The kind folks at shirt.woot have printed another of my designs on a t-shirt!

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It’s available for a limited time – exactly how long depends on shirt.woot’s machinations, but it will be until at least December 6th. The production and shipping are being handled by shirt.woot so if you have any questions about that side of things please get in touch with them :)

Thank you for so much feedback on the t-shirts! I wasn’t going to do a response post, but the issues around sizing for womens shirts came up so much I think I need to address it now before anyone gets their hopes up.

The reason you never see plus sizes from the lines that screen print blank shirts (as opposed to manufacturing their own) is that the wholesale companies just don’t make them. I’ve looked through the details of the womens shirts from every brand I can find that has local distribution and there are no true plus sizes. Unfortunately in the quantities I will be printing I cannot have blank shirts made to order, or exert any leverage on a manufacturer to extend their sizing.

I was pleased with the cut of the womens shirts I used last time, which are shaped for ladies but not a skimpy babydoll. I think they should satisfy the people who were asking for a slightly more relaxed fit, and they have a nice range of colours and are certified sweatshop-free, but they only go up to an XXL/18. That is better than most brands, but it’s still not a plus size in my book.

I haven’t quite given up yet! I will be calling around screen printers to see if any of them have secret-squirrel trade access to something I haven’t been able to find myself, but I think I’ve already investigated most of the options. I know it sucks. I’m thoroughly plus sized myself and I’m well aware that larger sizes of mens shirts just don’t cut it.

Maybe, maybe, if I end up selling a lot of shirts eventually I could look at having some plus size blanks made. I know there’s a strong market!

For now, I promise I will bring you the best option there is.

Once we’ve moved house I’m going to have a lot more space to work in, and one of the things I’m planning to expand into is t-shirts.

Production is still several months away, so I’m not working on specific design ideas yet, but I’m starting to think about the various options. I want to make something that will please as many people as possible so I would love to hear any thoughts you have about things like shirt colour preferences; which sizes to offer (mens/unisex, womens, childrens, toddlers, babies); what price you would expect to pay for a good quality shirt; or anything else that might be relevant!

There are lots of factors I have to work around, so I can’t always do everything that is requested, but I consider and appreciate all suggestions :)

The kind folks at shirt.woot have printed another one of my designs as a t-shirt. This time it is a narwhal!

It’s available in womens, mens and kids sizes for $15, and shirt.woot ships to most countries. (Not quite all countries, but I think that every place I have ever sent an order to personally is included, so hopefully nobody who wants one will have a problem.)

They will keep selling it until at least March 30th; after that the length of time it remains available depends on popularity. Shirt.woot handles all of the production and delivery for these shirts, so if you have a question about that sort of thing please direct it their way.

I actually feel slightly concerned about this design because it could be taken as a negative sentiment, which is not what I usually want to express, but I drew the narwhal with that indignant expression to be amusing – surly looking animals are often funny, don’t you think? – and the caption followed to make it more ‘t-shirt-y’, and hopefully the innate silliness will come across :)