Matters Sartorial

[laughinggas13.livejournal.com]

Does anyone happen to know where one might purchase this T-shirt?



Or indeed any similar sort of thing? I've tried all the usual suspects - zazzle, cafepress, googling 'psmith t-shirt', but I can't seem to find a thing (other than a white tee that says 'Psmith the Worker' on it, which I don't like as much.)

Comments

Suggestion?

[krisreinke.livejournal.com]

I have no idea where you could purchase a finished tee - but this is a pretty standard Word Font... so you might just pick up a green tee and a pack of transfer paper. ( Usually availlable at any major craft shop for not too much) There will be instructions on how to print the sheet in your computer printer ( remember to flip! the text... I like to screen capture and photoshop... but sometimes you can flip reverse in the text) and then iron it on to the shirt you like.

Re: Suggestion?

[laughinggas13.livejournal.com]

That is my fall-back option, but I've found in the past that the transfer paper tends to peel off after a few washes. Though it would definitely be a lot cheaper than ordering a t-shirt and having to pay shipping and all.

Tricks

[krisreinke.livejournal.com]

The trick for a good transfer is in getting the pigment into the fibre knit. (That is why silk screen lasts longer.)
1) Launder shirt without soap or softener - just water.
2) Hang dry ( do not roast)
3) Pin transfer area smooth to a sheet of corregated cardboard ( for insulation - do not just sheet cardboard)
4) With HOT iron - iron area to receive transfer.
5) Place down transfer and follow instructions on packet. (Which is pretty much heat-transfer)
6) Allow to cool in place ( so as to remove minimal ink)
7)Lay light onionskin paper or butcher paper over transfer area (fresh ink) and iron down again - press down and not across. (This will drive the ink further into the fibre)
8) Again allow to cool in place.
9) Unpin shirt, place on onionskin in reverse and again iron up-and-down ( press in ink from reverse side)
10) Place shirt over pillow (to prevent shrinkage or crease in ink) and allow to cool completely.

Launder inside out - and if letters start to 'lift' press them down again under a thin sheet of plain paper.

This still will not give you silk screen, but it should last a fair amount of time.

[trista-zevkia.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure either, as I've never seen this t-shirt before, but one of my favorite places is Northern Sun dot com. they have a lot of politically minded t-shirts, (liberal hippy types, so if that offends you don't look too hard at the site) but they do get funny things, like Brush with Death on Vacation, which is a picture of the grim Reaper holding a large paint brush on the beach. Then there is think geek dot com, which is stuff for geeks, occasionally including grammar geeks. Good luck with the search!

[sweet-fallacy.livejournal.com]

Looks like Bookshelves of Doom (http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/tshirts/) was selling shirts on on Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/bookshelvesofdoom), but now I only see bags. Maybe you can email your request?

[lilyv687.livejournal.com]

Funny, I just saw this shirt on Google the other day when I was looking. I had a good browse around, but I couldn't find it on Cafepress. They're good though - you can make the shirt yourself - just select the style and add text; really easy! It's about $30 US, or something like that (plus postage), but make sure the site is on your currency. I've had some serious Hell trying to get my shirts through the currency exchange the past few days.

[detective-wolf.livejournal.com]

You could try screen printing it yourself! It's not that hard and I think it will in the end be much cheaper, and you could choose your own font too and shirt.