Best value
Design own tee
The cheapest and most flexible place to start. Gildan 5000 if the count matters, Bella and Canvas 3001 if the feel does.
From $16.13 for one, $7.80 at 48
Design a tee
Design your own
Design a tee online and see the price as you build it
A custom t shirt design tool that shows you the price. Design a tee, design a polo, make my own shirt or make your own tshirt, with no design software and no waiting on a quote. The per-piece price moves in front of you the whole way.
$16.13for one tee, or $7.80 each at 48. Both real numbersSee the full price ladder
Free to use, no card, no account. You only pay if you decide to order.
No account neededNo card, no signup, no sales call.
Price on screenIt moves as you build. Nothing is revealed at the end.
A person still checks itSelf serve does not mean nobody looks.
Reprint or refundIf we get it wrong, we fix it. No hoops.
Here it is. Go build something
This is the whole tool, running on this page. Pick a garment on the left, add your art, set a quantity and watch the number at the bottom move.
You do not need an account and it does not ask for a card. If you like what you made, check out. If you do not, close the tab. Either is fine.
Three ways to finish it
The tool covers most of it. These are the other two doors.
Path one
Use the studio
Everything happens in the browser. No account, no card, no design software, and the price is on screen the entire time you are building.
Start my designPath two
Hand it to a person
Build the design first, then send it through. Your artwork comes with it, so there is nothing to re-explain to anybody.
Get my bulk pricePath three
Get help with the art
If you know what you want and cannot make it, describe it and we will help you get to something real rather than staring at an empty shirt.
Talk to a personStart from a garment
Design a tee, design a polo, or start from a hat. Eighteen garments across six categories, and these three cover most of what people build.
Most kept
Start with a hoodie
Heavier garment, bigger canvas, and the piece people actually hold on to. Good for merch you want somebody to wear next winter.
From $23.62 each at 48
Design a hoodie
Wears longest
Start with a hat
Stitched rather than printed, so it survives. A Richardson 112 is the one most people picture when they picture a custom hat.
From $21.05 each at 48
Design a hat
Why this beats sending an email and waiting
Three things you get here that a quote request cannot give you.
You find out the price while you can still change it
The usual way round is that you decide everything, send it off, wait a day and then find out it costs more than you wanted. By then changing your mind means starting the whole conversation again.
Here the number is on screen while you are still deciding. Swap the garment, drop a color, move the quantity, and you can see exactly what each choice costs you before you commit to any of them.
You are not stuck if you cannot draw
Most people know what they want and cannot make it. The studio will generate artwork from a description, so you can get to something real to react to instead of staring at an empty shirt.
It is a starting point, not the final word. Generate a few, keep the one that is closest, and a person still reviews it before it goes anywhere near a press.
A person still checks it
Self serve does not mean nobody looks. Every design gets reviewed by a real person before it is printed, and you approve a mockup before that.
That is the part that catches the typo in your own artwork, the logo that will not hold up at the size you picked, and the placement that is going to sit strangely on a small. If we get it wrong anyway, we reprint it or refund you.
How is this different from the big design-your-own sites?
Mostly in what the tool is for. Theirs is built to get you into a cart and then hand you off to a quote. This one prices every choice while you are making it, so the number is never a surprise at the end.
The other difference is that a real person reviews every design before it runs. If your artwork will not hold up on the garment you picked, somebody tells you before you pay rather than after it ships. You get an answer instead of a support article.
What happens after you hit order
Five steps, and only one of them is yours.
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1
You check out
Card details go to Shopify, not to us.
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2
A person reviews it
Your artwork, your placement, your garment choice.
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3
You approve the mockup
The 14 days starts here, not before.
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4
We make it
Printed or stitched, whichever suits what you built.
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5
It ships
Checked, packed and out the door.
Ordering 48 or more?
Build the design first, then send it through for bulk pricing. A real person will try to beat the listed number, and your design comes with it so there is nothing to re-explain.
Made in the studio
Real orders that started with somebody using the tshirt design online tool to create your own shirt from scratch.
Questions about the studio
Do I need design software to design my own apparel?
No. Everything happens in the browser. Pick a garment, add your artwork or describe what you want and let the tool generate it, put it where you want it and you are done. If you already have a finished file you can upload that instead.
Can I really see the price before I give you anything?
Yes. The price sits on screen the whole time you are building and it moves as you change the garment, the quantity and the placements. Nothing asks for a card until you decide to check out.
What if the design is not quite right?
A real person reviews every design before it gets printed and you approve a mockup first. If something looks off we come back to you rather than printing it and hoping. And if we get it wrong after you have approved it, we reprint it or refund you.
Is there a minimum?
No floor you have to clear. Most people building here are ordering for a team, a staff rollout or an event, and the per-piece price drops hard up to about forty eight, so it is worth setting the quantity to your real headcount before you judge the number.
What if I want more than 48?
The studio will price it, but at 48 or more a person can usually beat the listed number by hand. Build the design first, then send it through the bulk pricing door and your design comes with it, so there is nothing to re-explain.
Olive Branch Apparel
An online design studio backed by a real print shop. Eighteen garments, six categories, priced live as you build.
See the workDesign it yourself
No account, no card, no sales call. Just the tool and the price.
Open the design studioTalk to a person
Stuck on the artwork, or ordering enough that a person should look at it.
Get in touchGo make something
It is free, it does not need an account, and you will know what it costs in about two minutes.