All-Over Print Apparel
All-over print covers the entire garment edge-to-edge with your design using sublimation — a different process from standard screen printing, DTF or DTG, which decorate a specific placement area.
Indy Custom Apparel connects Indianapolis-area customers with independent custom apparel providers. We don't own or operate a print shop — pricing, production and turnaround are set by the provider handling your order. See how it works →
Built for full-coverage, edge-to-edge designs.
- • Brands wanting bold, full-garment patterns
- • Sublimated athletic and performance apparel
- • Anyone whose design doesn't fit a standard chest/back placement
- • Buyers wanting a genuinely different visual approach
Best use cases — and real limitations.
We'd rather tell you upfront where this method doesn't make sense than match you to the wrong provider.
✓ Full-front, full-back or true all-over coverage
✓ Photo-realistic and complex pattern designs
✓ Performance and polyester-based fabrics
✓ Brands wanting a distinct visual signature
✕ Requires polyester or poly-blend fabric — doesn't work on cotton
✕ Higher cost than standard placement printing
✕ Blank garment options are more limited than standard tees
✕ Cut-and-sew all-over garments have longer production lead times
What this method works best on.
Designing for edge-to-edge coverage
Because sublimation dyes the fabric itself rather than sitting on top of it, your design needs to be built to wrap the entire garment pattern — a very different design process than placing a logo on a blank shirt. Most providers will want your design as a seamless, tileable file.
All-over print vs. standard placement printing.
Standard placement methods (screen print, DTF, DTG) decorate a specific area on any fabric type. All-over print requires polyester fabric and a fundamentally different production process, but delivers a look no placement method can replicate.
Tell us the project
Garment type, quantity and design.
We match the method
Your project matched to a provider suited to all-over print apparel.
Get connected
An independent provider reaches out with pricing.
Approve and produce
Proofs and production handled directly by that provider.
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Questions about all-over print apparel.
No — Indy Custom Apparel is a matching service. We connect you with an independent Indianapolis-area provider whose equipment fits your project. Production, pricing and turnaround are handled by that provider.
No — sublimation-based all-over printing requires polyester or a high-poly blend. Cotton doesn't accept sublimation dye the same way.
Yes, generally — the process, blank garment options and design complexity all add cost compared to a standard placement print.
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