When Cheryl contacted us from Illinois and wanted to have us print fabric to sew into cheer uniforms we were excited. The graphics she sent were awesome and the project was our first true print, cut, sew for garments. The fabric was a 4-way stretch polyester and she was making razor back womens shirts, t-shirts, and performance shorts for a competitive cheer team. The self fabric binding was printed with diamond plate which accented the shirt graphics perfectly. She sent us the files on a 36” x 60” pasteboard (1 yard of the 60” wide fabric) and we sublimated the designs. We then returned the fabric to Cheryl who then did the “cut, sew” part of the project. If you are interested in creating that striking look of all over print that is truly custom to your group, then this is the process you want to investigate. Call or email us at Spirit of Livingston and your team can have the most outstanding uniforms they have ever had!

We just completed our first print, cut, sew project. It was a simple over the shoulder bag with an art deco pattern in brilliant blues, purples, greens and black. We purchased and downloaded a See & Sew pattern which we then imported into Photoshop. We were then able to fill the pattern pieces we needed to create the bag with the art deco pattern. Once we liked what we saw in photoshop we flattened the image and printed a transfer on our large format sublimation printer. We then sublimated the transfer on to 9oz Hercules polyester fabric.

Pieces were then cut out and the sewing began. We were not crazy how the pattern was put together and would make some changes on the next project, but overall the outcome was fantastic!

How cool to pick any design you like, create your own fabric, create a liner fabric that coordinates with the outside design and produce just what you need to make that one-of-a-kind bag.

The possibilities are endless. We are able to have customers design their own fabric and we will print it for them to sew their own projects. The key is getting the pattern into the computer. If you don’t have a digital pattern, we can print pieces of fabric 36″ x 60″ and you can use regular paper patterns. This process does not give you as much control over matching the patterns in the fabric, but does work to create that one of a kind piece.

We are a family business located in Howell, Michigan. We have been in business for over 27 years doing printing, screen printing, banners, embroidery, varsity jackets, laser etching, and our newest venture large format sublimation. We are starting this blog to let people know all we have to offer especially in the sublimation category. We can print up to 60″ x 40″ on our large format heat presses which allows us to turn a white t-shirt into a beautiful, artistic, colorful piece of designer clothing. Your imagination is the limit. If you can create the art and send us a file we can put it on a shirt, or fabric to sew into something. 3′ x 5′ flags are our specialty. Have your company logo and family crest printed on a custom flag to fly with pride.

Our web page is spiritoflivingston.com. You can contact us at 517.545.8831 or spiritstore@sbcglobal.net.

Let us help you use your creativity and make your images come to life.