How to Design Cheerleading Outfits

Many sports teams have a cheerleading squad, whether it's on a national level or the local high school. It doesn't cost a lot to create eye-catching outfits for your cheerleading squad. Try to capture the team's spirit. Here are a few ideas when it comes to designing the perfect uniform.

Instructions

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      Sketch out your ideas first. Consider incorporating a team's mascot or a school's motto or colors in some way in your overall design.

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      Shop around for a discount on bulk purchases of skirts, leggings or shorts. Check with wholesalers. You can also buy plain T-shirts or tank tops and then, after creating a design, have a print shop do the work. Café Press can print professional-looking tank tops, T-shirts and more relatively inexpensively.

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      When designing the logo that will appear on the team's shirts, turn to a program like Photoshop to help perfect it. Play around with the design using filters to create variations. You can also change the color, lettering and add any image you like.

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      Work with a seamstress or clothing designer to create an original design that can be used as a prototype for larger quantities of outfits made in a factory. Keep a copy of the design for further needs.

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      Depending on where the team is located, you may have to create two sets of outfits--one for winter and one for summer.