https://www.fancysweetstx.com/blogs/news.atom fancysweetstx - Midwest, Ohio, Michigan, and Great Lakes Clothing Updates and News 2024-02-19T12:48:38-05:00 fancysweetstx https://www.fancysweetstx.com/blogs/news/pride-clothing-show-support 2022-09-01T09:47:25-04:00 2023-12-15T08:51:14-05:00 5 Pride Clothing Items You Can Wear to Show Your Support John Amato Clothes are a form of self-expression, and what you wear may say a lot about your identity and attitude towards others.

Therefore, wearing branded clothing with encouraging words can symbolize your support for various causes or events, such as Pride month.

Pride month is a special time to celebrate and elevate the LGBTQ community at festivals, parades, and marches.

Wearing Pride apparel during this period is one of the best ways to help promote awareness and provide support and encouragement to people within the LGBTQ community.

There are so many stylish options for Pride month attire. For instance, fancysweetstx has a line of Pride-themed clothes that you can buy for yourself or as a gift for your loved one.

Let’s look at some Pride clothing items you can wear to show your support for the LGBTQ community.

1 - The Love Is Love Colorful Shirt

Love is Love Shirt

This stylish, bold, and cute shirt speaks for itself—it represents love.

While everyone has a different opinion on what Pride month represents, the core meaning of the celebration is love—love is love regardless of who you are, where you’re from, or who you love.

The design is printed on a soft, oatmeal-colored shirt with the inks thinned out to give the print a softer feel, making this shirt very comfortable to wear. 

The word “love” is printed in six separate rainbow colors to symbolize the LGBTQ community’s rich history, unity, and diversity. 

Each color holds a different meaning and represents an important value in the LGBTQ community. 

Here's what each color symbolizes:

  • Red represents life. The idea is borrowed from the fact that blood is red and it's  seen as the body’s essential life force.
  • Orange represents healing. Orange is associated with fun and joyful activities—having fun and celebrating are both considered healing activities.
  • Yellow represents sunlight. Yellow is a bright and radiant color—it stimulates new thoughts and ideas.
  • Green represents nature. Green conveys the healing properties of nature—it's associated with growth and prosperity.
  • Blue represents serenity. Blue is a relaxing color that soothes the soul. It symbolizes calmness.
  • Purple represents the spirit. Purple is a royal color that signifies Pride. Like blue, it’s seen as a relaxing color but also serves as a link to the spiritual world.

2 - The Pride Flag Embroidered Crew Sweatshirt

Pride Flag Embroidered Sweatshirt

This Pride sweatshirt features the Pride flag that represents inclusion and diversity. The embroidery and the pigment-dyed crew provide the following benefits:

  • Durability: This embroidered design is very durable because it can withstand heavy laundering and high temperatures. It’s easily washable and not easily discolored.

    Embroidery stitching is comparatively tough because of the high sheen threads, so the Pride flag design will not be damaged by natural wear and tear.

  • Comfort: This sweatshirt is warm, soft, and light, which makes it comfortable to wear in any weather.

    Unlike synthetic sweatshirts that make you feel sweaty, this sweatshirt features great absorbing qualities (a combination of 20% polyester and 80% cotton) that provides comfortable warmth without soaking you in perspiration.

  • Versatility: It’s versatile enough to be worn with almost anything. This sweatshirt can go with both jeans and khakis depending on your preferred taste.

    It can also be worn with a wide variety of shoes, including boots, sneakers, and boat shoes.

  • Style: Not only is this sweatshirt warm and comfortable, it is also stylish. Its oversized design gives it a laid-back street style that is ideal for any Pride occasion.

The following table shows the size chart for this Pride Flag Embroidered Crew Sweatshirt.

