Bella + Canvas B8882 - Women's Flowy Cropped T-Shirt - Heather Dust

The Bella + Canvas B8882 is the Women's Flowy Cropped Tee, the drapy sheer poly/viscose body in a tailored short-sleeve cut with a modest crop, and the blank a decorator reaches for when a women's fashion-tee program wants a fitted cropped silhouette with a clean tailored sleeve rather than the oversized boxy crop of the B8881 or the draped dolman of the 8821. It is the tee for any decorated women's order pitched at a soft, fashion-forward retail look: boutique and resale lines, fitness and studio programs, festival and event merch, and the bachelorette, bridal-party and group runs that buy a soft cropped tee by the dozen. The body is a lightweight 3.7 oz of 65% polyester / 35% viscose spun to a fine 32 singles, the sheer drapy jersey that gives the flowy line its loose retail fall. The modest crop sits at the waist for a wearable cropped length, the tailored short sleeve keeps a clean line, the side-seamed construction holds shape, and the tear-away label finishes it for resale. The size range runs S through 2XL. Most colours run the 65/35 solids, while the Athletic Heather is 52/48 and the Heather Navy is 70% rayon / 30% polyester.

The B8882 decorates as a poly-majority sheer body, not a cotton tee, which sets the method list and rules out the cotton routes; the modest cropped panel also shapes where a print sits. For DTF, the transfer bonds to the poly/viscose face at a low-to-standard heat press, the standout and most forgiving route across the whole flowy colour range including the Heather Navy; centre the artwork high on the cropped panel and use a soft low-bulk film so the print moves with the drape rather than stiffening the loose body. For screen printing, the poly-majority fabric migrates under a hot cure, so run a low-bleed ink and a poly-blocking underbase, keep the deposit light and the cure moderate, and back the sheer panel so it does not distort on the press. For vinyl, a light flexible HTV presses at a lower temperature on the heat-sensitive sheer body, so keep the design small and centred high so it moves with the fall of the cropped tee. DTG does not apply, since the 65/35 poly/viscose body carries no cotton for the ink to bond to and the lightweight sheer face reads poorly. Water-based and discharge inks do not apply, since the poly and rayon body will not discharge. Embroidery does not apply, since the sheer drapy 3.7 oz cropped body is too light and loose to embroider without puckering and distortion. Sublimation is not a reliable route, since the viscose and rayon content does not hold disperse dye and most colours are not a white polyester substrate.

• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• Style: B8882 (Women's Flowy Cropped Tee)
• Fabric: 65% polyester / 35% viscose, 32 singles (Athletic Heather 52/48; Heather Navy 70% rayon / 30% polyester)
• Weight: 3.7 oz/yd2
• Construction: Sheer drapy flowy jersey, flowy fit, modest cropped body length, tailored short sleeve, side-seamed, tear-away label.
• Fit: Women's flowy fit, modest crop, tailored short sleeve
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL
• Colors available: 8 colours across solids and heathers (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the piece or by the case; confirm current packing per case for your colour and size before a large order
• Care: Machine wash cold, gentle. Hang dry or tumble dry low.

The reorder note specific to this style: treat it as a poly-majority fashion body, so default to DTF for clean colour across the whole range and centre the print high on the modest cropped panel rather than reusing a full-length file. Hold a light deposit and a low cure on any screen run because of the poly migration, and lay a poly-blocking underbase on the Heather Navy. Cross-shop the Bella + Canvas B8881 Women's Flowy Boxy Tee to run an oversized boxy crop instead of the tailored fit, and step across to the Bella + Canvas 8821 Women's Flowy Draped Sleeve Dolman Tee when a draped dolman sleeve decides the order over the cropped cut. TheClothingSpace stocks the B8882 at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase as case and unit quantities rise, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

Building a women's fashion-tee program for your decoration method? Browse all wholesale women's t-shirts.