Good quality inexpensive t shirt printing?

Wings

Hi All

I'm new to Boards but think there are some nice people here who are generous with their knowledge and advice so cheers and good wishes back to you.

My question is the following. I'd like to print my own designs, drawings, etc onto t shirts. I'm looking for the most inexpensive way of doing it. I got a t shirt that I supplied myself printed in a shop in a shopping centre for 15 euro. I just brought the design in on a memory stick and the t shirt was ready in 30 mins. It was a great reproduction but expensive to do it that way. A place nearby was charging 24 euro, price including their own t shirt.

Does anyone know of a cheaper place or way of doing it? I live near Naas, Co. Kildare. Eventually I'd love to have quantities printed and sell them but for now I'd only be getting a few done at a time.

Are the packs of transfer paper that you can buy to print on at home and iron on any good?

When I get around to selling, do people go to craft markets to sell their t shirts or are you better off selling from Ebay maybe?

Thanks in advance,

Wings

bren2002

Good quality and Inexpensive rarely go hand in hand. I think you might have to pick one over the other

ztoical

If your planning on printing shirts good enough to sell iron on transfers wouldn't be the way to go. They're grand for hen parties and the like but if your looking to sell shirts based on the artwork printed on them then you should be looking into silkscreening. It might be costly to set up what you need and there is a learning curve but once you've got it set up you can produce shirts at a decent cost price.

There are a few silkscreen places in the country but they're really only worth going to with bulk orders.

Wings

Hey Ztoical!

Thanks for the advice. That's the info I needed. I'll do some checking into silkscreen printing. You sure know a lot about the design/print area! It's good to know someone who knows what they're talking about. I've been asking around and you're the first to give me some positive info. I took a glimpse at your live journal site. I like your work! Funny and cool!

Wings

Wings

Ok. Thanks for reply Bren!

Wings

stitchlily

If you want to test out a few designs before paying to get a load printed, try opening a shop on one of the customize your own websites. They are normally free to use, you just pay a commission on each item sold. This is very popular in the States, and is slowly taking over here. Ok, its not cheap to buy from these websites, but people like the uniqueness of it. Its a great way of testing designs, you can keep track of which ones get viewed the most.

Here's a few cafepress, Spreadshirt, Zazzle, printfection

artieanna

Yes silkscreen sounds right if you check out youtube there are some really informative vids about "how to silkscreen". remember you can silkscreen onto cloth bags and other surfaces too I'm interested in giving it a go myself......

Wings

Cheers Stitchlily for all the info. That's brill.

Wings

Thanks for the info, Artieanna. Yeah, it's a cool feelin to be walking around with your own artwork on your t shirt, etc. You're kinda you're own piece of artwork. You're only limited by your own imagination, which can always be stretched. Have fun, exclamation point

bryan.d

If you still need any advise go to serigraf in clondalkin they have every thing you need for screen printing or transfers and will be able to advise you on the best route to take ph:014670354

ztoical

bryan.d wrote: »

If you still need any advise go to serigraf in clondalkin they have every thing you need for screen printing or transfers and will be able to advise you on the best route to take ph:014670354

Bryan.d do you work for serigraf by any chance? you've made two posts so far both promoting serigraf.

bryan.d

ztoical wrote: »

Bryan.d do you work for serigraf by any chance? you've made two posts so far both promoting serigraf.

No I do a bit of printing and its where i get my screens

Wings

that's great! Thanks Bryan!