Printing On Fabric with Ink Jet Printer Information
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yolajean
I decided to make the quilt with embroidered flowers. The pastels I chose didn't play well with the dark colors of the flower prints. I used a decoupage glue but I am sure any water based glue would work. this was a post by gammieju so if you search her name you should find more information. I will post a picture of to flowers side by side. I washed all of them to see how they would work in a quilt and the darker one is the one with the glue. The fabric is a little stiffer than normal but is like taffeta as gammieju stated in her post. Every picture I printed and treated this way washed so very well! I tried all kinds of pretreatments and some of the commercial and they either didn't work or were way above my budget.
I had to experiment and I am sure you will have too. My glue ended up clear and not very thick.
Lynda
I decided to make the quilt with embroidered flowers. The pastels I chose didn't play well with the dark colors of the flower prints. I used a decoupage glue but I am sure any water based glue would work. this was a post by gammieju so if you search her name you should find more information. I will post a picture of to flowers side by side. I washed all of them to see how they would work in a quilt and the darker one is the one with the glue. The fabric is a little stiffer than normal but is like taffeta as gammieju stated in her post. Every picture I printed and treated this way washed so very well! I tried all kinds of pretreatments and some of the commercial and they either didn't work or were way above my budget.
I had to experiment and I am sure you will have too. My glue ended up clear and not very thick.
Lynda
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I am surprised you ladies are using a glue/decoupage solution, though I am glad to hear that it works. I always use a "textile medium" to stop ink flow, to permanently prep for heat setting the ink/photo/paint, and to give the fabric a soft hand when completed. The "Golden" brand, that I buy at joanns or michaels, claims on its label that "it provides a soft hand an increased launderability"
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