Useful Links

These are a few useful links that we think may be of value to our customers. This is not meant to be an all encompassing listing as there are many good companys and resources out there, but these are a few of the vendors and resources which we think may be particularly helpful.

Government Information links related to the t shirt industry

Federal Trade Commission Relabeling Info
- Here you can find out all of the requirements and details required to be in your garments if you choose to relabel them with a customer printed or heat pressed tag.

Federal Trade Commision RN# Search
- Use this link to do a RN# search.

Copyright Info - United States Government site where you can learn all about copyrights, getting one, registering one and how copyrights protect the orignator of an original piece of work protected under law.

US Trademark Info
- Link to Unites States Patent and Trademark Office site where you can learn about how to apply for trademark, what is protected under trademark law and do a trademark search.

Forums about t-shirts and the t-shirt industry

T-Shirt Forums
- A site where you can communicate with others in the business of creating and selling t-shirts. Users include screen printers, embroiderers, digital printers, clothing companies, and others who are generally interested in the t-shirt industry.

Art and Graphics Links

Adobe.com
- Adobe home page maker of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and other graphics programs used in professional print and web media.

Corel.com
- Corel website home of Corel Draw a popular user friendly program for creating vector based graphics.

Go Media
- Go Media website has many useful art related files for the t-shirt enthusiast. They have a large collection of vector based graphics which can be combined together to create great t-shirt designs. Spreading Ink has the full collection of Go Media's vector packs and can use any of them in the creation of a relatively inexpensive design for you. Let us know if you are interested in using some Go Media's graphics in your next t-shirt project.

Rival Art.com
- Rival Art has a huge online collection of mascot art which will allow you to create a great t-shirt design and download the artwork to send out to a printer. Spreading Ink is a registered Rival Art customer and can create or use any of the mascots you find in the Rival Art library for your use on your next t-shirt project. If you prefer to have a more direct role in the design of your mascot driven design and don't want to pay for full custom-drawn artwork you can peruse the Rival Art galleries and let us know which design you would like to use for the basis of your art. We can modify any design from this gallery to meet your desires with your specific school or club information. This is a great resource.

T Shirt Distributors Wholesale

TSC (T Shirt City) Apparel.com
- TSC Apparel is a great source for blank goods from multiple manufacturers. You can browse their selection of shirts here including shirts from the following brands: Gildan, Anvil, American Apparel, Hanes, Tultex and others. If you find a shirt that interests you from TSC be sure to mention it to us and we'll do our best to procure it for you.

SanMar.com
SanMar is another multi line distributor for t-shirts and wholesale apparel. SanMar has several popluar house brands as well including District Threads and Port and Company. SanMar also carries many other popular shirt brands including Gildan, Hanes, SportsTek, and Jersey among others.

Mission Imprintables
Mission Imprintables is a multi distributor in San Diego, they carry Anvil, Gildan, Hanes, US Blanks, Bella, Canvas and other popular brands of tees. You can check them out from the link above.

T shirt Manufacturers

Pacific Sportwear.com
-ePacific Sportswear makes a very popular garment in the PM30. We absolutely love printing this garment and it's used by several large name retail clothing lines. We do not recommend ordering from their online system though - much better to order through a sales rep.

Alstyle Apparel
Alstyle Apparel is a NAFTA friendly manufacturer of t-shirts for both men's and ladies. Their shirts have been and continue to be used by many popular retail brands of shirts.

Cygnus Sportswear
Cygnus Sportswear provides a great ring spun tee in both a heavier and more fashion based weight. Used by many larger clothing manufacturers who sell in to major retail outlets throughout the US Cygnus is a great tee and should be considered when looking for a good blank for your next t shirt order.

Specialty Shirts

SoCal Blanks
SoCal blanks offers custom dyed garment and specialty washes at very low minimums. Check out their site if you are looking for a blank that has tea stain, enzyme washes or other special treatments at low minimums SoCal blanks is a great resource.

Relik Apparel
Relik Apparel specializes in high end fashion based garments with specialty treatments. If you are looking for a cool fashion blank with specialty treatments check them out.

Bare Apparel
Bare Apparel specializes in high end fashion garments with a variety of specialty washes, treatments and dyes. When a standard tee just won't do for your project take a look at what Bare Apparel has to offer.