Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt
Graphic Tshirt Product Features
100% Cotton
MICHIGAN ARTISTS & PRINTERS | this design was drawn and screen printed (silk screened) with pride by our skilled illustrators and printers in Ann Arbor. If you’re ever in the area, stop by for a free tour and see how we make your apparel! Tagless tag is printed on fabric inside collar, you can’t feel it.
UNISEX MODERN FIT SIZING | this shirt is slightly tapered to be a little less boxy than the old style of mass-market t-shirt. Nothing drastic, and most people wear the same size in our shirts as they do in all of their others, but you might go one size larger if you’re on the fence. It is pre-shrunk, but like any high-cotton product, will still shrink slightly in the wash. Our model photos are the real thing – the actual shirt on our salesguy, Rich. He’s 6′ 2″, 200 lbs and wearing a large
SOFT FABRICS | Our shirts are a ringspun, 30/1 fine jersey knit on 100% USA-grown cotton. If you don’t speak t-shirt geek, that means they are soft and smooth with a high thread-count, tight knit made out of fuzzy plants grown by American farmers. These are mid-weight shirts – a bit lighter than your mass-market, thick gym class t-shirts, but substantial / not see-through. It’s a nice balance between comfort and durability
TOP QUALITY INKS & EQUIPMENT | We use QCM screen printing inks, manufactured in Pineville, North Carolina. These are high quality inks – vibrant and durable, and highly crack resistant. Some of our designs are intentionally faded or cracked (see product photos), but our inks always “do what they are told” by our printers. We use top of the line printing presses and ovens (to properly cure inks) made by M&R in Roselle, Illinois
SAFE CHEMISTRY | QCM has been one of the most forward-thinking ink manufacturers in the industry, going phthalate-free over ten years ago – way ahead of the curve. They’re also CFC free and rated as carcinogen-free by the state of California
Designed and Printed with Pride in Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Ann Arbor T-shirt Company is composed of about 48 artists, screen printers, art techs, logistics professionals, embroiderers, and support staff, all operating out of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
We’ve got company soccer and kickball teams, catered employee lunches, a 401k match, and quarterly company parties around town. While we believe in treating our employees with respect as a matter of course, it makes business sense, too. Happy people make better shirts – cooler art, better prints, more exacting quality control, etc. From top to bottom, our people are proud of the product we produce, and can’t wait to share it with you.
(Heidi the Newfoundland and Ellie the Greyhound provide morale support and napping services.)
Professional Grade Screen Printing
Our expert team of veteran screen printers ensure that designs are printed to spec, and in a way that ensures the longevity of the print and garment.
Collaborative Art & Design
An open, collaborative team of artists and researchers spend their days brainstorming, designing, and illustrating.
Top Notch Ingredients for a Quality Finish
We use industry-leading inks to ensure that your print comes out vibrant, and maintains its intended look, washing after washing, while also providing a safe, non-toxic final product.
Top-notch printing equipment – made in the USA just outside of Chicago – ensures that the print goes on crisp and smooth, time after time. Properly calibrated ovens cure the print, ensuring that it won’t fall apart prematurely or damage shirt fibers as they pass through (which gives shirts a crusty, scratchy feel).
In-house software teams build systems that allow us to closely track errors and any quality control issues, ensuring that we are delivering the consistently sized, printed, and packaged product that our customers expect.
How To Fit Your T-Shirt
Fitting your Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt tee is very important. The tee shirt fit identifies your style, so know the particular type of fit you are looking for ahead of time. The predominant types of tee shirt fits include classic, fitted, slim fit, and oversized.
- Classic T-Shirts: Classic tee shirts are what we generally think of when a regular fitting Gildan or generic tee shirt comes to mind. The fit is easy to wear and generically cut for the generic body type.
- Fitted Tee Shirts: Fitted t-shirts typically have more slimly cut bodies with defined shoulders. The shirt’s cut offers it more of a slimming and established look.
- Slim Fit Tee Shirts: Slim fit t-shirts are the skinniest tee shirts and are really tight fitting throughout the body, shirt’s circumference, and shoulders with much shorter sleeve lengths.
- Oversized T-Shirts: Oversized t-shirts are longer in the body with longer t-shirt sleeve lengths. These shirts are fashionable for emitting the Los Angeles street look including rolled sleeves and the shirt’s bottom hem traveling down past the wearer’s pants pocket area. The oversized appearance can likewise be attained wearing a classic tee shirt that is one size up.