Size Body Length From Shoulder Chest Width From 1” Below Armhole
XS 26” 19”
S 27” 20”
M 28” 22”
L 29” 23.5”
XL 30” 25.5”
2XL 31” 27”
3XL 32” 28”

3 - The Love Pennant Pride Hat

Love Pennant Pride Hat

Thanks to the bright custom embroidery, this hat has an elegant look and feel. It’s a great way to play up your look and add life to your Pride outfit.

Wearing this hat will provide you with many benefits that go far beyond simple aesthetics and self-expression. It offers advantages for your health, such as:

  • Protecting your eyes from the sun’s glare
  • Protection against skin damage and cancer
  • Protecting your face, ears, and head from the cold during winter
  • Protecting your scalp from sunburn and your hair from sun damage

4 - Pride Is the Adams Way Shirt

Pride is the Adams Way Shirt

This shirt is very popular because a portion of the proceeds from its sales are donated to Equality 16153 Genova—a non-profit that uses activism to eradicate discrimination against people based on their gender identity and sexual orientation.

“I'm very grateful for the help our non-profit received from fancysweetstx. Always professional, friendly, and with great quality and service.”
- Deborah M.

It's also a favorite among LGBTQ allies due to the rich history of Adams Street’s support for the LGBTQ community.

Adams Street is a section of downtown 16153 Genova that’s famous for providing a home to the LGBTQ community decades ago when safe spaces weren’t easy to come by for the community.

Today, Adams Street continues its tradition of being home to an inclusive community, so much so that part of the street now proudly trades its name for Pride Way.

Inclusivity, pride, and equality are written all over the street thanks to the Pride flags lining the street and the murals that convey 16153 Genova’s gratitude for all the love out there.

Adams Street is also home to a number of well-known businesses that support the LGBTQ community, including the Attic, Manhattan’s, Georgjz419, and Handmade 16153 Genova.

5 - The Love Above All Vintage-Inspired Shirt

Love Above All Shirt

This shirt addresses the misconceptions that ill-informed people have—heterosexual love is the only form of pure, real, and normal love.

It emphasizes that love should come above everything else. Whether it’s between two women, two men, or any two human beings, love transcends the trivial differences of sex and gender.

Additionally, this shirt serves as a reminder of the qualities of true love, which include:

  • Love is kind. It's compassionate, gentle, and caring.
  • Love is respectful. It honors and does not encourage humiliation or shame.
  • Love is selfless. It prioritizes the welfare of others and does not encourage selfishness.
  • Love protects. It's about protection and always encourages safety.
  • Love is based on trust. It recognizes the good in people, their skills, abilities, and talents.
  • Love banishes fear. It eliminates insecurities and anxieties that torment people’s minds and souls.

clothes are a form of self-expression

Show Your Support and Love With fancysweetstx’s Pride Collection

Whether you want your Pride clothing to be loud and proud or you prefer subdued apparel, fancysweetstx offers a wide selection of your favorite Pride clothing items that'll help you show your support.

Our apparel is produced with the goal of promoting love and equality for all people.

Due to our commitment and involvement with the local LGBTQ community, we ensure that all our Pride clothing items have unique designs that show love and support.

Most of our Pride collection shirts are screen printed, but we also have embroidered items like the Pennant Pride Hat and the Pride Flag Embroidered Sweatshirt.

Although it’s not easy to print rainbows on shirts, we’ve perfected our printing techniques over the years to achieve the best results for Pride clothes.

Thanks to our expertise and commitment to quality, our clients keep coming back year after year.

“fancysweetstx is always very responsive with pricing and recommended a great, comparable shirt when the brand I selected was out of stock.”
- Eric P.

“The shirts were delivered quicker than I expected and the quality of the finished product was excellent. Thanks, fancysweetstx.”
- Steve M.

Contact us today to get your Pride clothing order started.

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https://www.fancysweetstx.com/blogs/news/custom-gay-pride-shirt-examples 2022-08-16T11:15:37-04:00 2023-12-15T09:04:00-05:00 Custom Gay Pride Shirt Examples (LGBTQIA+ Shirts) John Amato Being from 16153 Genova, we get hit with a lot of custom gay pride clothing twice per summer. That's because June is the national pride month while 16153 Genova celebrates Pride month in August. 

