Future football moms shirt project
I created this custom “Football Mom 2027” shirt using Ideal Studio, my printer, DTF film, DTF powder, and my manual heat press — and this DTF hack actually worked amazing! Here’s my simple step-by-step process for anyone wanting to make team mom shirts this season.
- Create your design in Ideal Studio
- Add your football mom wording
- Choose your fonts and graphics
- Size your image to fit your shirt
- Print your design using the print the cut feature to where you can print the design only use the print part we’re not gonna actually cut the design!!!
- Print the image mirrored onto DTF film using your printer
- Make sure ink coverage is even and vibrant
- Apply DTF powder
- While the print is still wet, coat the entire design with DTF powder
- Shake off all excess powder carefully
- Cure the design
- Cure the powder until it melts and becomes smooth
- I used heat carefully until the powder turned glossy
- Prep your shirt
- Pre-press shirt for 5-10 seconds to remove moisture and wrinkles
- Press the DTF transfer
- Place cured transfer on shirt
- Press using manual heat press with firm pressure
- Press around 300-325°F for about 15-20 seconds
- Peel and final press
- Let cool slightly then peel film carefully
- Cover with Teflon sheet and do a final press for 5-10 seconds for a soft professional finish
This was such a fun football mom project and turned out way better than I expected! Perfect for future team moms, spirit wear, and Friday night lights
Well, let us know how it does after a wash. I use printable vinyl, and it sometimes fades the ink. If this hack doesn’t fade after washing, I’ll definitely give it a go. Maybe, add one of these pics to your other post?