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title: "Embroidered Name on a Cushion: No Lettering, Just Custom Size"
url: "https://cushionguide.com/answers/embroidered-name-text-on-cushion/"
section: "The Cutting Table"
author: "Margaret Holloway, The Piping Queen of Newport"
author_url: "https://cushionguide.com/masters/maggie/"
published: "2026-08-28"
updated: "2026-08-28"
keywords: "embroidered name on cushion, custom text cushion cover, personalized cushion, cushion personalization box, custom size cushion cover"
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# Can you embroider a name or text on my cushion?

*The word 'personalization' on a listing has disappointed more than one buyer. Let's clear it up before the checkout box does.*

Also asked as: Can you add name embroidery in one corner?; Do you do custom words?

> **The quick answer:** No, the workshop doesn't embroider, print or letter anything on cushions or covers, so names, custom words or phrases like 'Do Not Sit' can't be added. The personalization box is for your order details: custom size, fabric and piping codes, a delivery phone number. What can be personal is the cushion itself: any size, fabric, thickness and piping.

![Ivory bench cushion with charcoal ticking stripes on a white-painted garden bench among terracotta pots and olive](https://cushionguide.com/media/bench-cushions/ivory-charcoal-pinstripe-cushion-white-garden-bench-1600.webp "A crisp ivory cushion with charcoal ticking stripes suits a painted white bench on a sunlit patio.")

## Key facts

- No embroidery, printing or lettering of any kind is offered.
- The personalization box is for custom sizes, fabric and piping codes, a delivery phone number and requests for other fabrics.
- Nothing typed in the personalization box is printed on the cushion.
- Small custom sizes, such as two cushions of about 16 x 15.5 in (41 x 39 cm), can be made.
- Piping can be in any fabric or matched to the body.
- Custom covers, such as one for a pool deck box, can be made in any size.
- Standard thicknesses are 2, 3, 4 and 5 in (5, 7.5, 10 and 12.5 cm), and in-between values such as 2.5 or 4.5 in can be requested.
- Custom sizes can be given to the nearest ¼ in, or in cm.

## “Can you add a name in one corner?”

No, and better to hear it before checkout than after. The workshop doesn't embroider, print or letter anything on cushions or covers. Not a name in one corner, not a custom word, not a 'Do Not Sit' across a lid. Lettering of any kind is simply not offered.

## “But the listing says ‘Add personalization.’”

Right, then. That word does a lot of mischief. On a custom cushion listing, personalization means your order details, not decoration. More than one buyer has read the box as a promise of lettering and been disappointed when a plain cushion arrived.

The box is where your exact size, thickness, fabric code and piping code go, written as chart codes: 'Main: L09, Piping: L24'. Often it's also where your phone number goes, and that goes only to the courier. The [personalization note Pattern](https://cushionguide.com/guides/custom-cushion-personalization-note/) shows a full example.

## What belongs in the personalization box

- ✓ Your exact size, even a small one: two cushions at about 16 x 15.5 in (41 x 39 cm) are no trouble.
- ✓ Thickness, if you want something other than standard.
- ✓ Main fabric and piping codes from the chart, not color names.
- ✓ 'No piping', if that's the look you want.
- ✓ Extras such as ties or backrest notes.
- ✓ A delivery phone number, which goes only to the courier.
- ✓ Requests for fabrics not shown on the listing.

## “So what can I make personal?”

The cushion itself, dear. Any size, down to two small 16 x 15.5 in (41 x 39 cm) cushions. The fabric and thickness you choose. [Piping](https://cushionguide.com/guides/cushion-piping-matching-contrast-none/) in any fabric, or matched to the body as [self-piping](https://cushionguide.com/glossary/#self-piping).

Custom [cushion covers](https://cushionguide.com/cushions/cushion-covers/) are made in any size too, including one for a pool deck box. For a size that isn't on the menu, the [custom size Pattern](https://cushionguide.com/guides/custom-size-cushion-not-on-menu/) shows how to ask.

What were you hoping the cushion would say? Often the right piping color says it for you.

> **Tailor's margin:** The personalization box on a custom cushion order holds size and codes like 'Main: L09, Piping: L24'; nothing typed there is printed.

