labels to go inside blank tshirts like this one here. I've got a little t-shirt company

called Liner Note Kids that I started when I was in university and I make t-shirts and

sell them on a print-to-order basis so I only make a t-shirt when I get an order come in.

That means I don't have to invest a lot of money in a lot of stock and keep a lot of

merchandise in my flat but because of that it's really hard to get your t-shirts custom

branded. Companies just don't do that on a one-off basis. So I've figured out a DIY way

to do it myself using a piece of ribbon and some transfer paper, and I'm going to show

you how to do that.

The first step is obviously to design your label. I did this in Adobe Illustrator just

because that's what I'm comfortable with but you can use whatever software you prefer.

I measured the width of the ribbon i was going to use and laid out a box that was that size,

and then I included my logo, the size of the t-shirt, and on the back I had a little line

about the company and a URL.

With clothing labels there are varying laws depending on what country you're in about

what information HAS to go on it. Like you have to include washing instructions, the

makeup of the fabric and the country of origin, and I didn't want to mess with any of that

and that would just involve printing too fine a detail onto my transfer paper so instead

I decided just to leave the original label in for that and cover up the brand label from

the blank t-shirt.

because we're going to print this on transfer paper you have to make sure your design is

reversed before you print it. I know that's confusing but it will end up the right way

once you have heat pressed it onto the fabric so just go with me here. So i just fit as

many of my designs as possible onto an A4 sheet and then printed that with inkjet transfer

paper. My lovely friend Lucia let me borrow her printer for this so thank you Lu if you're

watching. You'll end up with sheets with lots of little labels on them so what you want

to do next is cut them out.

I didn't want they grey borders to be included on my actual label so I used them as a guide

to cut out the piece from the middle.

This is the ribbon I'm going to use for my labels. it's got a herringbone pattern on

it and it seems to be quite good quality. i got it from Amazon but I'll leave a link

to it down below so you can check it out as well. So i cut this into a few six and a half

centimetre pieces to make my labels. Place each side of your label design face down onto

the ribbon, leaving a little gap in the middle so that you're going to be able to fold it

in half easily. Then follow the instructions on your transfer paper some need more heat,

some need to be pressed for longer and this transfer paper that I used required more pressure

than heat so I was pressing down hard with the iron, and I put a cloth in between just

so that my iron wasn't accidentally lifting up and moving the little pieces of transfer

paper as I was pressing.

Then you can peel of the backing of the transfer paper while it's still warm and it should

come away nice and cleanly. Then fold the ribbon in half and press down on it to crease

the ribbon so it will stay in the label shape. Trim the end of the ribbon to get it even

and then very carefully run a lighter over it just to seal the edges and stop it fraying.

to stick the label onto the t-shirt I'm going to be using hemming tape. This stuff holds

fabric together by heating it, I think it's some sort of gluey stuff inside I don't know,

all I know is it works. So i cut that to size, one side for the back and the front of the

label and then what i'm gonna do is stick the label over top of the brand label that's

already in the t-shirt. place the label just under the seam so that there's a nice neat

finish and then follow the instructions on the hemming tape. Mine says to put a damp

cloth on top and then press down with an iron until the cloth has dried a bit and that means

the hemming tape will work. So there you have your label in your t-shirt. It's machine washable

and because we tucked it underneath the seam it means that it's not gonna be itchy or annoying

sitting in the back there. I think these labels add a really professional finishing touch

to my t-shirts and I'm really excited about them. If you want to check out the t-shirts

in my store then you can do that, there will be a link down below, they're all designs

that are like inspired by music soif that's your thing, you might like them. If you're

interested in starting up your own t-shirt company then i do have a playlist that will

probably really come in handy for you it's full of videos about screen-printing and setting

up an online store and talking about how I started my little business so that will be

linked down below in the description box. i would love it if you gave this video a thumbs

up if you enjoyed it and subscribed to my channel if you'd like to hear more from me

and I will see you next time. bye!