How to Make an Athletic Shirt

You can create personalized T-shirts from various websites. Or you can make the shirts yourself for your or your child's team. A design can be made to fit the team name on the front of the shirt. A player's name and their number can go on the back of the shirt.

Supplies:

• Iron-on transfer paper


• Printer


• Iron

1. Pick a website, like Design a Shirt or Cafe Press, to design the athletic shirts. Decide what size and color shirts you want. Pick a design to go on them, and put any lettering or numbers you would like to add.


2. Create the shirts yourself at home. Buy the appropriate number of T-shirts in the sizes and color of the team.


3. Make your own or download a design for your team shirts. Customize it it by adding a team name on or near the graphic.


4. Print the imaging or lettering onto a piece of paper to see what it will look like. Remember that the image will be mirrored since you will be laying it on the garment and ironing it.


5. Print everything you have designed on the iron-on transfer paper. Print enough for each shirt.


6. Cut the image carefully, and leave a 1/4-inch of border around any image and lettering.


7. Turn the iron on its hottest setting with the steam turned off.


8. Iron the image on the shirt with an iron and press down firmly.


9. Let the iron-on paper cool down and peel the back off of the transfer.