first exposed surface; providing a first design piece comprising woven thread that produces at least a part of a viewable design and having a perimeter edge; providing a second design piece comprising woven thread that produces at least a part of a second viewable design and having a perimeter edge, the first and second design pieces having a different appearance, the first and second viewable designs substantially the same but are respectively formed in part with first and second thread sections of different color; at a first location a) storing the first and second design pieces, b) selecting one of the first and second design pieces that produces a desired appearance in conjunction with the first apparel article, and c) attaching the one of the first and second design pieces that is selected to the first apparel article; and providing at the first location first and second substrate layers each having a perimeter edge and that are different in appearance and at the first location a) selecting one of the first and second substrate layers that produces a desired appearance in conjunction with the first apparel article and the one of the first and second design pieces that is selected and b) attaching i) the one of the first and second design pieces that is selected, and not the other of the first and second design pieces, and ii) the one of the first and second substrate layers that is selected, and not the other of the first and second substrate layers, to the first apparel article with the one of the first and second substrate layers that is selected located between the one of the first and second design pieces that is selected and the first apparel article.