CyberSultan

Welcome from So. Cal!

Welcome from So. Cal!

Nice work.

Totes are a great item to embellish with rhinestones/rhinestuds or vinyl! Here are a few totes I recently made that I thought I would share with you guys. The hibiscus totes are made with rhinestuds and the SDSU tote was made with Siser Easyweed vinyl.

Thanks Jenny! Hope you had a Merry Christmas with your family! I'm making more and more totes lately so I will try to get some more pics up. By far, the real hits have been the rhinestone/rhinestud totes. If anyone is interested in knowing how to make those, just let me know. The profit margin on them are really good.

Thanks everyone! I sure appreciate the nice comments. I bought the totes from SanMar. I have tried different brands and really like the Port Authority totes. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

I buy mostly from Jiffyshirts. I sometimes order from SanMar (especially when they run clearance sales on items).

Welcome from So. Cal!

Fantastic news! Good luck Sandy! Any pics of your new shop?

Welcome from So. Cal! So what kinds of things are you interested in making with your new cutter?

Very nice tile. Those definitely make great gifts!

That's great news! I'm really glad you were able to get paid for your work and that a bit a persistence paid off.

In my area, I've charged between $4.00 and $5.00 a name depending on quantity.

I would never spend the time trying to put multiple colors onto the same backing material. Just heat press each color layer one-by-one onto the garment. If the quantity I was doing justified it, then I would just do multi-color designs in plastisol.

How did you end up with so many presses?

Same here. I have both a Hotronix and Sunie press and neither has to be held down. Not sure which press you got Mader, but if it is pretty lightweight...I'm sure something could be done to secure it down.

Looks like Stahls is having a December special again this year offering a free set of platens with the purchase of a Hotronix heat press. I know USC was able to offer this deal to its customers last year by drop-shipping from Stahls (which I took advantage of myself).

Welcome from So. Cal!

Definitely worth the money, IMO. These templates do require that you have Photoshop.

You can purchase the hoodie template collection here: http://arsenal.gomedia.us/templates.html I purchased the "Ultimate Template Collection", which includes all the templates they offer.

Welcome from So. Cal!

Welcome to the forum Bill!

It is always my hope that I will never find myself in this same position, but I'm glad we have a legal system to use if people are going to be dishonest in the business dealings. Sometimes legal action is the only recourse to help curb behavior (at least you hope it will).

Welcome from So. Cal!

Great job on those Bill! I really like how those turned out.