How to Make a Sweatshirt for a Tennis Team

Making Sweatshirts for a Tennis Team

Making your own tennis team sweatshirts doesn't have to be challenging or expensive. Doing it yourself can make the process easier to customize by adding your team's sense of style, color, and team personality, and team pride. With just a little bit of know-how and time, and with the right materials, you can customize all the sweatshirts you need to unify your tennis team.

Things You'll Need

• Cotton sweatshirts (with or without hoods) Iron Iron-on letters and decals Fabric letter patches and decals Thread (to match the fabric patches and decals) Needle

Instructions

1. Choose the style, sizes, and color of your team's tennis sweatshirts. You can purchase sweatshirts with a solid color from most department stores and sporting good stores.

2. Decide on what you will put on your tennis sweatshirts. Examples could include:
   Player names
   School names
   Organization names
   Mascots
   Team logos
   Tennis racket decals
   Tennis ball decals
   Tennis net decal
   Tennis court diagram

3. You also need to know what type of lettering you want (fonts and lettering styles). You can customize your lettering into iron-ons or fabric patches.

4. Iron-ons can be ordered online from a number of online companies that work with team clothing and lettering (see the resource below).

5. You can also order fabric patches, similar to the ones that are sewn onto letterman's jackets. Butler Patches online will customize your team's logo and names (see resource below).

6. You can also contact a number of places locally. Most sign shops, sporting goods stores, and trophy shops will be able to customize iron-on patches, and some will be able to do the fabric patches, especially the trophy shops.

7. Once you have received your letters, place them where you want them, and then attach them to your tennis sweatshirt(s) according to the directions. Iron-on lettering will require you to use an iron, a towel, and water. Patches will require some stitching, so a needle and thread will be required.

8. When the sweatshirts are finished, let the good times roll and the team spirit grow!

Tips & Warnings

• Tennis sweatshirts are no different from any other sporting team sweatshirt. The purpose is to unify the team and build team spirit. If you want something more specific to actual tennis clothing, such as shorts, skirts, tanks, and jackets, visit the K-Swiss or Tennis Hut websites. You can also visit your local sporting goods store and look directly in the tennis section.

Resources

• DIY Custom Lettering
• Butler Patches