 Not sure where this goes, but about all-over garment construction
Hey everyone, alright kind of a story, but there is a question in this too...
I just started working for a contract screen printer which I am very excited about, learning a lot about the business. Given the fact that 2 months ago I was printing out of my house. On top of all this I have started my own clothing line and now with the shop I am working at I can do a lot more a lot faster. I have moved from 4 color manual press to a 8 color automatic.... which is good news for me....
But anyway, I am currently working on a new line which is dealing with over-sized printing and specialty inks...
But I have a few designs that I would like to turn into all-over prints. And yes I understand the idea of printing before the shirt/hoodies/whatever is assembled. My questions are these...
I have the idea of sending fabric to a belt printer, getting the design printed on the fabric and then sending that to a company the constructs the shirts.... Does that sound like to much work and cost to make a shirt???
OR are companies that print, cut and sew....?? I am sure there is but i can't find anything online about it and I have been told the out sourcing to China or another country is cheaper....
Does anyone have some info they can send me, websites, ideas, whatnot....
I also realize that the quantity needs to be pretty decent which I am prepared for, right now I have one shirt design that I want to been done all-over, so I was thinking of doing that to see how the process goes....
And finally if I have a shirt style (the cut and shape) that I like, and then another shirt material I like... is it possible that I can have them base the constructed shirts I want off that???
I hope that makes sense...
Please anything will help... Like I said I just recently started my line, but the artwork I have needs to be on the scale of production.... I am just trying to figure if I can up my game to this type of apparel...
Hope someone has some answers.... Thanks |