Made Blanks: Heavyweight Tees, Hoodies and Ready to Dye Pieces

Core styles

Styles and specs from Made Blanks's own product pages, checked 2026-10-04. Colors and details change; check the current spec before ordering.

Made Blanks sells under the MADE name, and its catalog reads like a streetwear wardrobe: heavy tees, pullover and zip hoodies, crewnecks, sweatpants and shorts, most of them sized XS through 2XL or 3XL. Weight is the common thread. The core tees run from 6.5 to 7.5 oz, and the newest hoodies are listed by GSM, from 335 up to 475. Made places its Honors pieces in an "A+ Program" that it says is made entirely in Los Angeles; it does not make that claim for the whole range.

Ready to Dye pieces

Many styles come in a Ready to Dye option next to the stock black, grey or white. Made describes these as raw, undyed fabric sewn with cotton thread, with patterns adjusted for the small shrinkage a dye bath causes. That is the same idea as a PFD blank: the garment is finished but uncolored, so a label can garment dye it to a shade nobody else stocks. The cotton thread matters, because polyester thread would stay pale while the body takes the dye. Garment-dyed blanks explained covers why dyed batches drift and how to plan around it.

If you dye these pieces yourself, agree the order of work with your printer before anything ships. Dyeing first and printing second is the usual route, since a dye bath can stain or shift ink that is already on the garment.

Tees: three different bodies

• The Homeroom is a 7 oz tubular tee in 16-singles cotton with a thickened collar and a slightly oversized cut. With no side seams, a wide print can run toward the sides without crossing a seam.
• The Major Tee is 6.5 oz, side seamed and true to size, with an enzyme wash for a softer hand. It is the closest the range gets to a classic retail tee.
• The Honors T-Shirt uses 7.5 oz open-end semi-slub jersey, a yarn that varies in thickness and gives the fabric visible texture. The cut is boxy and cropped with a slight drop shoulder.

The Honors fabric deserves a thought before printing. Slub texture and open-end yarn leave an uneven surface, so a solid flood of ink or a fine halftone can look broken in places. Plenty of labels treat that as part of the vintage look; for crisp photo detail, the Major or the Homeroom is the safer canvas. Boxy, oversized and streetwear fits explains how a cropped, dropped-shoulder cut changes print size and placement.

Hoodies: cotton face or all cotton

Made's fleece splits into two constructions, and the split decides how each one prints.

The Everyday Relaxed Hoodie (the renamed Lunch Hoodie) and the Lunch Club styles pair a 100% cotton face with a 60/40 cotton/polyester fleece behind it. The face takes DTG, discharge and dye well, but the polyester can still release color into ink as it cures. Made itself tells printers to use poly blockers on these styles, a plain sign that dye migration is a real risk for light ink on dark colors.

The Standard Relaxed (360 GSM) and Heavy Relaxed (475 GSM) hoodies are 100% cotton fleece with a kangaroo pocket and no drawstrings. All-cotton fleece sidesteps migration and is a natural fit for discharge ink, with the usual caveat that discharge depends on the dye, so test the exact color first. The Varsity Hoodie is the outlier: 14 oz of 80/20 cotton/polyester with drawstrings, side gussets and a slightly oversized fit, closer to an athletic sweatshirt.

For embroidery, the heavy fleece is an easy base. Thick, stable fabric holds dense stitching without puckering, so a chest logo or a 3D puff mark sits well. The practical question is hooping a very thick garment, which is a conversation with the embroiderer rather than a limit of the blank.

Choosing among Made styles

• A heavy tee that fits like a standard shirt: the Major Tee.
• A heavy, slightly loose tee with a print area free of side seams: the Homeroom.
• Texture and a short, square shape: the Honors T-Shirt.
• A hoodie that keeps cost down and still prints cleanly: the Everyday Relaxed, with blocker ink.
• All-cotton weight for discharge or a premium hand: the Standard or Heavy Relaxed.
• Your own colors: any style offered in Ready to Dye.

Alternatives

For a garment-dyed heavy tee from another LA maker, see Los Angeles Apparel and its 1801GD. Shaka Wear covers heavy tees in a much wider size range, and Blanks by Thirteen makes all-cotton fleece in a similar weight class. Heavyweight vs midweight vs lightweight T-shirts and how to choose a blank hoodie put these numbers in context.

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