How to Customize Soffe Shorts

Creating your own custom Soffe shorts is a fun and easy way to get involved in school spirit, personalize your shorts to match your style or create a great matching look for groups and clubs. Matching your shorts to your school or team colors, your favorite athletic shoes or athletic gear is just a few ways to have fun with your customized Soffe shorts.

Things You'll Need

• Printer Printable iron-on decals Iron Fabric paints or markers

Instructions

1. Wash your Soffe shorts. Residue-covered or dirty shorts may be discolored or stretched, which can affect your customization and compromise the effects of your customization. Dry your washed shorts thoroughly after washing.

2. Follow the instructions on your printable iron-on decals to create a design or words using your computer and home printer. Your default word processor or publisher will work fine for this, and you can get as creative as you like with fonts and graphics. If you have a mascot or want to represent a certain academic event, adding in these custom details make the end result all the better. Each brand of iron-on decals for at-home printing is different, so be sure to read the instructions to print your design onto an iron-on decal. Allow the ink to dry completely and, if necessary, trim around the edges of the design to eliminate excess material bordering your design.

3. Iron a printed design or store-bought patch or decal onto your clean shorts, following the instructions on the packaging for your decal kit. Be careful not to wrinkle the shorts material during ironing and always line up the design carefully before applying heat. For more than one design, allow the previous designs to cool and set before rotating the fabric to add more designs with the iron. Allow the decal to adhere completely before wearing your custom Soffe shorts.

4. Use fabric markers or paint to draw your own design onto your Soffe shorts. Remember that darker shorts are unlikely to support fabric markers, so a white or light-color pair of shorts will offer the best results for fabric markers while fabric paints will work on most colors. Allow the ink or paint to dry and set before moving your shorts to avoid staining your skin and smudging your design. If advised by your marker's packaging, use in a well-ventilated area.

References

• Soffe shorts