Patent ID: 7457682

Claim:
A method of making an embroidered article having an association with an individual, comprising the steps of: coating a body part selected from the hand or foot of the individual with a transfer coating; pressing the transfer coating against a first substrate to obtain a transferred impression of the body part on a first substrate; obtaining of a signature by the individual on a second substrate; scanning said substrates to obtain digital images of said transferred impression of the hand and said signature; digitally revising said digital image of said signature to remove errata and an increased clarity therefor thereby providing a revised signature digital image; digitally revising said digital image of said transferred impression of said hand to provide a continuous periphery and filling the interior of the impression while retaining major palm line and fold lines thereby providing a revised hand impression digital image; combining said revised signature digital image and said revised had impression digital image to provide a combined digital image; interfacing said combined digital image with a digitally controlled embroidery machine having means for effecting embroidered stitching replicating said combined digital image on a first panel; and operating said machine to create said embroidered stitching on said first panel.