[tlc clothing co]

Hi - I am relatively new here.. been a lurking member for a bit but have a question.

Right now I do mostly embroidered items, but have a heat press and want to experiment.

How do you mark the position of your design for a heat transfer shirt. When I do embroidery I use a sewing water soluble pen to mark where I want my design. I was afraid to use this for heat transfer as I did not want the pen mark to be burned into the shirt. Any suggestions would be great

Tlc

 

[splathead]

You should be able to do most placements visually.

Sometimes i use a small piece of electrical tape and remove it after transfer placement but before pressing.

There is also a device called a tee square it. HEAT PRESS ESSENTIALS,tee Square it, Logo it, teflon sheets, T Shirt Transfer Paper. JPSS. Jet Pro SofStretch. The inventor is Lou, who is a poster on this board.

 

[jamaspea]

I sometimes fold shirt in half Vertical and press for a min (maybe less) and then have a vertical line ont the shirt, it helps alighn left and right. And the rest i eyeball.

Dont remember who said it but i picked that up from someone on this board and it works well for me, So to who evers trick it was thanks....

 

[deChez]

I use that same type of disappearing ink pen for heat pressing with no problems. I also use tailors chalk. The blue chalk is good for dark garments.

As for tape, if needed, I use the Johnson & Johnson paper medical tape. Fold one end under to create a little tab to grab onto for removing it.

I also press shirts longways for a center crease, and I have a wide ruler with a piece of masking tape going across it 3" from the bottom so that I can quickly measure 3" from the collar seam. I usually pinch the top of my transfer at the center so that I can quickly lay that crease on top of the shirt crease.

 

[tlc clothing co]

Thanks so much for the information I will have to try them out this weekend

Tlc

 

[jamaspea]

Also it just takes some time. My girlfriend printed 100 white shirts with black ink and once we where done we picked a couple out and lined em up. Held them up to some light and they where in almost the same exact spot. So we checked a bunch more, Not in the order she printed them, like shirt #2 and shirt # 56 and again they where in almost the same spot. She has a great eye for it, and after a couple 1000 shirts over the last couple years, it just gets better.

Good luck