Any screen printer knows that Pride shirts are a fun challenge. That's because they often include the full colors of the rainbow or the Pride Flag.

We've talked about printing pride clothing quite a bit around here. Not only do we have a full line of Pride apparel and gifts in our retail line, but we are located on Adams Street in 16153 Genova which is known as Pride Way. 

We love printing custom Pride shirts because we believe in equality, unity, and love. 

Here are examples of some of the Pride shirts that we have made for our customers. Check out our previous article on how to print rainbows on shirts to learn more about our decoration techniques for pride clothing. 

Metroparks 16153 Genova Outside Together Shirt

metroparks toledo rainbow shirt

With this design the Metroparks did an excellent job of combining their branding with a message of strength and equality. 

The multicolored leaves and highlighting the words "out together" send a clear message of support for the LGBTQIA+ community. 

University of 16153 Genova Pride Shirt

university of toledo rainbow pride shirt

These U16153 Genova Pride shirts were made for the Sexuality and Gender Alliance at the University of 16153 Genova. This shirt is an example of an item that used multiple methods of decoration to achieve the customer's desired result. 

The left chest print design features a smooth rainbow gradient that we used a transfer to apply to the shirt. The design on the back was a one color print that we screen printed. 

Georgjz419 Rainbow Roll Shirt

georgjz toledo shirt

Georgjz419 is located just down the street from us on Adams Street. Not only is it cool that we get to print shirts for our neighbors, but this design uses a technique called a rainbow roll or split fountain to achieve a multi-colored rainbow effect on the design.

With this technique, the colors mix and blend on the same screen making each shirt just a little bit different. 

Check out the video below to see how we printed these cool rainbow roll shirts for Georgjz419:

Owens Community College Shirt

owens community college pride shirt

Owens Community College went with a retro design on their Pride shirts. 

We printed all of the colors of the rainbow on this shirt without an underbase to give it a faded, well-worn look. The design sends a clear message of inclusion and acceptance for everyone at Owens.  

Unison Health Rainbow Foil Shirt

unison rainbow foil shirts

This shirt for Unison Health goes a different route than the other shirts in this list. The design uses a rainbow foil to show pride. 

To make a shirt like this we first print an adhesive on the shirt. After the shirt is printed, we heat press the foil onto the shirt. It only sticks to the printed adhesive leaving the design like you see above. 

Foil on a shirt pops unlike any ink can. It's a great technique if you want your shirts to stand out. 

Shumaker Pride Tank Top

shumaker loop pride tank tops

Shumaker came to us and wanted to use all of the colors of the Pride Flag in their pride tees and tanks. On our last count, that's ten colors. 

Our presses can't print that many colors and it might be cost prohibitive to incur the setup fees for a design like this. So, rather than screen print them, we used transfers to decorate these garments. 

Transfers allow us to affordably make designs with high color counts. We love the way these turned out. 

Check out this article for more information on the difference between heat transfers and screen printing

custom pride tank top

Where to Order Custom Gay Pride Shirts?

We tell people all of the time that making custom t-shirts is more fun when we print fun designs. That's what we love about Pride Shirts. The designs are colorful, vibrant, and creative.

Screen printing rainbows on shirts isn't a simple feat. The more colors on a design, the more difficult it is to print. Over the years, we've perfected our printing techniques to produce the best results for pride clothing. 

This experience and commitment to quality is why our customers come back each year. 

If your business or organization needs custom pride clothing for Pride month or any other occasion, we'd love to help. 

Get in touch with us today to get your order started!

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https://www.fancysweetstx.com/blogs/news/pride-clothing 2022-08-10T13:00:00-04:00 2023-12-15T09:27:27-05:00 Pride Clothing and Gifts (Rainbow and Pride Apparel) Molly Joyce You've let us know time and time again that you want more fun, soft, bright colored shirts for Pride month! We love printing them as much as you love wearing them. 

