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Help with designing/making own family reunion t-shirts
I'm coordinating a family reunion for August. It's a come-as-you-are
and bring-yer-own-eats. Nobody wants to spend money!!! What I want to do is write up directions for how folks can create their own t-shirts using our logo, a plain white t-shirt, a color computer printer, and whatever is needed from a craft store to do an iron-on transfer . I have actually designed a "double logo" that I want to combine into one graphic for folks to use and I don't know quite how to do that either. http://members.aol.com/americanaatti..._2004_logo.gif http://members.aol.com/americanaatti...mily_chain.gif What I want to do is combine the two logos with the name logo larger than the family chain pic and follow that with a line of text that has the date and location. Can anybody help lead me in the right direction of how to accomplish??? I want to send a global email to participants that there is a link with detailed directions of how to "make your own reunion t-shirt!!!".... .....but I am totally clueless where I sit!!! Any help pointing me in the right direction(s) as to software needed, supplies (and what they are called) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Kathy |
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Looks like a great idea !!!
Have you consider in addition to using the front of the shirt for placement, dividing your desires between the front and back of t-shirt ? Similar to rock concert T-shirts, always with the dates and locations of all concerts on the back of the shirt. I tend to go to Staples for my copying, perhaps even a phone call could answer your questions. Good luck "katie-mae" wrote in message om... I'm coordinating a family reunion for August. It's a come-as-you-are and bring-yer-own-eats. Nobody wants to spend money!!! What I want to do is write up directions for how folks can create their own t-shirts using our logo, a plain white t-shirt, a color computer printer, and whatever is needed from a craft store to do an iron-on transfer . I have actually designed a "double logo" that I want to combine into one graphic for folks to use and I don't know quite how to do that either. http://members.aol.com/americanaatti..._2004_logo.gif http://members.aol.com/americanaatti...mily_chain.gif What I want to do is combine the two logos with the name logo larger than the family chain pic and follow that with a line of text that has the date and location. Can anybody help lead me in the right direction of how to accomplish??? I want to send a global email to participants that there is a link with detailed directions of how to "make your own reunion t-shirt!!!".... ....but I am totally clueless where I sit!!! Any help pointing me in the right direction(s) as to software needed, supplies (and what they are called) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Kathy |
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If that would be iron on it has to be "mirror image"
Here you have a sample. http://www.calgaryweb.com/test.htm My favorite program for "fast" design is Corel Xara2 You can do that in any other graphic program. Remember after you're done (-for iron on -) do the mirror image of your design. I saved one design as gif and other as jpeg. Letters come clearer when saved in gif but for the t-shirt it wouldn't be any visible difference. For someone like me it would take 5 min to do that but for someone who is just starting to use program may take a bit more)). Ella .. |
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In the UK. I go to "PC world" and buy the special paper which i stick
into my printed and print my design onto that. I buy my t-shirts from a wholsaler "www.trade-clothing" and then iron the design onto that. D |
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Ella:
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It never would have dawned on me to reverse the image to a mirror image for ironing on. Where is my 50-something brain???!!! "Ella" wrote in message news:fZhCc.859766$oR5.125123@pd7tw3no... If that would be iron on it has to be "mirror image" Here you have a sample. http://www.calgaryweb.com/test.htm My favorite program for "fast" design is Corel Xara2 You can do that in any other graphic program. Remember after you're done (-for iron on -) do the mirror image of your design. I saved one design as gif and other as jpeg. Letters come clearer when saved in gif but for the t-shirt it wouldn't be any visible difference. For someone like me it would take 5 min to do that but for someone who is just starting to use program may take a bit more)). Ella . |
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Dave:
LOL!!! I've never been to a rock concert and never had a rock concert t-shirt. But I like the sound of that except folks would have to use (2) iron-ons and actually use the iron twice!!! I don't think my family would do that. But I shall give 'em the option. That will surely keep the peace. |
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
In article , (katie-mae) wrote: I'm coordinating a family reunion for August. It's a come-as-you-are and bring-yer-own-eats. Nobody wants to spend money!!! I have actually designed a "double logo" that I want to combine into one graphic for folks to use and I don't know quite how to do that either. http://members.aol.com/americanaatti..._2004_logo.gif http://members.aol.com/americanaatti...mily_chain.gif Kathy Could you get them to pony up a buck or something -- YOU print the logo on transfer paper and mail it to them with instructions for ironing onto a t-shirt. I did a t-shirt 5 years ago and used Hanes iron-on transfer paper, printed from my computer - it was recommended by more than one person as THE paper to use. I think the instructions remind you to reverse the picture so it comes out correctly. If you're using transfers, you may want to simplify the text part of your logo - get rid of the drop-shadow and dimensional stuff. They look very nice on my screen, and would print up well on paper - but transfers tend to drop out lot of detail, and I don't think you'd be happy with the results. Plain one-color lettering is usually best, though interesting fonts are fine as long as they're bold and legible. -- Pat Kight |
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Barb:
Holy moley Antony!!! I had the same reaction. I've sent you a link to the reunion web site. Maybe we're shirt-tail relatives. (grin) Kathy Melba's Jammin' wrote in message ... Could you get them to pony up a buck or something -- YOU print the logo on transfer paper and mail it to them with instructions for ironing onto a t-shirt. I did a t-shirt 5 years ago and used Hanes iron-on transfer paper, printed from my computer - it was recommended by more than one person as THE paper to use. I think the instructions remind you to reverse the picture so it comes out correctly. And let me tell you that I almost choked when I saw the URL -- Schaller is my last name! -Barb Schaller |
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