Iron the cloth around the design. Do not press the iron onto the stitches.
The straight answer
If the shirt needs a press, turn it inside out or lay a cotton cloth over the design. Iron the cotton, not the thread. A hot iron straight on raised stitches flattens them.
Most oversized tees are meant to be worn with a natural fold. They do not need a sharp crease. A shirt with a collar is the one people actually iron.
On a stripe, press around the motif. The Evil Eye striped shirt is a good example. The stitch should stay raised after the shirt is smooth.
The same rule is on can I iron over embroidery.
Thread has a height. Ink does not
Run a finger across a finished chest. Embroidery stands up. A print sits on the surface. A thick print can crack and flake after enough washes. Thread goes through the cotton, so it does not peel off in a sheet. It can still fuzz if you scrub it or dry it on high heat for years. Normal washing keeps it looking like the photo.
Thread cannot copy a photograph, a long sentence in hairline letters, or a dozen shades that are almost the same. A logo, an animal, a flower, or a short name is what stitch is good at. A screen colour and a thread colour are close, not identical. If two colours in the file are nearly twins, they can blend once they are stitched. We flag that before any thread goes in.
The back of the stitch is flatter than the front. Most people stop noticing it once the shirt is on, because the design sits on the chest or the sleeve and not on a tight spot. A very dense design feels more raised. If your skin is fussy, say so and we will keep the mark off places that rub. Iron the cloth, not the stitches. A hot iron straight on the design flattens it.
A shirt is allowed to be a shirt
Plain shirts are a solid colour with the stitch on top. Stripes already give the cloth some movement, so a smaller mark usually sits more cleanly than a large one fighting the lines. If you want the embroidery to be the only pattern, take the plain shirt. If you want the cloth to do more of the work, take the stripe. Both are stitched, not printed.
Use the shirt chart. A person who wears M in an oversized tee often still takes their usual shirt size here. An oversized-tee fit on a shirt can look borrowed. Iron around the motif if the collar needs a press. Most tees do not need a sharp crease. A shirt with a collar is the one people actually iron.
The flower, the bee, the evil eye: those are ready designs. If you want the same flower in a thread colour we do not already sell, that is a custom recolour, not a button on the product page. Send the shirt you like and the colour you want.
Pick it up. The weight is the point
GSM is just grams per square metre. A bigger number is a heavier cloth. The oversized tees are 240GSM cotton. In the hand they feel like a shirt with a spine, not a vest that collapses the moment you sweat. Thin tees twist at the shoulder and curl at the hem. A stitch has nothing solid to sit on. That is the whole argument for the heavier blank.
Heavy does not mean a winter coat. You can wear it through an ordinary Indian day. It is warmer than a mesh vest, and anyone who says otherwise is selling a mood. What it does well is keep its shape from the commute to the evening. It softens after a few washes. It is not see-through in normal light. Black hides more than a very pale ground, which is worth knowing if you are comparing a light shirt with a heavy tee. They are not the same cloth.
Cotton can pull in if you boil it or bake it in a dryer. Wash cold, inside out, and dry it flat or on a line. Do not size up because you expect the shirt to vanish in the wash. Order the size on the chart, then wash it like you want to keep it.
If you are still on the fence
Come back to the first lines. Iron the cloth around the design. Do not press the iron onto the stitches. If that matches the shirt in your head, use the links above and either check out or send the file. If it does not, the other guides under this post are the next place to look.
