gaigai

Even with the Jet set I don't think it holds up for more than 3 or 4 washings before fading.

cbuchanan

I'm so glad you asked the questions and have enjoyed reading the responses. I have done the muslin on freezer paper (having soaked it in Bubble Jet) and I have used the commercial sheets from JoAnn's. BUT I have had absolutely no luck. I did a quilt putting pictures of my granddaughter in the sashing only to find out when one got wet that the pictures ran. I had to totally disassemble the quilt to get the pictures out. I have an HP printer and i've been told that some printers do better than others. Be sure you test whatever you use so you don't have to do what I did. I'll continue to watch this post and maybe can find an answer to my own problem.

ghostrider

You must be using the iron on kind? It's the fusible that is hard to stitch through, not the fabric. The sew in kind is not hard to stitch at all. And as for the printing lasting, yes, lomger, truer and clearer than anything else I have tried or heard about.

JoAnn's sells several different kinds of similar sheets, all poor except the Printed Treasures, imho. Search for it on other threads on the board. We've talked about it quite a bit and most that have used it like it very much.

mar32428

I use Bubble Jet cause I print a lot of pics on fabric for my heirloom quilts. For me, it's cheaper to get the material and treat it. You can buy the treated paper for just a few things but it is &&&&&&. Watch out tho. Once you've printed a couple of things you're going to catch the fabric printing disease.

rndelling

I iron the muslin onto freezer paper, run it through the printer and then go over everything with gel pens. They are permanent and you at least have the size and font that you want the letters to be which is much easier than trying to write it yourself.

Took me several tries to figure out wouldn't wash out but this has worked for me.

Shelley

I use the Printed Treasures, then sew a border on the label with the binding fabric, doing it just like a binding. Then I iron it over the edge, and sew that to the quilt back. It frames the label just like the binding frames the quilt, and it's easier to stitch on than the Printed Treasures.

gaigai

My avatar quilt has photos, but I went to a special place to have them transferred to fabric. Although they are heat set, they are not like most t-shirt prints, the "ink" is actually fused into the material. The quilt has been washed numerous times, and the photos have not changed at all. I was given a guarantee that the photos would not fade even after 50 washings. This being said, the process was not cheap. There are 20 photos on my quilt, and the cost was around $300.00 in 1995.

dunster

No, it's not the iron on kind. It even says "soft and pliable for easy sewing" - but it isn't.

bstanbro

I used Printed Treasures as well. There are plenty of free quilt labels online that can be downloaded. I'm no expert, but right-clicking on your mouse is involved. (I'm lucky enough to have an engineer for a husband who can show me this stuff. I'm not sure how other people live with their computers without tearing all their hair out.) Anyway, if you do a search, you can find quilt labels to download, and also inscriptions for your quilts. I can give you more info if you want, but I'd need to look it up. I'm happy to do it for you if you're interested. Also, I have a software program that works pretty well. Hundreds of labels to download. It wasn't expensive, and it's fairly easy to use. My only complaint is that the instructions are not very helpful, and again, having an engineer for a husband was a big bonus!

bstanbro

I just now noticed the entry above mine. There are definitely hard to get a needle through. I machine sew them onto a backing using fabric from my quilt in the same way you put a binding on the quilt itself. It looks really nice. I don't like the iron-on kind because they have a plastic feel to them and are not flexible. I'm not sure they won't come off in the wash. I have washed printed treasures labels and the ink holds fast with no fading.