Nick Podaras

Nick Podaras is the owner of MC Print & Stitch, a custom embroidery and apparel decorating shop in Staten Island, New York. He runs the machines himself — embroidery, DTF, and screen printing — for first responder units, schools, sports teams, unions, and local businesses across Staten Island, New York City, and New Jersey. He opened the shop in 2023 and writes here about what actually holds up in production: stitch counts, garment choices, digitizing, and how decorated apparel wears after fifty washes. Built for Those Who Represent.