The manufacturing process of t-shirt starts from designing a t-shirt, sourcing of fabrics and ends after selling the t-shirt to retailers. It is considered that design part is completed as buyer’s end and as a manufacturer you get order of a given style. For such orders, order processing involves following process flow.
- Order Receiving
- Estimating fabric and other raw materials
- Sourcing fabric and trims
- Checking fabrics and trims
- Production planning
- Pattern Making
- Cutting
- Stitching
- Quality Checking
- Thread trimming
- Folding, tagging and packing
- Dispatch to store
Many buyers provide instruction for stitching in techpack. We Follow those instructions for workmanship, printing, washing, packing (if applicable).
Here are the steps we have been followed for making t-shirts
Source Fabrics and trims as per requirement.
After receiving fabrics and trims, check for quality and quantity of sourced items. Fabric and trims need to be checked as per specification (quality standards). For the confirmation for fabric properties you might need to send fabric sample to the testing labs. Test fabric shrinkage.
Develop patterns for the style. Pattern grading to be done for different sizes. Make sample marker with actual garment patterns and find average consumption of fabrics.
Make two/three sample garments and follow all processes to be followed in bulk production (e.g. washing and finishing). Check these samples after finishing. According to checking report of the sample do correction if needed.
This process will stop us making mistakes in patterns and shrinkage related issue in fabrics. Just to be safe from losing fabric and also maintaining quality of the final product.
Bulk process
Lay fabric on the table as per marker length. Cut multiple layers at a time to save time in cutting. You can even layer multiple colors together. Keeping in mind to check size ratio.
Define sequence of the operations to be followed by tailors. Sew garments maintaining stitching quality.
Check stitching quality during sewing and at the end of sewing. Do correction of defective garment found in the line. Repair work (alteration and part changing job) can be done separately or by same tailors.
Send stitched garment to finishing section. Trim uncut threads.
Press garments.
Fold garments. Attach hang tags and price tags to garments. Pack garments into poly bags. We pack garments according to customer requirement.
QC will check finished and packed garment randomly for quality assurance.
Store packed garments for shipping to your buyers.
