Category Archives: This Old T-Shirt

A couple weeks back, the fine folks at BoingBoing TV had a great tutorial on guerrilla silkscreening — so it’s time to trot out This Old T-Shirt one more time. And even tho it’s been covered here before, I’m always interested in exploring alternate methods. So sit back, relax and check out this quick but [...]

Old school Preshrunk readers will remember a feature we used to run called “This Old T-Shirt” for all the crafty people in the house. Now, I’m not quite sure if it’s a feature that’s going to make a full comeback or not — but I just came across this months old YouTube video on DIY [...]

There’s no way you’re going to be able to make a high quality four color shirt by using this process. But if you want to step up from stenciling, this is probably the way to go. What’s really ingenious about this method is it requires very little other than some glue, an embroidery hoop, some [...]

Hey D.I.Y.ers, we’re back! Did you miss us? We missed you… If you have a few old t-shirts that you don’t have the heart to throw away, you’ll probably appreciate this one. The fine folks at ReadyMade Magazine have thrown together a simple set of instructions for how to convert your ratty old tees into [...]

I’ll probably catch a bunch of shit for this, but the instructions for this week’s This Old T-Shirt are from YM. Yeah, the teen girl’s magazine. Quit laughing. It’s not like I read it or anything, honest. Seriously, shut up. I would have reprinted them as they appeared in the magazine, but I decided to [...]

Sometimes it’s hard to let go of your favorite shirt. Fortunately, an enterprising gal by the name of Logan Billingham has figured out how to rescue your favorite cast-offs. She seems to think that they don’t belong in a drawer, gathering dust and aging disgracefully. No sir. Logan thinks they need to start a new [...]

Have you ever had an idea for a t-shirt, but couldn’t afford to get it printed? Stenciling is great for doing short runs of personal t-shirts without having to pay a screenprinter. Granted, you can’t get the same level of detail out of a stencil and it’s a bit labor intensive. But in the end [...]