Making a sambora shirt

Hi there,

A couple of weeks ago I decided to make my own "sambora shirt". Afther I ve found a perfect shirt for it and some good images from the front(I d still like to have more) I decided to print the SAMBORA letters on it in Old Gondor (I m going to change the font a bit cause it isn t perfectly the same, but it comes close). But I ve never did shirt printing before. Can anybody give me tips? What kind of materials I should use? etc.

Thanks in advance,

Aragorn


It's (hopefully) going to be like this:

that pic looks like hyde park...hmm it is...may i ask what richie is ajusting?

cool pic, where did u get it from?

my sambora shirt is made, not quite sure by whom tho i should be able to find out for you tho...they are selling his official shirts on his site.

The pic is from richiesambora.com.
Anyway, the official shirt looks like crap to me; it s not the exactly the same. So I decided to make my own one.

If you're going to use a black shirt, go to your local office supply or crafts store and pick up iron-on transfer paper for DARK shirts (this is very important, LOL). Next, print out the lettering onto the transfer paper (you might need a imaging program for this; if you do, let me know). After that, you'll have to cut out each letter (this can be a pain) and then peel off the transfer backing (it's not sticky; just bit so you can get some permanence). Place the letters where you want them (using measuring tape would be a good idea), put the wax paper over the letters, and IRON! And voila, instant Richie shirt for LOTS cheaper than the original. Hope this helps!

Thanks a lot! Are there any tricky moments in this "shirt-making-procedure"? (where I have to pay extra attention). What's the chance on a succefull ending? (is it so easy everyone can do it succecfuly).

Aragorn,
having a "bad english day", or is it just the beer?

PS If someone has any good "shirt pictures" from the front; feel free to post.

Aragorn,

The process itself really isn't tricky -- the only flub-ups I made (I made four matching shirts for my friends and me for the Giants shows) was that on one, I ironed on the image and it wasn't exactly in the center (oops -- you might want to measure first, LOL) and on another, I didn't realize that I had to let the wax paper cool before I removed it from the shirt to unveil the image (no harm was done; I was just wondering why the image wasn't set yet).

GOOD LUCK!

PS For inspiration, here is a clear picture of the shirts I made for my friends and me for Giants (it was originally the back of an old shirt from the New Jersey tour, but I found a picture of it on eBay, edited it and enlarged it with my imaging program, and embellished it with rhinestones. I'm the one in the middle -- my Mom has one on, too, but it's not as clear:
http://images.fotopic.net/?id=994350...ze=1&nostamp=1

Hi, I just want to give you an advice : if you're ever saw the artworks (front cover) of cd "Richie Sambora~Makin' Magic" I bet you're agree with me that's a great pic to print on a shirt. What d'ya say?

Thanks andrea for the explanation! (love your shirt) I think I ll start making the shirt in the coming weeks ( I m so busy right now; vacation ).

Havent seen it....could you please post the pic?

Thanks,
Aragorn

I'll send it to you via your email,soon.ok? KTF