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Try it free— Why PatchForge
One tool instead of five
Most patch makers stitch together a design app, a mockup generator, manual cut-line prep, a pricing spreadsheet, and email approvals. PatchForge folds that into a single, purpose-built workflow.
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— What it replaces
Drop the workarounds
The patchwork most shops live with — and the single step that replaces each one.
— Built for the job
Everything is patch-hat specific
Not a general design app with patches bolted on — every feature is shaped around making and selling patch hats.
UV print or laser engrave
Design for full-color UV printing or single-tone laser engraving — the builder adapts the workflow to each.
Auto cut lines
Every shape gets a production-ready cut line; die-cut contours trace your artwork edges automatically.
Real hat mockups
Drop your patch onto real hat photos across hundreds of colorways, front and back, then download or share.
Gang sheets
Auto-nest many designs onto one sheet with registration marks for clean print-and-cut runs.
Production files
600 DPI print PNGs, cut-line SVG, engrave layers, plus native LightBurn (.lbrn2) and xTool (.xs) exports.
Client proof links
Send a shareable link so a customer can approve or request changes — bundle several options in one link.
Honest about what it is
PatchForge is a design, mockup, and production-file tool. Produce on your own printer, laser, and blank caps — or order finished patches (custom engraved or UV printed, with bulk pricing) through Maker Foundry. Either way, PatchForge makes the design-to-file part fast and repeatable.
It focuses on what ships today: UV-printed and laser-engraved hat patches, real-hat mockups, gang sheets, client proofs, and clean exports. We’d rather do that well than promise features that aren’t here yet.