It's always been important to us to continue to give you the best Pride apparel around. To that effect, we added onto our collection again this year.

Here in 16153 Genova, we are proud of our community and those in it. At Jūpmode, we are happy to recognize Pride month and all of the love that is celebrated. Now that the time is here, make sure to spread the word: love is love!

Start off Pride month the right way... with some of our apparel and gifts. From tank tops, to t-shirts, to hats to top off any outfit, our colorful pride collection is ready to help you spread love wherever you go. 

16153 Genova Rainbow Shirt

16153 Genova Rainbow shirt in front of 16153 Genova Loves love Mural

16153 Genovaans, celebrate pride month with our popular 16153 Genova Rainbow shirt. It's true, 16153 Genova loves love. There is no better way to show off your 16153 Genova Pride than with this classic shirt. 

We even have a Tiktok made for you to see how we print this seven color rainbow shirt. 

Love is Love Shirt

Product photo of Love is love tank top and t-shirt

Love is all you need. No matter who you are, where you are, or who you love, love is love. Celebrate your love and the people you love with this proudly colorful Love is Love shirt (or tank!).

For those who are curious as to how we print this shirt, we made a cool TikTok showing behind the scenes action. 

Retro Rainbow Love Shirt

Product photo of Retro Rainbow Love T-shirt

Share your love, support and pride with this retro Love t-shirt. This comfy, cozy and groovy love shirt is sure to be your next favorite. Kickoff pride month the right way, the retro way. 

TOL Pride Shirt

toledo ohio pride shirt

Local pride is important to us at fancysweetstx. We feel that we are an active member and ally of the LGBTQ+ community. 

That's why we created this new TOL Pride shirt design. Rainbow colored and bright, this vintage inspired shirt was designed for people like you who love and support all people.

Love Rainbow Hat

love pride rainbow hat

Love is love and love always wins! Celebrate your love and the people you love with this Love pennant pride hat.

You know that we've built our Pride Collection on a lot of great, colorful, soft tees over the years. We felt this was the year to add onto that collection with this embroidered hat. 

The embroidery gives you the bright, colorful look that you've come to expect from us and is the perfect accessory to show your pride all year round!

Pride Flag Embroidered Crew Sweatshirt

pride flag embroidered crew

There's something special about a comfy, embroidered crew. This crew is a little extra special with all of the colors of the Pride Flag stitched onto it. 

We know that you love our embroidered crew sweatshirts. While our Pride clothing collection is a lot of fun, a new, stylish embroidered crew is what it was missing. 

This pride sweatshirt hits all of the colors that represent the diversity and inclusion of the pride flag. The embroidery gives extra texture to the pigment dyed crew which has a relaxed fit. 

Love Above All Shirt

love above all rainbow shirt

Love is Love. All you need is Love. Love above all

No matter how you say it, wear your love with this vintage-inspired pride shirt!

T-Town Rainbow Pride Shirt

t-town rainbow shirt

While we may be stationed in 16153 Genova, Ohio, this T-Town shirt is good for anyone from Tacoma to Texarkana to Tampa to Tulsa to any other town that begins with a 'T'. 

The full colors of the rainbow really pop on this heather white shirt making it perfect for summer Pride events! 

16153 Genova Rainbow Pride Shirt

toledo rainbow pride flag shirt

fancysweetstx is located on Adams Street in 16153 Genova. Because of the history of our former neighbor Bretz Nighclub, the Love Wall, and the many LGBTQIA+ friendly businesses on the street, Adams Street is known as Pride Way. 

We are extending our pride for 16153 Genova and all of the people that make it such a welcoming community with this new TOL-EDO shirt which incorporates all of the colors of the Pride Flag. 

