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	<title>Comments on: Whats the best way to put your own design on a shirt?</title>
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		<title>By: Meli</title>
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		<dc:creator>Meli</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>some people advise those printer papers that you print off the picture you want on a home printer, then iron it onto the shirt. my experience is those crack really easily and they make the design a different texture than the shirt, so don&#039;t use those.

the best way to totally customize a design is to draw it yourself, then screenprint it yourself with some old panythose, a frame, and some screenprinting ink. here&#039;s a guide that i used and it worked really well for me: http://www.threadbanger.com/post/490/diy-screen-printing-how-to
note: use screenprinting ink instead of &quot;fabric ink&quot; like they suggest, it will make the ink go on more smoothly and prevent the non-dyed parts you can see in their final product.

if you&#039;re adventurous you can try painting the shirt. in my experience acrylic paint dabbed on very lightly with the back-end of a paintbrush over and over comes out very nicely. it also allows you a lot more freedom with lines and such. looks a little more diy, but personally i like the effect. 

then of course you can send it to cafepress.com, you upload the picture and they put it on a shirt for you. i&#039;ve done this and the quality isn&#039;t that great, and you have to make sure there&#039;s no pure white in your design or it will come out the same color as the background. basically these shirts look like something from a kinda cheap department store. 

hope this helps!&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;http://www.threadbanger.com/post/490/diy-screen-printing-how-to</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>some people advise those printer papers that you print off the picture you want on a home printer, then iron it onto the shirt. my experience is those crack really easily and they make the design a different texture than the shirt, so don&#8217;t use those.</p>
<p>the best way to totally customize a design is to draw it yourself, then screenprint it yourself with some old panythose, a frame, and some screenprinting ink. here&#8217;s a guide that i used and it worked really well for me: <a href="http://www.threadbanger.com/post/490/diy-screen-printing-how-to" rel="nofollow">http://www.threadbanger.com/post/490/diy-screen-printing-how-to</a><br />
note: use screenprinting ink instead of &quot;fabric ink&quot; like they suggest, it will make the ink go on more smoothly and prevent the non-dyed parts you can see in their final product.</p>
<p>if you&#8217;re adventurous you can try painting the shirt. in my experience acrylic paint dabbed on very lightly with the back-end of a paintbrush over and over comes out very nicely. it also allows you a lot more freedom with lines and such. looks a little more diy, but personally i like the effect. </p>
<p>then of course you can send it to cafepress.com, you upload the picture and they put it on a shirt for you. i&#8217;ve done this and the quality isn&#8217;t that great, and you have to make sure there&#8217;s no pure white in your design or it will come out the same color as the background. basically these shirts look like something from a kinda cheap department store. </p>
<p>hope this helps!<br /><b>References : </b><br /><a href="http://www.threadbanger.com/post/490/diy-screen-printing-how-to" rel="nofollow">http://www.threadbanger.com/post/490/diy-screen-printing-how-to</a></p>
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		<title>By: founck</title>
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		<dc:creator>founck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Try a Sharpee, they will mark on just about anything.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Try a Sharpee, they will mark on just about anything.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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