Designer long sleeve t-shirts created by you
Are you an artist? Designer? Or just someone who loves to stand out from the crowd and show off your individual style? Then you need to design your own long sleeve t-shirt with Contrado. Our cut and sew tee is made from our own exclusive long sleeve t-shirt template and is handmade and sewn in our London studio. You have the option to design up to eight pieces of this top, from the front to the back, the sleeves, the neck details, the front pocket and even the fabric label at the back. Express yourself through fashion and create custom made clothing online.
160gsm Standard Weight Jersey (poly)
This single jersey stretch fabric is a very popular choice for custom made clothing. It is a good all weather fabric, strong and breathable with a soft cotton feel. It has a solid, yet slightly opaque base with brilliant printing quality showing fine lines and intricate detailing very well.
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180gsm Medium Weight Jersey (cotton)
This custom printed cotton jersey has a lot of personality and a lot of bounce! It is very elastic with the fabric bouncing back into shape after manipulation. It has a medium weight and a lovely drape, is breathable and moisture wicking. Repeat printed patterns look best. As this is a cotton fabric, your colours may appear slightly muted, giving a vintage-inspired look.
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Soft Fashion Jersey (poly)
A custom printed jersey, with a bit more weight and a more opaque finish. It has the most elasticated give and provides an almost double stretch aspect to the fabric. This beautifully soft fabric gets the most solid colour when printing with details showing up brilliantly.
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Your label, your brand
How can you start your own Fashion Label without… labels? If you’re a designer wanting to build your brand, you’ll love our big-impact printed fashion labels. Add a label for a great professional touch, and print in full colour on the same soft Jersey as your T-Shirt. These fabric labels won’t itch or sit uncomfortably, and you can personalise each one individually. Make an impact on your customers with Contrado labels.
Style it with
A long sleeve t-shirt can be worn in so many ways to showcase your personal style. Our women's long sleeve t-shirt fits true to size, so we recommend opting for your size or a size smaller for a smarter look or a size bigger for a more relaxed and casual look. To embrace the 90's trend, layer our Custom Slouch T-Shirt over the top, in a contrasting print. Top it off with a pair of relaxed fit jeans, chunky boots and our Customised Beanie and you are street style ready.
Care instruction
Turn inside out before washing. 30°c wash. Do not wring. Low heat iron, Iron on the reverse of the printed side. Do not tumble dry.
Reviews for Women's Custom Long Sleeve T-Shirt
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Loved my order. Very please. Just how i imagined it.
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Very impressed with quality of the pyjamas and long tee. Photos came out exactly as shown on screen. Really impressed.
Top looks a little smaller than I expected and pyjamas a little bigger. It would be great if you did pyjama tops as well as trousers.
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Ian Y ,
23/12/2018
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GREAT SERVICE - SPEEDY DELIVERY LOVELY UNIQUE WEARABLE ART.
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Hayley W ,
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It took me quite a wile to design my fabric, and I was nervous how it would look like. The resulting t-shirt is just perfect, good quality and excellent sewing. The colour and shape remains pristine after the first wash.
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Madame Grès ,
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The Contrado promise
Our talented team of over 100 makers, customer service staff, marketeers, designers, and developers, love to make things in our London production facility. It means everything Contrado produces is in-house with experience that dates back to 2003 overseeing and making custom products promising:
- 100% Made in UK
All our products are handmade in-house in the UK
- Speedy Turnaround
Orders are made and dispatched usually within 1-2 days
- Made to Order
Every order is made to order with no mass production
- High Quality
We use high quality materials to create bespoke products
- Personal Service
In-house customer service offers personal and attentive service
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Whether you are looking to expand your product range or start your brand from scratch, we can help you sell your designs. We support creative brands and independent designers with our extensive experience of bespoke manufacturing on-demand. We can help you make your idea into a high quality physical product and sell your product how you want to.
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Frequently asked questions:
Are there guidelines on how to make your own t-shirt?
If you want to design your own long sleeve t-shirt, then Contrado is the place to be. Our online design interface is easy to use and understand. We give you the t-shirt template to upload each part of your fully customisable t-shirt. If you need help, our Customer Service team are available via email, phone or online chat.
What is the fit of this custom long sleeve t-shirt like?
This is a fully custom made long sleeve t-shirt and a lot of thought has gone into the fit of this long sleeve top. It is available in sizes XS to XXL, so if you need petite t-shirts or plus size long sleeve t-shirts, you will find the perfect fit. The body of this top will skim over your figure and should show off your shape, without being too tight.
Which of the three fabric options is the best one for me?
Our women's long sleeve t-shirt is available in three of our printed jersey fabrics. If you want something lightweight, go with the 160gsm option. For something sturdier with slightly less transparency, our standard or medium weight jerseys are best and for a heavier or sport appropriate fabric, choose the Soft Fashion Jersey.
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Print Guideline
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What's the best resolution to print in?
We print at 200dpi, which is a good combination of quality and file weight. Ideally your image should be scaled to 100% at 200dpi; this means that no resizing of your file occurs, preventing any interpolation. Our design interface will have a quality marker next to the design that you have uploaded, this will change colour using a traffic light system and display a message. The message will let you know if the resolution is too low or if you have a good quality image.
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How will my image scale?
When you upload your design our system will automatically scale it to fit your chosen fabric dimensions. In the ‘Product Image’ tab, the displayed dimensions under ‘Print Size’ will show the dimensions of the piece of fabric that you are ordering. For image/design dimensions you need to see the ‘Images & Text Tools’ tab. You can see and edit the dimensions of the image under the quality information next to the thumbnail.
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Which colour model should I choose? RGB or CMYK?
