[Lab] t-shirts 'n stuff

[Darcy Whyte]

Wow, thanks! That should definitely get me started...



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On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Jason Cobill <jason.cobill at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>    A couple of notes:
>    - American Apparel make (popular opinion) pretty great quality shirts.
> I prefer to use these when I'm making t-shirts that people intend to wear
> for longer than one event. They're pricey though - starting at $15. They
> rarely go on sale - it's worth being on their mailing list to catch deals
> if you intend to do a lot of this.
>    - You can get pretty good shirts (personal opinion) at Joe Fresh -
> they're usually $8, but now and then you can get them as low as $3/each on
> sale.
>
>    - You can get cheap, mostly awful shirts at Value Village. The Sally
> Ann does 50% off Fridays all summer, so you can pick up ugly shirts for
> sometimes less than $1.
>    - For practice, you can get free/nearly free shirts through the various
> local freecycling groups, although "shopping" on the forums can be a bit of
> a pain. uOttawa has a freecycling "store" on King Edward that's usually
> stocked with worn student hand-me-downs.
>    - Also, ask around - most people have a heap of beat-up t-shirts on
> their way to the rag bin that they'd be happy to give you. Good for
> finessing your squeegee skills before you press your masterpiece.
>
>    -Jason Cobill
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm going to try t-shirt screen printing sooner or later so I decided to
>> start sourcing stuff to print on.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
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