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Archive for November, 2008

Excellent Resource for T-Shirt Designers….

http://www.gomediazine.com/design-tip/47-essential-resources-tshirt-designers/ I found this amazing article on the Gomedia blog website… It is a huge resource for any designer looking to create amazing t-shirt designs…… Take a look and you just might learn som...
November 25th by admin 0 Comments

Unacceptable Content….

Sometimes people send us shirt mockups that we just cannot print because of content. Such subjects as race, guns, and negative politcal figures we just can’t print. Not always because of our personal beliefs, but for legal reasons we don’t want to be accountable for p...
November 24th by admin 0 Comments

More T-Shirt Resources

http://emptees.com/resources This is a great list of resources for any company trying to start a clothing line… Enjoy ...
November 21st by admin 0 Comments

Great Resource – 15 T Shirt Business Pitfalls

I just went to a website and found at great list of resources…. Also I found a great book to buy for all you people out there trying to start your own label…. http://www.fuelfordesign.com/15-t-shirt-business-pitfalls/ Take a look at it and maybe it will help you wi...
November 21st by admin 0 Comments

Shirts that cannot be printed:

All the time we get shirt mockups sent to us that we cannot possibly print. Most of them are because of our less than 72 minimums. But the others are because the design on the shirt wraps all the way around the shirt itself. So basically it would start on the front of the shirt [...
November 19th by admin 0 Comments

Shipping Overseas…

Shipping finished shirts overseas can get expensive. We have a client that wants to print 600 shirts and just for shipping and taxes it will cost almost $4000.00 That is a a lot of money. From what I have heard the European prints are really good. But sometimes they look elsewher...
November 14th by admin 0 Comments

Our Minimums….

Right now our minimums for all the contract printing we do is 300 per design. Many people can’t afford to do that many but right now that is the best we can do. If you want us to purchase the shirts for you, the minimum for standard printing is 72 shirts. All other sizes; B...
November 13th by admin 0 Comments

Dye Sublimation Printing

Another way to print instead of using the belt process, is through dye sublimation. Basically a design is printed on large panels that would cover the entire surface of the shirt. The panels are then placed on top of the shirt and heat presses on to a high content polyester shirt...
November 12th by admin 0 Comments

Employee Interview: Scott Millikin

My name is Scott Millikin, I am a professional freelance graphic and website designer for almost ten years. I went to college at the University of Wisconsin – Stout and have a BFA degree with a concentration in graphic design. I work part-time for Sunburst Apparel, at which...
November 11th by admin 0 Comments

The Perfect Order

This is what we would like to see from any customer before they place an order: 1. A low resolution mockup of the design placed on a shirt to enable us to quote the shirt. 2. The quantity of the shirts wanted to be printed. Our minimums are 300 for the belt, 300 for jumbo and ove...
November 7th by admin 0 Comments