We advise providing images in the RGB colour space. Specifically using the sRGB image profile, to achieve best colour results. What does this mean? In your editing software choose RGB as the working space, and assign the image profile as sRGB (full name sRGB IEC61966-2.1)
What is gsm?
Grams per square meter (gsm) is the unit of measurement used to measure the weight of a paper or fabric. This measurement uses the weight of one square metre (1000 x 1000mm) as an indication of the weight and thickness of a fabric. We classify fabrics of 10-100gsm as light (fabrics for summer, fine silk), fabrics of 101-249gsm as medium (most fabrics for clothing) and fabrics of more than 250gsm as thick (upholstery and other specialised fabrics).
What is the bleed area?
When creating your product, it is important to make sure that your image is a little wider than the size needed. In printing, the bleed area allows you to obtain a borderless print. We would advise filling the blead areas, maked with a red checkered area, to ensure you don't end up with white edges. You should make sure that you do not put important details within the bleed area as these will quite likely be lost.
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What is crocking and why might it occur?
Crocking, which is fading along the creases, often after washing or heavy use, occurs when you digitally print on natural fabrics - more so when dark or dense colours are used. It can be minimised by using a cool hand wash instead of machine washing as the tumbling of the machine is the main cause of this. To avoid entirely, we would advise using a poly fabric.
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Why do my colours appear lighter on organic fabrics?
Our organic fabrics do not have any coatings that the non-organic fabrics have. This means the ink absorbs into the fibres, reducing the colour strength slightly (by approx. -40%). For super strong colours we recommend a non-organic natural fabric.
Can you perfectly join two separately printed panels?
We always try to provide the utmost precision in printing and manufacturing. However, due to unavoidable stretching or movement of the fabric at the time of sewing, we can not guarantee a perfect alignment of the pattern on the seams of the garment. Generally we are accurate to 2-3mm, which is sufficient for most reasons but can pose minor problems with patterns or geometric designs.
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Should I save my file as a TIFF or JPEG?
For multi-coloured or very detailed files we recommend using a tiff format, but they must be flattened. For simple colours and low detail files, a jpeg is fine.
Is it possible to print your own label?
Most of our clothing is made with a label space. You can print your label and add information about your brand. If you want to sew your own labels, we offer customizable labels of different sizes.
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Can I print on both sides of the fabric?
We do not offer printing on both sides of the fabric, as a lot of our fabrics are semi-transparent. As the customer, you can consider the effect of printing on both sides one of our fabrics and contact us, and we will get back to you if it's feasible.
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Can I order labels in another fabric? Will you cut them like you do with the normal fabric labels?
At the moment no, our labels are all printed on the same satin fabric. We may introduce more in the future, but for now this is the best choice. The labels are all cut the same way. You can order the fabric of your choice and make the labels yourself, but we do not cut different fabric into label format.
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How is your fabric printing eco-friendly?
With environmental consciousness in mind, our fabrics are all printed using completely water-based inks. This means no chemicals or solvents are used. Our heat fixing procedure fixes the colours and prints, avoiding the downsides of steaming, such as excess or contaminated water returning into the waste system. We have one facility in London where we conduct all the printing, production and fulfillment.
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Why are there slight colour differences between my orders?
We work at improving our colour profiles all the time. Though rare it may happen that from one print run to another, and there could be slight colour differences, this is normal and part of the process when we are constantly improving. It is extremely unlikely that there will be a huge difference (like orange instead of red for example). Please bear in mind such colour variations can be intensified from fabric to fabric due to the varying grains and textures of the fabric; natural fabrics tend to have more muted colours than their poly alternatives. This is due to the construction of the materials as well as the print methods that have to be altered slightly for more delicate, natural textiles.
Please note: As everything we provide is handmade to order, you may find a slight variance in the sizes.
Delivery time & Costs
Production times
We handmake your item on site, which takes on average 1-3 days. Please check individual production times which are displayed next to the item price on the product page, as this varies from product to product. In rare cases when we need to
re-print an item, this may take an additional 1-2 days.
Shipping methods
After your item has been manufactured, we ship your order via your chosen method. Please add on the production time to the delivery time to calculate when your order will be with you. Select your delivery method in your basket.
We have a range of trusted shipping options:
- Royal Mail 1st Class Standard (no tracking) - 1-5 working days on average (please note that this can take up to 15 working days in exceptional circumstances).
- Royal Mail 1st Class Recorded (no tracking) - Usually delivered the next working day. It is not a guaranteed next day service, or a tracked service. A signature is required. (Please note that this can take up to 15 working days in exceptional circumstances).
- Special Delivery - Delivered the next working day
- Saturday Delivery (deliver only on Sat)
- Collection from our London Office (between 4-6pm on working days only)
- For international orders or large/bulky packages within the UK, we ship via DHL or Fedex services. This takes on average 2-5 working days.
You can then enjoy or resell your hand-made products with your very own designs.
You can also read more about our terms & conditions and refund policy.
Make use of our Manufacturing and Worldwide Shipping Experience
At Contrado, every product is handmade on site to ensure the highest quality. We provide a dedicated production service as well as a range of fast delivery options. For the past 14 years, we have printed and hand-made countless personalised products for a wide range of customers all over the world and many of them have become loyal customers who love not only our products but also the care, knowledge and dedication from our staff.
A speedy Special Delivery service is available where your item will delivered within one working day, after it has been manufactured.
Produced and ready to ship within 1-3 days on average.
- We print and make everything in-house. Production times are dependent on the product.
Low shipping fees
- From £1.25 to ship within the UK.
Express shipping available
- A speedy Special Delivery service is available where your item will delivered within one working day, after it has been manufactured.
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