Tee Shirt Product Quality
The tee shirts are made from a variety of materials and textiles. Each kind of unique material is normally cared for differently. The most typical tee shirt fabrics are 100% cotton and cotton combined with poly mixes (cotton-poly). Other t shirt materials and fabric blends can include rayon, linen, and spandex. Inspect the clothing tag on your shirt to see the type of material. Take care of the tee shirt properly.
Tee Shirt Washing and Drying
Follow these guidelines when washing your Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt tee. If your t-shirt is made out of 100% cotton, you should care for it by machine washing using cold water. It is advised to not use material softeners in the washing machine with t-shirts. After washing, place the damp t-shirts in the clothes dryer and tumble dry on low heat until the t-shirt material, collars, and hems are dry.
Wash T-Shirts Based Upon Color Loads
The best practice is to wash your t-shirts based on color loads like lights and darks. Color contamination typically happens when washing white tee shirts with other high saturation colors like reds, blacks, blues, and browns.
Tee Shirt Storage
Proper t-shirt storage is essential to keep your Ann Arbor T-shirt Co. tshirts looking their nicest. T-shirts can be put on a coat hanger to keep the t shirts wrinkle-free and hung on a clothes rack or bar in the closet. The tee shirts can likewise be folded neatly and placed into a drawer or kept on a closet shelf.
Ann Arbor T-shirt Co. Graphic T-Shirt Care
The following information applies to Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt graphic shirts. The graphics on your tshirt are typically a large part of what makes it so incredible! Keep your shirt logos looking fresh and tidy by caring for your brand’s t shirt correctly. When tossing your shirt in the laundry, turning your tee-shirt inside out can help protect the graphic art. When drying your graphic t-shirt, use low heat since high heat can destroy the screen prints and graphics.
Kinds of Graphic Applications
There are a number of types of t shirt graphic applications including silkscreen printing, dye sublimation, heat press printing, direct to garment printing, and other similar methods. Silkscreen printing is one of the most standard and popular techniques for Ann Arbor T-shirt Co. tee shirts.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Question: Are Ann Arbor T-shirt Co. shirts true to size?
Answer: The Ann Arbor T-shirt Co. tee shirt’s are usually sized well.
Question: What sort of material is the tee shirt made out of?
Answer: These t-shirts are generally cotton or cotton and poly blends. Refer to the Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt item description.
Question: Are Ann Arbor T-shirt Co. t-shirts good quality?
Answer: Yes, Ann Arbor T-shirt Co. tees are good quality. For their graphic tees, they print their styles on top quality blank t-shirts.
Question: How should I wash a Ann Arbor T-shirt Co. t-shirt?
Answer: Place your Ann Arbor T-shirt Co. tee in the washing machine or as directed by the shirt’s tag. Cold or cool water is usually recommended. Wash with like colors and dry. Be careful using warm water while washing or high heat while drying considering that the higher temperature level can cause the material to shrink.
Question: If my Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt tee is too big, can I shrink it?
Answer: You can try shrinking your tee-shirt by washing it in hot water and drying it on high heat. This helps the shirt material shrink.
Question: If my Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt tee is too small, can I enlarge it?
Answer: Not typically. Tee shirt material can shrink when heat is applied to the material, but the material can not be enlarged or stretched effectively.
Question: What kinds of colors should I combine in the washing machine?
Answer: Place like colors together while washing t-shirts. This includes darks with darks or mediums and lights with other lights or white colored clothing.
Question: What kind of bleach should I use with my Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt tee?
Answer: Non-chlorine bleach can be used to lighten or rejuvenate the colors of your Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt tee. Apply as directed and research how to bleach a t-shirt if you require instructions.
Question: How durable is the t-shirt material?
Answer: You can possibly expect the t-shirt to last for a very long time if cared for adequately.
Question: Are the shirt’s seams and hems double stitched?
Answer: Check the t-shirt product description. Numerous shirt hems and seams are double or triple sewn and can have zigzag stitching also for included longevity.
Question: What kind of shirt fit is the Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt by Ann Arbor T-shirt Co.?
Answer: Check the shirt’s product description. Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt might make different tee shirt fits of the Great Old Ones Grog | Funny Lovecraft Cthulhu Beer Spoof Literary Unisex T-Shirt tee.
Question: How should I store my t-shirts?
Answer: Tee shirts are best put away folded in a drawer or hung on a coat hanger to prevent wrinkles.
