Comments on: T-shirt Sizing

By: Annette / Nut and Bee

Annette / Nut and Bee — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:19:13 +0000

@Risa The ecological options are currently much narrower in terms of size range AND colour range, and they aren’t suitable for what I will be doing. I will keep checking, and if in future they become available in a better range of sizes and colours I will absolutely make the switch.

By: Risa

Risa — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:56:57 +0000

It sounds like you are having enough trouble finding the perfect shirts even without judging them based on their ecologicalness…
But would it be possible to sell some shirts made with orgainc cotton, or bamboo, or hemp…or something else ecological?

Thanks for listening to all our picky little suggestions and comments!! :-)

By: Bec

Bec — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:54:28 +0000

Thank you for all your effort on this, Annette! It’s so great to see someone who listens so avidly to her customers/fans. :)

By: Annette / Nut and Bee

Annette / Nut and Bee — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:57:09 +0000

Theoretically it’s a fine idea, and I even ran a few tests a while ago, but sadly transfers can’t deliver the quality I require. Even the ‘professional’ ones don’t measure up, at least in combination with a home iron. Also they only really work on white shirts – I know you can get dark shirt transfers too, but the results are even worse.

Plus, I just know the occasional person would have trouble during application and get mad at me about it, and I’d rather avoid that :/

By: luneray

luneray — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:03:34 +0000

Perhaps you can sell transfers as well so that people can iron them on to their own shirts? I don’t know how realistic this is for your business model, though.

By: Annette / Nut and Bee

Annette / Nut and Bee — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:53:58 +0000

Local distributors are definitely an issue – shirts are too expensive to ship down here in the quantities I’m working with, so I have to find a brand that someone else is importing in bulk.

Just to make it tricker, I’ve found a few brands offer a 3X but only in very limited colours, which I’m not satisfied by. (Anvil seems to be like that.)

It’s so frustrating. I’m still hoping the screen printers can help me out, they’ll definitely know what is available here. Fingers crossed!

By: ren

ren — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:20:45 +0000

i know! it’s a pain. i have found them here in the states, but i don’t know if you have access to the same companies over there. anvil, hanes and l.a. T sportswear carry them here. good luck. for my sake i hope you find some, but even if you don’t i am sure your shirts will sell like hotcakes!