Hiring a local artist or design agency to help with your merchandise is a great idea - but any order can go smoother when the right people are making the right decisions. Confirming some parts of the order before the designs are finalized can help...
This summer marks a big milestone for us at Floodway, and we almost missed it during our busiest summer so far - it's our privilege to be celebrating FIVE WHOLE YEARS IN BUSINESS! It's been a wild ride, from figuring out how to make screens...
There are hundreds of screen printing companies across Canada, dozens in Winnipeg, and countless more worldwide. So how do you choose the best shop to handle your orders? Before starting Floodway in 2014, we struggled through many different screen printers for our personal projects, eventually...
For any custom apparel order, one of the first choices to be made is the method you’ll use to get your design or brand onto the garment. Screen Printing is one of many options available, but each method has its pros and cons. We’ll go...
Our eyes can be easily deceived when we view colour, and understanding the limitations of colour perception helps achieve clear expectations for colour accuracy. The deception is mostly due to our brain, which is processing a ton of information and doing the best it can....
What is a halftone? Screen printing is a 'spot colour' process - this means that each colour is printed using a mixed ink, and each colour has its own screen to transfer the image onto the garment. Halftones are tiny dots used to recreate shades...
Converting text to outlines is an essential step of creating 'print-ready' artwork. Applications like Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop use fonts installed on the users' computer. When a file is sent with a custom font it can cause a lack of consistency if another viewer,...
Many questions are raised during the beginning stages of a design project, and the choice between Raster and Vector is one of the most important. The answer lies in your final plans for the design and the artwork, but we find it’s best to start...
Ever wondered what all those symbols mean? We've compiled 90+ care icons and their descriptions to help make sense of everything. Downloading this guide in .PDF format below will let you select and copy vector versions of each symbol for use in your Custom Care...
What makes the perfect shirt? When picking a garment for your custom t-shirt order, it’s easy to become overwhelmed with the choices. We believe that a basic understanding of the differences between cotton fabrics is the best starting point. First, let’s look at some different types...