Custom Shirts
Recently a customer asked me to make some custom shirts for his girlfriend. These were customizations of a shirt design that I had already created. I went back and forth trying to decide if I wanted to open that door. I ended up agreeing, and the process went extremely smoothly. It went so well in fact that I started to consider offering custom shirts to everyone. This decision was not easy for me because of my last business.
I used to sew children’s clothing and accessories. I had set styles and I offered custom fabrics. While I had a set number of fabrics that I offered, it seemed like everyone wanted something different. I would drive to five or six fabric shops looking for “blue frogs on a yellow background” or something just as specific. I lost pretty much all of my profit in gas back then.
After a while, people started asking me to make things that weren’t related to children. The requests got stranger and stranger and I ended up nauseous even looking at my sewing machine. I gave up that business and didn’t sew anything (including for my own children) for over three years. Needless to say I didn’t want to go down that road again.
However, I realized that I could do things differently this time. I could set guidelines for what I will and won’t do. Most importantly, I can say “no” if the request is too difficult. So while I’m not going to create any random idea that you can think up, I’m pleased to say that I will be offering customization of any of my shirt designs.
If you are interested in one of my designs but want different wording (or more words), please send me a message. For example, if you like my “Intolerant To” shirt but have different intolerances than what are listed, I can probably make that work for you. That is the design I recently customized.
Also, if you want a different style shirt than what is offered, please ask. I can’t make any guarantees on this one as there are only certain types of shirts that can be printed direct to garment. I promise to answer you quickly and honestly though. I will tell you if what you’re asking is possible and what it will cost you. I’m surprisingly easy to work with.
For all questions about customization, please contact me.