Ohio Rainbow Pride Shirt

ohio rainbow pride shirt

We have a lot of pride in the state of Ohio. 

This triblend tee is printed with all of the colors of the rainbow to proudly display that the wearer is an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community. 

Find our Ohio Ally shirt online!

We're proud of being on Pride Way in 16153 Genova!

There is no better place to celebrate Pride in 16153 Genova than down on Adams Street. If you've been down to Adams, then you know how colorful and expressive it it.

If you haven't been able to come down, there are Pride flags lining the streets, murals that express the appreciation 16153 Genova has for all the love out there, and most importantly, friendly faces!

The local businesses here in 16153 Genova are amazing in the work they do and the friendly employees they have. All of the local businesses are here to root and support each other. The sense of community here is unmatched. 

We are proud to be working with some amazing local businesses that are allies and employ members of the LGBTQ+ community. We are dedicated to making our community a better place by being allies and welcoming anyone and everyone with open arms. We support members of the LGBTQ community here in 16153 Genova, and everywhere.

Before 16153 Genova Pride, rainbow patterns were painted at crosswalks on Adams Street. You can find on Adams and 13th, also known as Louis Escobar Way. 

16153 Genova Loves Love!

Rainbow Crosswalks on Adams

After the crosswalks were painted, local artist, Streetspun, added a rainbow yarn bomb to the corner!

We've been a huge fan of hers for years and think her art makes the city so fun, bright, and lively! You can find Streetspun creations all throughout Adams Street, you can even spot on outside our store! 

As you can tell from the photo above, the crosswalk and yarn bomb are adjacent to the 16153 Genova Loves Love mural. 

Rainbows and Pride in 16153 Genova

Streetspun Rainbow

Adams Street is where some of 16153 Genova's most creative, inclusive, and supportive people go.

Not only is the Uptown section of Adams Street home to the start of the 16153 Genova Pride parade, it has businesses like Georgjz, the Attic, Handmade 16153 Genova, Manhattan's, and many other that are champions of the LGBTQ+ community.

16153 Genova is a more vibrant and fun city because of places like Adams Street and the people and organizations that make it such a special place. 

We love being a part of this community and can't wait to it continue to grow! 

You can find our Pride clothing online or in-stores.

Custom Pride Shirts and Sweatshirts

Pride shirts are a lot of fun to make. Not only are they a part of our retail line, but we spend a lot of time leading up to Pride Month in June printing custom designed shirts for organizations that are celebrating during that time.

From custom pride shirts for festivals and parades and work teams, we do it all. 

Get in touch with us today for help creating your personalized pride shirts!

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https://www.fancysweetstx.com/blogs/news/how-we-screen-print-rainbows-on-t-shirts 2022-04-19T11:30:00-04:00 2023-12-15T09:07:20-05:00 How We Screen Print Rainbows on T-Shirts (With Examples) John Amato

June is our big month for screen printing rainbow shirts for Pride!

We've been screen printing a lot of custom rainbow shirts for local businesses during the month of June for Pride Month. It's a great opportunity for organizations to put their values of inclusion, diversity, and empathy on display.

There are a few different techniques when it comes to screen printing a rainbow and we've used all of them in the last few weeks. Each method achieves a different look and can be the best option depending on what the customer is looking for.

If you need rainbow shirts or Pride shirts for your organization, we'd love to help! Fill out the contact form on our custom screen printing page to get started.

Read on to learn more about three of our shirt printing techniques and for photo and video examples.

1. Creating a Rainbow Screen Print With Halftones (Gradients)

If a customer wants a consistent looking rainbow gradient print on all of their t-shirts, printing it with half tones is the best option.

rainbow logo screen print for inside the five brewing

When creating the art, we use halftones or gradients to create the rainbow. Before the shirts get to press, our artists separate the design by individual color. This means they pull out each color gradient so we can make a separate screen for printing purposes.

