How to Create a Mets Jersey

The New York Mets have always had a passionate fan base in their home town. If you're a Mets fan that wants a replica jersey to wear to the ballpark but don't have the money for the team shops, you can create your own jersey if you're willing to put some effort into it. You need good experience in sewing to do this, or you must entrust that step to someone who is.

Things You'll Need

  • Baseball jersey
  • Orange/blue/white tackle twill or felt
  • Paper and pencil
  • Laundry marker
  • Scissors
  • Sewing machine
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Instructions

    • 1

      Take a plain baseball jersey with no letters or numbers behind it. The major league jerseys, like the Mets, are made of polyester double-knit, but if you want something less expensive (and possibly more comfortable), cotton will do. There are four colors you can look for - solid white, white with blue pinstripes, solid blue or solid black.

    • 2

      Make a stencil of the distinctive "Mets" script writing for the lettering, using amy pictures you have of the lettering as a guide. The capital "M" in the name will be about five inches high with the other three lowercase letters are about half that size. Create a second stencil where the lettering is 1/8 inch smaller all the way around than the first stencil.

    • 3

      Decide how to create the lettering for the jersey. The lettering on pro jerseys is made of a substance called tackle twill. If that's too expensive or hard to find, you can use felt to sew on. Get orange and blue material unless the jersey is blue; get orange and white in that case.

    • 4

      Create the first set of letters using the larger stencil and the orange material. Place the stencil backward over the material, trace along the inside of the stencil with a laundry marker or similar writing tool, then cut out the lettering. Repeat this with the smaller stencil and the blue or white material.

    • 5

      Sew the orange letters over the front chest of the jersey. The traced markings will be on the material's underside when the letters face forward, so they won't be seen. Sew the blue or white letters on top of the orange letters.

    • 6

      Repeat the above letter creating steps to make numbers for the back of the jersey if you so wish. Create up to two eight-inch-high block numbers to create any jersey number you want - one worn by a current or former Mets player, or one of your own. You can also add a player name out of three-inch-high block letters.