Shirtworks Blog

Articles, guides and news from the Shirtworks workshop in Oxford. Custom apparel, decoration techniques, sustainability, and brand-building advice.

  • What Is Colour Separation for T-Shirt Printing?

    Colour separation turns your artwork into print-ready screens. Learn how it works, what affects it and why good files make for great screen prints.

  • A History of the Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Rivalry

    A Background on the Oxford & Cambridge Battle The rivalry between England’s two most prestigious Universities has been raging for more than one hundred years and does not show any signs of stopping any time soon.The two

  • Discharge screen printing

    Dis-charge printing is one of those things that some customers love while most printers will experience a cold shiver when the prospect of actually having to do some actually comes their way. Screen printers and customer

  • A Commitment to The Living Wage

    Generating Awareness About Fairer Wages As part of our commitment to an ethical supply chain, Shirtworks have become the first printer & embroiderer in the UK to instigate the Living Wage program company-wide. From 1 Dec

  • Cheap T-Shirt Printing: The Best Value?

    Here at Shirtworks, potential clients will sometimes tell us that they’ve had a cheaper offer for their clothing printing. We know that price is an incredibly important factor when buying a product, and we also feel that

  • Not all T-Shirts are equal

    In today’s highly competitive world of T-Shirt printing everyone wants to get the cheapest possible product but are you getting the best value for money? Often a customer will see the weight of a t-shirt and think that t

  • Plastisol or waterbased ink???

    Your average customer will have no idea that there exists a choice of finish for your artwork when being screen printed onto a T shirt. There are a number of special effects such as glitter, puff additives, mock suede et

  • Screen Printing vs DTG vs DTF: How Modern Technology is Changing T-Shirt Printing

    A complete guide to screen printing, DTG and DTF printing. Learn which garment printing method is best for your artwork, budget, fabric and order quantity.

  • The protest cycle…social media, free speech and ethical t-shirts.

    The Protest cycle. Back in 2017, we wrote an article about the protest t shirt. The world seemed like a dangerous and unsettled place back then, with lots of demonstrations and general unease about a Trump administration

  • What's New at Shirtworks

    We have been busy improving Shirtworks. Here are the latest features designed to help you design, price and order your custom clothing faster than ever.

  • Work Shirts Explained: Fits, Fabrics, Branding and Logo Placement

    A practical guide to choosing work shirts, including fits, fabrics, embroidery, DTF printing, logo placement and recommended men's and women's shirts.

  • How to Start Your Own Clothing Brand: A 10-Step Guide

    Want to start your own clothing brand? Follow our practical 10-step guide covering market, products, designs, printing, samples, website and managing growth.