tngal22

So I have seen around the craft world, small projects with stamps on fabric. I had wondered if it was washable so I did a research. I found one lady that tested about 10 different inks and washed all of them. The best was VeraCraft. It did not fade at all and looked great. So I went to JoAnn's yesterday and got some, VeraMagic in black and did my own test. I put a stamp on scrap muslin and heat set one and didn't the other. I washed both scraps in hot water and then dried it. The heat set one looks great!

I haven't tried on cotton fabric yet but will report back if anyone is interested. Thought it would make a cute little addition to your projects. I found a stamp that has "handmade with love" on it.

Here is a pic after washing but before drying:

DebraK

muslin is cotton fabric, no?

tngal22

Yes, but I meant colored. Sorry. Typing in a hurry. lol

DebraK

ah, I see ;-)

SewExtremeSeams

Thanks for the info. Will have to try that.

tngal22

I just stamped and heat set different fabrics from knit to burlap. Will report back after the washing/drying.

irishrose

Good information. I have some hearts stamps leftover from some wedding projects and they'd be a nice addition to some labels. Let us know about the quilting cotton. Yesterday I had to use some for a handwritten label as my muslin wasn't a good match. I hope it holds.

chips88

do not want to sound dumb. but what is heat setting? i am new to quilting and i am learning so much from qb. and while i am at what is ufo. lol

Jennie and Me

Heat setting is when you press the project with a hot iron. (Or whatever heat is suggested for your fabric) The heat "sets" the ink.
You can learn so much here...isn't this great?!!

kathdavis

I wonder if you have to wash your fabric first before stamping, because of the chemicals on the fabric?

Also, can't wait to see how knits and the other fabric does. Thanks for doing all the footwork for us.