Personalised Polo Shirts - Printed & Embroidered (2024)

FAQs

Can you print on polo shirts? ›

You can design your own embroidered or printed polo shirts by adding custom touches on the left-chest area. What material are the custom polo shirts made from? Our range of polo shirt options includes cotton, blend and performance fabric — which wicks moisture away from the body.

If you make customized clothing and are looking to branch out from the traditional t-shirt, offering screen printed polo shirts is a great option. Because polos have a textured finish, they may not be the best substrate if you're planning on printing detailed logos or small text.

For the classic look that everyone thinks about when they hear the term “polo shirt,” pair your polo shirt with a great fitting pair of khaki pants or chinos. To dress it up a bit while still keeping it easy, choose a pair of boots, dress shoes, or loafers. 3. Pair a polo shirt with a blazer.

Cotton, linen, silk and wool are all popular choices because they are tightly woven fabrics. This creates a stable surface – perfect for embroidery. These fabrics can support denser and more complex patterns than lightly woven fabrics.

Filled embroidery designs become the prominent feature when sewn over a print, as do appliqué motifs. Outlined designs, such as quilting motifs and satin stitch edgings allow the print to show through the embroidery.

Polo/Golf Shirts (left chest)

7” - 9” (18.5cm - 23.5cm) down from the left shoulder seam, centered between the placket and side seam, or 4” - 6” (10.5cm x 15.5cm) to the right of the placket.

From a legal point of view, you can pretty much print anything that you come up with by yourself as well. This even includes a random brand name you've thought of. The trickiest type of copyright infringement lies with recreations of TV/film/video game characters and any other fictional being produced on digital media.

If you dried your polo shirts by hanging them instead of drying you shouldn't need to iron it, but if you must, place your iron on a low to medium heat setting to avoid any damage. However, cotton polos can be ironed at high temperatures, while synthetic fabrics require low heat settings.

Direct-to-Garment Printing (DTG)

The DTG shirt printing method is one of the best ways how to print on cotton shirts. It uses an inkjet printer to print the artwork directly onto the garment. The DTG technique helps produce high-quality prints in full color, making it ideal for complex designs or photographic images.

Unlike transfers or other types of printing, screen printing doesn't just sit on top of garments. The ink penetrates deep into the material and then is cured within it. Pair proper curing with the correct care for the item and apparel, and many happy customers have reported their products lasting decades or longer.

Do you have to heat press screen printed shirts? ›

Heat setting your ink is the last step in the screen printing process when using water-based screen printing ink like Speedball Fabric Ink. This screen printing ink needs to be heat set after applying it to your fabric to make the ink permanent. If you skip heat setting you may experience fading in the laundry.

A man should aim to have at least 3 to 5 polo shirts in his wardrobe to ensure a versatile selection for different occasions, ranging from casual to semi-formal events.

Types of Shirts to Tuck in

T-shirts: Regardless how you wear your t-shirt, either with a casual jacket or by itself, there is no need to tuck it in. Polo shirts: Although these can be tucked, we recommend leaving them untucked to make your look more modern and casual when wearing it alone or with a jacket.

If the last polo shirt you owned was part of your PE kit, then you might be hesitant about the latest Noughties trend to have resurfaced. However, the collared preppy T-shirt – which was seen all over the catwalks for spring – has a fresh take for 2024, one which is all about femininity and polish.

Adding embroidery to a T-shirt, baby onesie, or another item with stretchy fabric is easy to do with the right preparation. The biggest challenge when embroidering on knit T-shirt fabric is that the design can become distorted when the fabric stretches or if stitches pull too tight. Stabilizer solves that problem.

Poly Mesh/No Show

It is designed to provide additional stability to knit shirts. This type of stabilizer does not show through light-colored garments, hence its name. It is used on polos and T-shirts that will carry designs with a low stitch count.

Polyester performance apparel can be embroidered just as easily as cotton apparel with just a few minor adjustments in equipment or processes. Using a ball point needle will help to avoid cutting the fabric when running an embroidery logo.