The Work Wear Store - Screen Printing & More

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The Work Wear Store - Screen Printing & More Your local partner in custom apparel. We provide top-quality screen printing, embroidery, and more to tell your story. ft. of production space.

Established in 1991, The Work Wear Store provides top-quality apparel, embroidery, and screen printing. Located in Saginaw, Michigan, our dedicated staff has been serving businesses, sports teams and organizations across the Midwest for over two decades. As a small family business, we started as a three-person team, focused on outfitting our local auto, construction and public service workers. Our mission is to offer a more personalized experience than the big box retailers in the area. As our customers expressed demand to customize their apparel, The Work Wear Store expanded to offer embroidery in 1994. Since then, we remain one of the few companies specializing in embroidering rugged Carhartt apparel. We continued to grow, adding CAD printing in 1997 and screen printing in 2000. With our new ventures in printing design, we brought on full-time graphic artists in 2003 to assist our customers in transforming their ideas into highly creative designs. Through the years, The Work Wear Store has continued to expand. We have more than tripled the number of embroidery and screen printing machines in over 10,000 sq. At present, we are able to produce thousands of customized shirts a day. However, what makes our production capabilities impressive, is our team. With an average tenure of over eight years, our team is devoted to producing garments with the utmost quality and care. With over 25 years in business, The Work Wear Store is committed to meeting the needs and goals of our customers. We are here to help every business, sports team or organization turn their idea into a highly creative printed garment. We are devoted to our customers and we look forward to serving your needs, now and in the future.

Four weekends of Zoo Boo, more pint-sized pirates, princesses and dinosaurs than we could count, and just the right amou...
10/26/2026

Four weekends of Zoo Boo, more pint-sized pirates, princesses and dinosaurs than we could count, and just the right amount of spooky. We're proud to have played a small part as an in-kind sponsor.

Thank you, Saginaw Children's Zoo, for putting on something this fun for local families, and thanks to all the other sponsors who helped make it happen! 🎃

10/23/2026

Two screens, two colors, one very hot dryer.

Yesterday we burned the screens. Today they go to work.

White goes down first on screen one. Then a quick flash, a few seconds under a heater, firms that ink up just enough that the next color doesn’t smear it. Lime green follows on screen two, lined up so both colors land exactly where they should.

Then every shirt rides through the dryer at 320°F. That’s what bonds the ink to the fabric, and it’s the difference between a print that lasts wash after wash and one that cracks after a few.

That’s a few of the roughly 10+ steps behind every screen-printed shirt.

Got a crew that needs shirts? [email protected] or (989) 752-3618.

10/22/2026

Before a single shirt gets printed, this screen gets a sunburn.

Screen printing takes about 10+ steps from art file to finished shirt. Here are a few of the ones you never see.

This design has two colors, so it gets two screens. Each one is coated with light-sensitive emulsion and goes into the exposure unit with the artwork on top. Wherever light hits, the emulsion hardens. Wherever the design blocks it, it stays soft and washes right out. What's left is an opening shaped exactly like that color, and that's where the ink goes.

Tomorrow, we print.

Have a design you want on a crew's worth of shirts? [email protected]

10/07/2026

40s on the drive to work, high 60s by the time you clock out. October in Michigan can’t make up its mind, so Jared tried to wear every vest we’ve got. Just in case.

How many is he wearing? Comment your guess. The right answer wins a Carhartt beanie! Reveal Friday 10/9.

We stock four of our favorite Carhartt vest styles and embroider every one here in Saginaw with left-chest logos and names. We also offer vests from favorite brands like The North Face, Cotopaxi, Outdoor Research and more!

Game Rules: one guess per person, edited comments don’t count. Guess by Friday 10/9 at 9am EST. Earliest exact guess wins. Pick up at the shop or we will ship it. Not sponsored by Instagram, Facebook or Carhartt.

10/05/2026

Part 4 of 4: the finishing touches.

The machine beeps, the garment comes off, and the finishing starts. We trim the stabilizer (the backing that keeps stitches from puckering), fold it and give it a once-over, then steam it so it looks sharp, not just stitched. It's the part most people never see, and it's the difference between "decorated" and "done right." That's the whole process, start to finish.

Want your team's logo done this way? Send it to [email protected].

Address

1708 N Michigan Avenue
Saginaw, MI
48602

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+19897523618

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