How to Make an Athletic Shirt

You can order personalized T-shirts from a variety of websites that let you create your own shirts, or you can make athletic shirts yourself, out of plain T-shirts, for yours or your child's sports team. A design can be created that fits the team name along with the name of the team on the front of each shirt. The player's name and the number can be placed on the back of the individual shirt as well.

Things You'll Need

  • Iron-on transfer paper
  • Printer
  • Iron
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Instructions

    • 1

      Choose a website, such as Design a Shirt or Cafe Press, to design your athletic shirts and have the company you choose print them. You will need to decide what size and color shirts you need, pick a design to go on them and add any lettering or numbers you would like to add.

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      Make your shirts yourself at home. Purchase the number of T-shirts in the sizes and color the team would like.

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      Create your own or download an image or design for your team shirts. Personalize it by adding a team name on or near the design.

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      Print out your imaging and/or lettering onto a regular piece of paper to see what it will look like. Keep in mind that the image should be mirrored since you will be laying it onto the garment and ironing it, so it will appear to be backward.

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      Print out everything you have designed onto your iron-on transfer paper, printing enough for each of your shirts.

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      Cut our your image carefully, leaving approximately 1/4 inch of border around the image and lettering.

    • 7

      Turn your iron onto its hottest setting with the steam turned off.

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      Iron the image onto your shirt with your iron, pressing the iron down firmly.

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      Allow the iron-on paper to cool down, then peel the back off of the transfer.