Transform Your T-Shirts With Embroidery And Screen Printing Patterns

T-shirts are the most popular garments to embroider on. However, be careful with your design choice, positioning, stabilizers if you want the best results. T-shirts are made of cotton, or a cotton and polyester blend. Wash and dry the shirt before embroidering on it to get all the shrinkage out of the way. Choose designs that are light with open areas. Avoid designs that are heavy or blocky. Heavy fills will drape poorly, and may result in the fabric puckering, too. Light and open designs will drape the best on T-shirts.

A template, or printout of a design, is an excellent tool to help with placement. Print a template of the design from your embroidery software. Design placement is largely up to your personal preference. Use the template to arrange on the shirt to find the placement that looks good to you.Traditional placement has the top of the design about 3" down from the neck, centred between the sides. That measurement may vary when working with very large or very small shirts. After the template is in the right spot, mark the centre point and the vertical and horizontal axis lines. Those marks will be used to hoop the shirt straight. Turn the shirt inside out. Spray a piece of medium weight cutaway stabilizer with temporary adhesive.

As a general rule, avoid using tear away stabilizer on t-shirts, as that can lead to shifting, gapping, and misalignment of the stitches. Smooth the cutaway stabilizer on the inside of the shirt, on the back of the area that will be embroidered. Turn the shirt right side out again. Slide the outer hoop inside the shirt. Press the inner hoop in place, lining up the marks in the shirt with the marks on the hoop. Roll the excess shirt up and out of the way so it doesn't get caught while embroidering.Use clips to keep the excess shirt secure. Attach the hoop to the machine and load the design. Move the hoop so the needle is right over the centre point, and embroider the design.A size 11 or 75/11 embroidery needle will work well. After embroidering, trim the excess stabilizer away from the back. Leave about 1/2" around the design. A good quality cutaway stabilizer softens after a wash or two. If you're concerned about the stabilizer or the thread feeling rough against the skin, use an interfacing on the back of the embroidery.  

All leading embroidery printing clothing company follow above mentioned procedures more or less and make the best looking t-shirts for all men and women.

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