what kinds of material can i use to make decals for a shirt?

Question

I want to make my own decals for shirts, but I don't know what to use. I just need stuff that is all white. are there any kinds of material that I can cut a design out and iron onto a shirt? any kind of paint? where can i get it?

Answer 1

You can get transfer material in office supply stores and fabric stores. You use it to print a design backwards, the iron it onto your shirt.

Or, you can print directly onto fabric and then cut that out and make an applique out of it with sewing or fabric glue. Probably the best bet for beginners is to use printer fabric sheets, also available in fabric stores.

You can use stencils with fabric paints, or freehand with fabric paints and dyes that go on with a brush or an applicator bottle. And there are felt-tip fabric markers as well.

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Answer 2

Sorry my Transfers page at GlassAttic didn't help. It actually does have a load of good info from many clayers who have done transfers successfully over the years (with many different techiques/equipment/materials), as well as troubleshooting what the problems can be, but there is almost too much info there. (And, doing transfers successfully are one of the hardest things to do in polymer clay, unless you just happen upon a right combination of materials/equipment/technique right from the beginning--which does happen to some people-- or you use one of the "easier" methods, using magazine-page images for example). I'm not sure where you've seen articles that say an inkjet printer should work (well) when used with regular paper, but in general to make a nice saturated transfer you'll need: ...either a toner-based image (created on a laser printer, a photocopier, or an inkjet printer that uses *permanent* ink) onto regular paper (or onto other slick papers like parchment, etc) ...or you'll need an inkjet image printed onto one of the special kinds of paper that are clay-coated including some photo papers (or very slick) and function as "transfer papers." Otherwise, you'll get a pale image, or none at all. You don't say specifically whether you're using the liquid clay just as a helper and transferring "directly" onto clay, or using it to create an intermediary "decal" transfer which you can later put onto clay, so I'm not sure what else to say about that. (When a decal is made --which is reversible since it's transparent-- the liquid clay is usually poured onto a sheet of glass, so if that's what you're doing the main problem you may be having is the type of paper you're using, *in combination with* the type of ink or toner you're using. Or it could be a technique factor like how long you're letting the image sit, how well you're burnishing, whether you're using a helper like heat or a solvent, etc.) HTH, Diane B.

Answer 3

you can use Felt. This is a heavy fabric you get from a furnishing fabric shop or craft shop. You can cut into shapes and glue to shirt. You can also cut the soft plastic on ice cream carton lids into shapes, colour with colouring pen, and glue. You can buy all sorts of paints and metal colours. Nowadays you can get coloured beads and buttons etc. Check with Martha Stewart. com Lots of craft ideas on there.

Answer 4

uhhhhhhh go to a store and ask???? i dont know cuz i dont make my shirts. i get them from the buffalo i kill. as you can see tht im a caveman.