Polyester T-Shirt Design with AI

Cloth to ask your mill for

Polyester jersey

Typical weight

120 to 180 g/m²

Drape

Medium

Stretch

Slight

Breathability

Low

Warmth

Neutral

Care

Machine wash at 30 to 40 °C

How common

Common

Typical cloth price

$3-12/yard

Typical trade ranges, not one mill's figures: confirm them with your mill.

Typical length

66 to 74 cm, from the high point of the shoulder

Defining details

Crew or V-neck, set-in or dropped shoulder, rib neckband, twin-needle hems

Cloth needed

about 1.0 to 1.4 m of 150 cm cloth, roughly $3 to $18 of cloth at typical prices

Typical figures for an adult size M. The pattern tier is set from the real piece count when you order.

On a t-shirt it keeps a clean, even line from shoulder to hem, the hand most tops are graded on.

At this length a medium-weight cloth hangs straight and moves a little at the hem.

It is neither warm nor cool, so it works across most of the year.

Care is simple: a machine wash at 30 to 40 °C.

It barely creases, dries fast and keeps its color, but it holds odour and can pill on brushed surfaces.

Polyester is a synthetic fibre made from petroleum or, more and more, from recycled bottles. It can be engineered to imitate silk, wool or cotton, and to wick, stretch or shed water.

Recycled polyester is widely available and certified under recycling standards; ask the mill for the certificate, not only the claim.

It is itself the usual lining cloth; a polyester piece is lined only when it is sheer or when the face would cling.

A microtex needle and polyester thread; it resists pressing, so seams are set with heat and a clapper.

It is dyed with disperse dyes at high heat or printed by sublimation, so bright colors stay fast.

It has a soft sheen that shows the folds without glare.

A t-shirt in polyester jersey, 120 to 180 g/m², with a medium drape and a soft sheen surface, for most of the year.