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this is great! I have used freezer paper ironed on to silk organza and have been able to print photographs with a really nice effect. I would have thought the adhesive of the sticky paper would mess with the fabric, but your cover photo looks awesome!
Oct 30, 2009. 8:04 PMirish2danish
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This is a really clever (and pretty easy) way of doing a transfer – thanks!
Oct 17, 2009. 8:03 AMRuth Williams
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Interesting idea - I am a visual person - it would have been perfect if you took a picture of your end product as a sample. That is the only thing missing for me. I am going to try this! Thanks!
Oct 17, 2009. 1:30 PMozgirl57 (author)
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Ruth, The last photo shows you the fabric backed onto the sticky label just prior to trimming. The end product looks exactly the same except trimmed.
Oct 5, 2009. 8:25 AMorksecurity
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Interesting. From the picture, it appears to produce a sharper image than iron-on transfers (not surprisingly). Any recommendations on suitable types of fabric? Unfortunately my "disposable" printers (the ones I'd want to use for this) are all dye-based inks. Epson _claims_ they're waterproof (on paper) after drying, but I'm not at all convinced.
Oct 9, 2009. 12:23 PMozgirl57 (author)
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For the best possible image transfer I use a tightly woven 200ct prepared for dyeing white fabric.
Dye-based inks are not waterproof on fabric. To make them waterproof you can use a product such as Bubble Jetset 2000 or spray them with a matte sealer, depending on your needs.
Fabric and Bubble Jetset can be found at Dharma Trading
http://www.dharmatrading.com/
Dye-based inks are not waterproof on fabric. To make them waterproof you can use a product such as Bubble Jetset 2000 or spray them with a matte sealer, depending on your needs.
Fabric and Bubble Jetset can be found at Dharma Trading
http://www.dharmatrading.com/
Oct 4, 2009. 3:22 PMbutchie50
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Would it be possible to use these labels to do iron on transfers? Where you do not have to run any fabric at all through the printer?
Oct 5, 2009. 2:59 AMozgirl57 (author)
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No you can't use these for iron-on transfers; you would need to buy the special iron-on transfers.
You can buy iron on transfer paper for your printer. They cost about the same as these. It would of course allow you to not have the seams around your image, but iron-ons do tend to fade after about a dozen washings.
Oct 5, 2009. 12:48 PMthreadbare
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A lot of iron on transfers crack or peel off. This would do neither. Great idea.
This sounds like a great technique (I don't have a printer to try it with though). How water-fast is the ink? L
Oct 4, 2009. 6:15 AMozgirl57 (author)
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As explained in Step 2 the properties of the ink are determined by the type of ink your printer uses. If you're not sure, you can check your user manual or contact the manufacturer.
Either I missed it or you updated it. Either way thanks for pointing me to that. L
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