how do I transfer photos onto fabric?

Question

i saw a quilt w/ photos of actual people on some of the squares. how did they do that? and how can I replicate it for a family tree quilt of my own?

Answer 1

Make sure you have a wet shirt
The picture you want on the shirt
Choose it
Make sure the right side of the picture is facing the shirt
so you see the white

put the iron on top of the picture...


For a couple of seconds
and there :)

Answer 2

I know that there is this really neat printing paper at I believe office supply and craft stores. What you do it put that paper in the printer and print your pictures, then you can use them as an iron on transfer kind of deal to the fabric. Once you do that I am sure you can sew the desired squares together to make a quilt. My mom made a family tree quilt by doing that!

Answer 3

Any fabric or craft store will have printable fabric sheets that run through the computer. You DO NOT want the iron ons, since they are rubbery feeling after being printed and the print will crock eventually. June Tailor sheets are very thin and tend to skew when you peel them off the backing. Printed Treasures http://www.printedtreasures.com/ptw carries many types of printable fabric, or you can print your own. If you have an Epson printer with Durabright cartridges you can simply iron muslin or cotton fabric to freezer paper, cut to size and print. It's good to go and the pigment-based inks are permanent on fabrics with no additional treatment. If you don't have Durabrite cartridges in your printer, you can pre-treat any fabric with Bubble Jet Set and then iron to the freezer paper and run through the printer. The BJS makes the inks permanent even if it's a dye-based ink. Adjust your printer settings for high saturation and photo black if you have 2 black inks.

You can also read the archives at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inkjetfabricprinting/ for lots of technical information and suggestions for getting the best, most durable prints on your fabric.

Answer 4

Whew, you are getting a lot of misinformation here. Most office supply stores, and large craft stores sell iron on transfer paper. You do run the paper through your printer to get the image you want. The transfer will be printed just as you see it. Once you flip it over, to iron on to your quilt square, everything will be printed backwards ( including lettering ). If you want your design to come out just as you see it, you must print the transfer in reverse. If your computer's printer won't do this, you can have this done for you at the office supply store ( if this service is available ).

Answer 5

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how do I transfer photos onto fabric?
i saw a quilt w/ photos of actual people on some of the squares. how did they do that? and how can I replicate it for a family tree quilt of my own?

Answer 6

no, no, no!

you go to the office supply store, buy special sheets of fabric you put through the printer. Then you can sew them up any way you want. I've done it. It's easy and fun.

Avery make some called printable fabric.

It uses a lot of ink, so get extra.

enjoy

Answer 7

there are companies/ stores the will print photos onto sheets of paper. the paper is a special kind that allows you to iron the photo onto a fabric

Answer 8

You can buy some paper in the craft department that is printer paper so you can do an iron on transfer. or you could find a screen printing place who can do something for you.

Answer 9

Go to an arts and crafts store like Michaels or Hobby Lobby and you can buy the things that let you transfer pictures. Good luck.

Answer 10

1. go to an office max/office depot/staples (anyhwere with office supplies)
2. get Iron-on T-shirt transfers
3. what they are - peices of paper you put in your computer as regular paper and you can print out anything you want on them, and iron them on to fabric!

its really great, i use them to make band tshirts, and stuff like that, but a family quilt will work too!
hope i helped!