Re: Fwd: T-shirts!

On 6/1/07, Tom Higgins <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/1/07, Caleb Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > What about going super-cheap and doing a single color (black or white)
> > on random second-hand t-shirts (from goodwill etc.)? Both citybikes and
> > the general defense committee of the IWW do this. They are cool and
> > grass-roots-y, and it's a bit more sustainable (less crap for the
> > landfills, you see). This would also appease those who have special
> > color/size needs since they can supply their own shirt to have printed.
>
> Heck, if we wanted to fly our DIY colors it is not very hard to do a
> single color silk screening. We would have to make up a design and
> make the screen, tie it up to a play date and have folks bring their
> own material to run it on. One time cost to make the screen and a
> scrapper, ink would be the only recurring cost and that is not so
> much..... If the group got a wild hair it could buy a bunch of tshirts
> and do up a run for things like street fairs, oscon and other events
> the profits would be plowed back into the group.
>
> Sure its got its own mess quotient but in keeping with the groups DIY
> nature it seems a better fit, imho.
>

Supporting a local printer who has hosted a node for years is a great
thing to do.

Having to coordinate, plan, get supplies for, buy beer, drink beer,
make screen, hope the sun is out, send someone for beer, prepare ink,
screen shirt, wait to dry, drink beer.. means that t-shirt might never
get finished.

I say save the DYI for the second batch. This time lay down the bones
and have them done. Which of course, I'm sure, is the plan.

I feel that white t-shirts are a bad idea for t-shirts of this
caliber. plain white t-shirts with a giant colored logo are destined
for the back of the closet after about 4 months. A nice black cotton
blend shirt with an all white logo would be awesome, along with all
black cotton blend with a ptp two color logo would be almost as
awesome. Same thing in grey could be just as awesome. Seriously.

Awesome,
A-

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