The making of a T-shirt

Why I love being surrounded by creative friends...

Just a few days ago, my friends Liz, Molly, Jen and I were inspired to create a T-shirt for our upcoming Tap into TWEED party.  Within hours, Molly and Liz (from Revolver Consignment) had the design and Jen (also from Revolver) had our screen-printing friend Adam (from Ahpeele) on the phone.  Two days later Adam had our screen ready and he and Isaac (Raleigh Vintage) did the printing.  

We now have a most lovely t-shirt that will be for sale at the party!

 Step one: create the screen (essentially a sophisticated screen cut-out)

 Step Two: choose your color

 Step three: choose your squidgy

 Step Four: apply the paint over screen (which is over your t-shirt) with your squidgy (done here by Adam from Ahpeele)

 Here's a great shot of the contraption that holds the screen and the t-shirt.

 The finished t-shirt on the machine.

 Step Five: drying.  The screen-printed garment goes onto a conveyor belt into an intrared "oven" (here a screen-printed vest is ready to be transferred to the oven)

 The designers: Molly and Liz from Revolver Consignment

The finished product (MINE!)

We hope to see you all at the Triangle Tweed Ride 2012!