How to Center a T-Shirt for Embroidery
Nothing is worse than wasting a perfectly good T-shirt because you centered the embroidery in the wrong place. Proper centering for T-shirt embroidery depends on the size of the T-shirt, and where you intend to place the embroidery. Learn how to properly center your T-shirt embroidery designs and avoid making T-shirts that are an unsightly waste of time and money.
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Instructions
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Center the embroidery eight inches below the left shoulder seam and exactly between the sleeve seam and the center of the chest when you embroider a T-shirt on the left breast of a pocketless T-shirt.
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Center the embroidery on a pocket T-shirt in the center of the pocket when you embroider on the pocket itself. If you embroider above the pocket, place the center of the design perfectly between the side seams of the pocket, but where the bottom of the design is one-half inch above the pocket.
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Place the top edge of the embroidery five inches below the collar of the shirt when you embroider across the front of a T-shirt. Center it between the sleeve seams.
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Place the top edge of embroidery on the rear of a T-shirt five inches below the collar, and center it between the shoulder seams.
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Tips & Warnings
Asymmetrical or non-traditional designs may look better with slightly different placements. Practice on old or ruined T-shirts until you have found a perfect placement.
