Threadless T-Shirts - Profile for orwell - problems with the new T's

orwell aka i am jack's broken heart aka em is 24.29 years old, has been a member since March 18, 2007, has scored 26543 submissions, giving an average score of 2.14.

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Jun 08 '08 by orwell

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problems with the new T's

i have bought 3 shirts printed on the new Threadless T's and 2 of them are off grain...the seams have shifted or twisted or something and now the shirts don't lay right - it's a bit aggravating. this hasn't happened with any of the American Apparel T's, just the new Threadless T'S : (

is anyone else is having this issue?

thanks, orwell

Neon Samurai on Jun 08 '08 at 9:47pm

I've got a few of the new threadless tees and I haven't had this problem yet. Thought I certainly don't own enough of them for it to be considered a statistically significant sample size.

The Amazing Fracturedpope on Jun 08 '08 at 9:47pm

nothing like that with me... the only problems I ever had were with the fruit of the loom shirts, which in some cases shrank while others remained the same or threads came loose... since the switch, no problem! The AA shirts also never gave me any trouble, so I guess what happened to your shirts was just a very unfortunate set of coincidences.

Sarcasticatbest on Jun 08 '08 at 9:48pm

Nope Orwell has not happened to me, but I've ordered much less than ppl who have been here longer than 2 months.

Good luck figuring the shirts out.

Pizazz on Jun 08 '08 at 9:58pm

well, one of my belt prints is a bit off.

ofthecoast on Jun 08 '08 at 10:07pm

some of mine have saggy armpits, but they aren't off grain, I don't think.

Steve The Great on Jun 08 '08 at 10:08pm

I'm confused by what off grrain means....but I don't think either of my two threadless brand tees are it. I haven't worn the new one though.

Cactus Pirate Jr. on Jun 08 '08 at 10:10pm

One of mine has weird stitching on the shoulder, but I'm not bothered enough by it to exchange it for a new one...I guess I'm lazy.

againstbound on Jun 08 '08 at 10:43pm

Mine have been ok so far.

orwell on Jun 09 '08 at 12:37am

bump

Neon Samurai on Jun 09 '08 at 12:53am

Bummer.

My Napoleon in war paint definitely isn't like that.

roadkill3d on Jun 09 '08 at 12:57am

My ziggy stardog is like that.

orwell on Jun 09 '08 at 1:02am

i was gonna try to re-order "Renaissance" but it's sold out :(

orwell on Jun 09 '08 at 1:18am

anyone else?

NthNinth on Jun 09 '08 at 1:21am

I recently got two new shirts and they seem fine

pyr4lis on Jun 09 '08 at 2:06am

I used to have that problem all the time with my girls american apparel tees. I see your problem but I haven't had that issue with any of my custom threadless tees. Just let them know.. it's not a big deal.

orwell on Jun 10 '08 at 2:53pm

bump

Chipmnk on Jun 10 '08 at 2:54pm

That's happened to my Lions Are Smarter shirt, but that was printed on the old FOTL.

tracerbullet on Jun 10 '08 at 2:55pm

i still don't understand what off grain means

chlobo107 on Jun 10 '08 at 2:55pm

Mine have been fine...

DaniellesGarden on Jun 10 '08 at 2:56pm

off center.. yeah those are.. I would think you should be able to return them

chelly on Jun 10 '08 at 2:59pm

i haven't noticed that in my shirts yet

the trick is to keep moving and twisting about so no one notices

tracerbullet on Jun 10 '08 at 3:00pm

ooh. in that case, it's 'cause you're a girl. threadless hates girls.

Wiffler on Jun 10 '08 at 3:03pm

gay club^

fat pigeon on Jun 10 '08 at 3:04pm

If the print is off center it has to do with the printing, not the shirt. When you screen print t's you have to load them on to the pallet manually for printing so each shirt will be slightly different as to placement. Sometimes it's off to one side or another because it wasn't loaded straight on the pallet.

schleb on Jun 10 '08 at 3:05pm

Oh, I see your problem. Threadless T's are made to be worn and never taken off. The problem is that you aren't wearing them.

beanie-o on Jun 10 '08 at 3:12pm

Hey Orwell- those look defective. Send us an email and we can help you out (service@threadless.com)

MCS4096 on Jun 10 '08 at 4:55pm

some of mine have done that. its not that the print in on there crooked (although I have some like that too :-\ ) its that the seams on the sides of the shirt are wonky. mine look fine when I'm actually wearing them though

hedgie_darren on Jun 10 '08 at 5:05pm

My "Breaking the Sound of Music" is like that too. I don't remember it being like that when I got it but now the design is obviously skewed to one side. It's as if one side shrunk and the other didn't (I haven't put it in the dryer, though).

maija on Jun 10 '08 at 6:09pm

That's from spinning around on your office chair when you're supposed to be working.

You have to spin in the other direction to balance it out.

passname on Jun 10 '08 at 7:18pm

mine are fine
cept Symbol Or Signifier has totally madd shrnk and ive washed it with all my other new threadless t's that have remained the same
weeeerd
also i find each medium i get is a different fit, maybe cause of the printing technique

7 days later

orwell on Jun 18 '08 at 5:02pm

Thanks, beanie-o.

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