Fabrics are to garment manufacturers what canvases are to artists. A bad canvas can ruin a beautiful painting and the same can be said about a t-shirt made out of a poor material. This is why it is important to pay attention to fabrics. Fabrics fall into two or three types depending on whom you ask: natural, synthetic or a blend of the two. • Natural Fabrics • Synthetic Fabrics Types of Printing Techniques • Screen Printing A technique which consists of applying ink through a silk screen onto the fabric. The ink will only go through the permeable areas leaving the desired composition on the material. • DTG (Directo to Garment) Much like your office’s printer, this method injects ink directly, but instead of paper, it does so into fabric. It is recommended for complex designs that require high levels of detail and shading. • Sublimation Transfer Printing Also known as heat transfer printing, this procedure involves high temperatures and pressure to pass the design from a special kind of paper to the final piece.