Embroidery Tshirt question?

Question

Could I get a poem put on the back of a shirt, and like a heart with happy valentines day and my name and my girlfriends name on the front of the shirt? The poem isnt that long.. im just wondering. And about how much would this cost?

Answer 1

Do you want to embroider that on the t-shirt or write it on? I don't think the t-shirt would do well in a hoop to embroider anything on it as it stretches in a few directions. If you want you can paint something on it or get some India ink and write it on it and then go over it with a hot iron to set it. It won't wash out and after many washings had very little fading.

Answer 2

I do digitizing and have done several T-shirts, both large designs on the front and logo's in the left breast pocket area.



you will need a good digitizer because the design can not be too dense due to the material weight of a T-shirt and make sure you use cutaway stabilizer so that you don't get puckering.

Lastly make sure you wash and dry both your stabilizer and your t-shirt to avoid shrinking which will mess up the design as well.

And yes even stabilizer can shrink.........ask me how i know =)



since you wouldn't be doing this yourself.....the price i normally charge for T-shirts with the digitizing you are talking about would be $30.00 with the embroidery and the shirt of course.

Answer 3

Jeremy, What a sweet guy you are to think of such a nice idea for your girlfriend. If I were you I'd go to a tshirt shop and they could do that for you, or you could type it on your computer if you have a basic paint program, and add some clipart. You can buy transfer paper for your computer at Walmart and iron it on yourself but the process would be a lot easier just to go to a shirt ship as they could come up with something nice. Good luck, sounds like your GF is a lucky girl! ST

Answer 4

I have embroidered on T-shirt fabric using waste fabric (or maybe it was called ("waste canvas"?). It's an evenweave fabric that's easy to embroider on -- sort of like Aida cloth, but stiffer and therefore easier to work with. AIR, I pinned it to the purchased plainT-shirt and put that area in a hoop, which isn't particularly fun, but possible. Of course, I was doing a small-scale cross-stitch design. You *can* write that way too (i.e. the sampler I made), but, of course, it wouldn't look like your handwriting. Good luck!

Answer 5

It would not do well thru washing and dryings. It wouldnt last very long.



If I were you I would go to a site where you can create your own shirt. Design it in the paint program that you got with your computer. Choose your own font, colors, images, etc. Then upload it here.

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/customize?pid=2837642

Answer 6

Hello,

Yes you can embroidery any thing you want on a t-shirt. If you would like it done contact me at [e-mail] and I can help you.

Answer 7

If you find the right digitizer to do it, it is possible. The poem might be a bit ambitious though.....Check your local sewing machine dealers, they will have names and details of digitizers in the area who will be able to give you advice and more assistance.

Answer 8

you can use cut pieces of patterened shoelaces and tie up the neckhole and the sleeve area to make it into a sort of tank top. you could do the orignal sleepaway camp thing by cutting up the bottoms of the shirt and putting a bead on it and knotting it. also you could use a home tie dye kit or even just use fabric paints to write or draw on the shirts. good luck!