> No embroidered names or lettering on custom cushions; personalize the size, fabric and piping instead, down to two small 16 x 15.5 in cushions.
>
> — Maggie

## Buyer questions

**A common question:** Could you embroider a name or some text on two small cushions?

**The workshop's answer:** No, embroidery and lettering of any kind aren't offered. The small custom size, two cushions of about 16 x 15.5 in (41 x 39 cm), is no problem, made plain in the fabric and thickness you choose.

**A common question:** Do you add custom words or embroidery to the cushion?

**The workshop's answer:** No text or embroidery on cushions. Piping, though, can be in any fabric, or matched to the body.

**A common question:** Can you embroider a warning like 'Do Not Sit' on a cover?

**The workshop's answer:** No, embroidery and lettering aren't offered, but the custom cover itself can be made to any size.

**A common question:** What goes in the personalization box? Is that where I put a name?

**The workshop's answer:** It's only for custom sizes and a delivery phone number, plus requests for other fabrics. Names aren't printed or embroidered on cushions.

**A common question:** Checkout won't let me continue without personalization. Will what I type be printed?

**The workshop's answer:** Usually you just enter your phone number, which goes only to the courier so they can reach you before delivery. Nothing in the box is printed on the product; size-only listings also need your fabric and piping codes there.

## Questions buyers ask next

### Can I add a logo instead of a name?

Logos are a separate case: one may be possible after a production review, at extra cost, so ask before ordering. Names, words and phrases are not offered in any form, embroidered or printed.

### Where do I write my fabric and piping codes?

In the Add Personalization box or the note to the seller, as chart codes rather than color names, for example 'Main: L09, Piping: L24'. The dropdown only sets the size.

### Can a very small cushion be made to order?

Yes, small sizes are no problem. A pair at about 16 x 15.5 in (41 x 39 cm) can be made plain in the fabric and thickness you choose, with piping matched to the body or in any other fabric.

## Related at the atelier

- [I saw a fabric code in a photo that isn't on the color chart. Can I still order it?](https://cushionguide.com/answers/fabric-code-not-on-color-chart/): A fabric code seen in a photo but missing from the color chart can often still be ordered, because the chart isn't the full stock list.
- [What do I write in the personalization box for the modular sofa?](https://cushionguide.com/answers/modular-sofa-personalization-standard-size-backrest-swap/): Write 'standard size' if the default 79 x 39 in (200 x 100 cm) suits you; otherwise type your custom measurements in the same personalization box.
- [Checkout makes me fill in personalization. What do I write, and will it be printed on the item?](https://cushionguide.com/answers/personalization-box-phone-number-courier/): On listings where you choose size and color from dropdowns, write your phone number in the required personalization box; it goes only to the shipping company so the courier can reach you before…
- [Custom Bench Cushion Stripes for a Full Table: Four Compared](https://cushionguide.com/readings/four-stacked-stripe-leaf-print-box-cushions-studio/): For a custom bench cushion that seats a crowd, choose a stripe you can match at the corners and say which way it runs.
- [Chair Cushion in Green Stripe on Rattan: Choosing the Edge](https://cushionguide.com/readings/green-graphic-stripe-rattan-armchair-box-cushion/): A rattan armchair with an open spindle seat needs a box-edge chair cushion about 3 in (8 cm) deep, because a thin knife-edge pad rides on every spindle.
- [Banquette Cushion Anatomy: Inside a Red Stripe Kitchen Seat](https://cushionguide.com/readings/red-stripe-kitchen-banquette-cushions-copper-pans/): A kitchen banquette cushion should be firm, because you sit upright at a table and slide in and out sideways.
- [What to write in a custom cushion order note: sizes, codes and extras](https://cushionguide.com/guides/custom-cushion-personalization-note/)
- [Ordering new cushion covers for foam you already own](https://cushionguide.com/guides/cushion-covers-for-existing-foam/)

*Stitch straight — Maggie*

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Written by Margaret Holloway (https://cushionguide.com/masters/maggie/) for CushionGuide (https://cushionguide.com/about/). The site explains made-to-measure cushions and the partner workshop makes them; measurements are in inches first. This Markdown mirrors the page at https://cushionguide.com/answers/embroidered-name-text-on-cushion/