Many have asked me where I am at in my clothing line. I'm excited and encouraged as people are keeping tabs. So far, I have the equipment needed, the legal paperwork needed, some infant shirts ready to print on, a professional plastisol printer lined up, and most of the art work done for a first run of shirts. I need to do some finishing touches on the art work, and plan to send it in early this week. The turn around time to get them printed on plastisol is about 2 weeks because the company I've chosen has a high demand for these types of prints.
What is plastisol, you ask? Plastisol heat transfering is the method I've chosen to print my shirts. I chose it for many reasons, but ultimately it takes up less space, makes less of a mess, and frees me up to do the drawing and dying of my shirts more than screen printing. It is paper that artwork is printed on by a screen printer. The artwork is then transferred onto a shirt, or anything flat, by using a heat press using high heat and pressure. The quality of the print is the same as screen printing.
In the line up for my first run of shirts: Cownose Ray, Snook, Crawfish, Redfish, and one other (maybe blue crab).
Though I have only infant shirts, I do plan on ordering bigger sizes. If any of you want a shirt for an older kid, please let me know and I can get it for you. My plan is to have some ready to sell at the end of the month!
Thank you all for your encouragement. I've been having a lot of fun making this official!!! Still in the works are a website, marketing, and ordering larger sizes, bibs, and blankets! Also, a few adult shirt designs are in the making.
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