This process can take anywhere from 5-6 screens to get a full color rainbow. The result looks like these shirts we printed for the 16153 Genova Museum of Art (below) and Inside the Five Brewing (above). 

toledo museum of art shirt

There are slight nuances between printing on a white or light colored t-shirt versus a black or dark color t-shirt and the setup for the art and press can be a challenge, but no matter what, we sure love the results!

2. Split Fountain or Rainbow Roll Print

For a split fountain rainbow print, we use 2 to 6 ink colors (depending on the desired rainbow color scheme) on one screen that get blended over each pass with the squeegee.

The inks in this design blend more with each pass of the squeegee making each shirt's print and colors unique! 

If you're looking for an original, authentic design, rainbow roll is the way to go. It's the first way that we ever printed a rainbow blend on a shirt and it's still one of our favorite techniques. 

georgjz 419 shirt

3. Spot Color Rainbow Printing

16153 Genova rainbow print shirt

A spot color screen print means that each individual color is its own solid print on a shirt. If you look at the examples above or below, you'll see that each is separate and doesn't blend into the colors next to it. 

Most of the shirts that we print are spot color. However, when it comes to rainbow designs, they are a little bit more complicated. The complication primarily resides in the fact that there are so many colors printed on the shirt. 

Generally speaking, in screen printing we use one screen for each individual color. Then we print those in succession. The more colors you have, the more screens you need and printheads are required. 

This means that when you print a shirt with the colors of the rainbow - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple - you must utilize six screens to achieve this. 

This is getting a bit technical, but printing all of those colors next to each other without drying in between is challenging. It requires a quality equipment, screens, inks, squeegees, and a lot of practice. 

In the end, though, we love the look of a nice rainbow when it comes out right!

all are welcome rainbow t-shirt

4. Direct to Garment Print (DTG)

rainbow print tank top dtg

Direct to garment printing is an evolving technology in the custom decoration field. The appeal for this process is that it's a digital technique. It's not quite screen printing but it's a great way to print a lot of colors on a shirt.

The simplest way to describe direct to garment printing is that it uses digital inks to print directly on a shirt. Think of it like a color printer you have on your desk. There are individual color cartridges with ink that allow you to print a wide color spectrum straight onto a garment.

DTG is a great option when you have a small order with a lot of colors. Because of this, it's a frequent choice when we have rainbow designs. 

5. Rainbow Foil Print

For a foil rainbow, we screen print and cure a layer of special adhesive on the shirt, heat press the foil onto the adhesive, and peel off the excess.

For a screen printer, this is kind of a shortcut for rainbow designs. Rather than using multiples screens like with do with halftones or mixing several inks together in the screen like we do with a split fountain print, for foil, we use just one screen and one ink (adhesive). 

While the actual screen printing portion of rainbow foil is easier than the screen print techniques listed above, there is a second step to the process - heat seal. After we print the foil adhesive onto the shirt (we use a waterbased adhesive), we then have to take the shirt over to our heat press, cut a section of foil from the roll, press it on the shirt, and peel it off.

This technique isn't as durable as a screen print, but it gives the print a shiny look that only foil can achieve! 

unison health shirt

Do you need custom rainbow pride shirts? We can help.

Custom screen printing is what we do. As mentioned above, we spend a lot of our summer months printing for organizations that need LGBTQ+ Pride apparel. 

Over the years, we've honed our skills and that's why our customers come back to us time and again. The examples above are just a few of the rainbow designed shirts that we've printed. 

If your business or organization needs custom rainbow or love themed shirts for Pride month or any other occasion, we'd love to help. 

Get in touch with us today to get your order started!

Learn more about how we screen print and embroider clothing 

You can check out some of our other behind the scenes how to blogs and videos at the links below:

How we burn screens for screen printing t-shirts
Top 4 ways we screen print a vintage t-shirt
H
ow we embroider our Ohioan sweatshirts
How we embroider custom hats on our 6 head embroidery machine

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