Here are two sites with free t-shirt transfers, but they do not necessarily pertain to "50th Birthday". I am also listing some cute sayings for a mid-life t-shirt and the site on which I found them: http://members.tripod.com/~charlene_norma/patterns.html http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/html/756_0_0_225_121.html · Classified antique · Don't worry about wrinkles they're just antique smiles · Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional! · I'm not 40, I'm 18 with 22 years experience. · I'm not old... I'm chronologically challenged! · I'm not old... I'm chronologically gifted · I'm not young enough to know everything. (Sir James M. Barrie) · In Dog Years, I'm Dead · It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser. · It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything. · It's not how old you are, but how you are old. · Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today. · Life not only begins at forty, it begins to show. · Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. · The trick is to live a long time without growing old. · Warning: dates in calendar are closer than they appear. · You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/9753/poemfiles/aging2.htm And one of my favorites: "I'm not 50! I'm 49.99!" I have created transfers using my wordprocessor software and choosing the very large fonts and then when I print it out, I always choose the "transfer" option on the printer setup (sometimes it's listed as "reverse image"). Hope this helps, jackie (alabama) Here is a link that might be useful: HP Free Printables

I haven't done that, but I do take a lace place mat and sew it to the back of the inside front of the Tshirt and after it's sewn, I cut out the shirt...I've done these with sweat shirts and of course you then wear a coodinating turtle neck...I've made hundred of these, especially around the holidays, when you can get the holiday place mats... I had my things in a co-signment shop and couldn't keep these in stock...

Some of the schools here where uniforms in a different county, but I can't see the mayor of our town (who runs everything!!) allowing the school to change unless the community really wanted it. Our Highschool football field, etc is nicer that the 4 yr college 20 miles up the road. Rene, I'd love to quit work and sew or cook, but with a sick husband it's a necessity that I keep my health insurance and work til I'm old enough to draw my state pension. I've got 3 years left to be vested and 18 years left til I can draw at my full benefit. If I left after becoming vested I'd have to wait 6-10 more years (28 years from now) until I could draw what I've paid in. See, I have really thought about that type thing! LOL. Susan

If you have a zig-zag stitch available on your machine, Here's the simplest way to hem your T-shirt: 1) First, cut your T-shirt off half an inch longer than you want it to be (for hem allowance) 2) Then fold & iron that half inch over to the back side of the T-shirt (making sure not to stretch the fabric very much). 3) Now: Set your sewing machine zig-zag stitch to about 3 or 3 & a half (or somewhere mid-way on your stitch guide, not to big & not to small) then set your stitch LENGTH to about 6 or 8 or a bit smaller... You want the stitch length & width to be JUST big enough to work. If it's to wide, it won't look right. 4) Turn T-shirt right-side out & sew from the inside hem area. Now sew your hem like this: When stitching the zig-zag stitch, have the zig hit the shirt-only area & the zag hit the hem area... As the Zig-Zag alternates: Every other stitch should hit the hem area. Continue to sew your hem all the way around. ---> This is how I sew all of my hems on knit garments. You won't have to worry about the garment raveling or fraying because thin knits don't fray. And don't worry about it looking "Unprofessional" because no one looks THAT close at your hem... As long as you have MATCHING THREAD (or invisible thread on pattern garments) the hem will look fine & be Super-Easy to do! (& the zig-zag stitch will stretch along with the knit fabric) * If your machine doesn't have a zig-zag stitch you can iron the hem to about half an inch in length, then sew the hem by hand. * If you don't have an iron, just fold the hem as you sew, being careful to keep the hem as even as possible. ---> The directions above are only for thin, knitted fabrics, with or without stretch. When hemming a WOVEN garment you MUST fold the cut area of the fabric under the hem & use a STRAIGHT stitch with a long stitch length.