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How to Use Our Price Estimator
We know that when it comes to custom t-shirt printing, there are thousands of options out there. Going through the creative process of designing your garments requires many decisions to be made, and tiny alterations in your design or garments can result in big price changes. Making creative decisions like adding another color to your design or putting your logo on the sleeve can impact your total cost. You want to create the ideal version of your product while staying within budget.
May 2nd, 2018
Threadbird Apparel Finishing: What are Hem Tags?
“What the heck is a hem tag?”
A great way to add an extra branded touch to your shirts is by having custom clothing labels sewn onto the shirt. We can put them in the neck of the shirt, but we can also put a hem tag on the sleeve or at the bottom of the shirt. Threadbird does not manufacture these, but if you supply them we will take care of adding them to your shirts. We recommend ordering your tags from www.clothinglabels4u.com.
January 22nd, 2015
Unisex Shirts...Not Really. How do Unisex Shirts Fit?
The term Unisex in the garment world means that it will fit most “everyone, male or female. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be flattering. With current trends in fashion, most people are looking for a slim-fitted look. Unisex shirts will be slim and fitted on some, mostly men, but they will not be slim and fitted on women.
December 11th, 2013
Understanding Discharge & Waterbase Printing
Customers frequently ask us about the discharge printing process or water-based printing and why it works on some garments but not others. There’s a lot of information floating around promising that discharge will or will not work, but oftentimes the information lacks insight about the effectiveness or limitations of the ink.
October 17th, 2013