February 2, 2012

Custom Logo Shirt

Those of you who read here on a regular basis may have notices that a few weeks ago I created a digital layout using the designs created by LittleBees Graphics




Kimberly Phillips, the owner and creative mind behind Little Bees Graphics, asked me to create a custom shirt for her using the Little Bees Logo.  While, I have been making custom shirts for a long time, I generally use very simple designs that I create myself.  This project allowed me to stretch my wings a bit and branch out from my normal.  I hope she likes it.



Because this involved many colors and trying to align the HTV properly on the shirt, I spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out just how to do that.  I thought I would share what worked for me incase any of you have has the same challenge.

I began with the entire image in one layer (mat) in SCAL.  I welded the image and cut it out of cardstock.  I then used the image negative as a bit of a template for possitioning the individual cuts on the shirt.  To ensure propper placement and consistancy I taped the template to the shirt with blue painters tape. 


Placing the template


 Aligning the first few pieces



Ready to heat press



The Adding the final colors

5 comments:

  1. This shirt turned out beautiful and I am sure she will love it. TFS

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  2. That shirt is perfect. Thank you for sharing your tips. I've only tried the HTV a couple of times and it's been awhile. I see from your labels at the bottom of the post that you get your vinyl from H H Sign Supply. I think I need to order some and try this again.

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  3. Looks so amazing! I am soooo excited to get it. I can't thank you enough!!! My husband might get jealous over this shirt!! :)

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  4. Very cool... Love the logo - nice job. Like the color combination too. Thanks for the tips, haven't tried HTV yet but I should.

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  5. Oh this looks great...I so need to play with heat tranfer vinyl... LOVE

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