Guest primecath Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Has anyone any experience with printing the digital pages onto fabric. I would really like to create a family gift using fabric but I want to do more than a transfer would allow me to do. Somehow, I should be able to print directly onto fabric and have it reasonably colourfast. Any Help is appreciated Thanks Catherine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jemmia Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 sorry not sure how you would do this but sure someone round here will know goodluck and let us all know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrappingForever Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Well, when I print out on mulberry paper, which is a rather flimsy hand-made paper, I attach it to a piece of regular printer paper first with painter's tape, the lo-tack blue tape the painters use. If you run it thru your printer that way, it's sturdy enough to go thru, and prints beautifully. So maybe that would work for fabric, too. Let us know if you give it a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wxchic Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I'm SURE I saw printable canvas at office max. It comes in 8.5x11 sheets. I think Kodak makes it. But I KNOW I have seen it. Check their website or do a google on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keri S Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Oh that sounds like a wonderful idea! Please share the results as I'm sure it will be gorgeous!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericahite Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Hi Catherine. That's a great idea to put your scrapping on fabric. I don't have too much experience with printing on fabric, but have you heard of cafe press? Their website is [url="http://www.cafepress.com"]http://www.cafepress.com[/url]. You could actually upload your digital images and have them printed onto all sorts of things like bags, shirts, cups, etc. Even a mouse pad. Oh, and there's also this stuff called Lazertran, [url="http://www.lazertran.com"]http://www.lazertran.com[/url]. They have a website too. You can run the paper through your printer, and then afterwards, submerge the paper into water, and then the printed clear image slides off and you can put the printing onto anything like fabric, stone, wood, etc. I think that's the gist of it. If you try any of the above, let us know. There are so many possibilities! Erica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momentousangel Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Avery also has a cotton printable fabric for inkjet printables. It comes in 8.5 in sheets with 5 sheets per pack. The one through Avery can either be ironed or sewn on to your projects. It has a heatseal backing that bonds to fabrics, cardboard, wood and other porous surfaces. I used it for doing a small photo album that was completely hand made. It worked out great, and isn't too spendy. Comes with some great instructions for getting great printing with it and is truly a neat thing. I buy alot of printer type papers, ranging in every thing from sticker paper, transparencies, sticky notes, labels, photo paper, window clings, greeting cards, postcards, and magnet sheets. The photo paper is always Kodak for me, but any of the other wide array of papers I usually get are by Avery. The prices are reasonable and the quality is great really. As for printing on other fabrics, using the painters tape works really really good. I like using my childrens old clothing to print on, , printing on it adds a little more to some crafts that we do because it means it was something they wore growing up as well. I printed out different photo's f my children from when they were little and so on onto different squares of their own old clothing, and sent it to my dear grandmother who is in turn making a quilt with it for each of my children. When my sister saw it she was a bit in awe at the idea. I'm not a quilter by any means, but my dear grandmother is so great at, . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satippetts Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Great ideas ladies! Makes me want to go out and try it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varanda Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I have some samples, there's a company and now there's lots of them that make fabrics adhered to a thin paper that can go through your printer. I googled inkjet fabric and got lots of leads:[url="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inkjet+fabric&btnG=Google+Search"]Inkjet Fabrics[/url] There is also this place online: [url="http://www.paper-paper.com/home-details.html"]http://www.paper-paper.com/[/url] and he has all sorts of weird and wacky stuff to take your crafting to a new level. I think the site is unattractive, but I like the raw materials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrapGirlsRo Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 I'm hesitant to say that I've done it myself - with ordinary embroidery fabric. I turned out really cool, too. I taped that stuff down to cardstock really good so that I didn't have any edges poking up to choke my printer. But I also ruined a perfectly good HP once by running the wrong thing through it (it was one of those printers that didn't do a straight pass through - but it curved around half way through... It was constantly choking on stuff). So that's why I'm hesitant in mentioning it. On one hand, you can have a big-ol' blast. On the other hand, if you aren't careful, you can fry your printer (and I don't want that on my conscience. LOL) Inkjet fabrics are a good solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest primecath Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Momentousangel, your suggestion of using your childrens old clothing to print on really sent a warm fuzzy through me. I found your suggestion to be so very supportive of creating an all inclusive memory piece. My children are grown, so there are no pieces of fabric to use now, but grandchildren may be on the way soon so I'll definately use your idea then. Now, a further question. Your grandmother is turning the printed squares into a quilt, how wonderful. [b]DID YOU COLOURFAST THE FABRIC??? [/b] If so, how, if not, why not? Your idea of printing on family fabrics just opens so many ideas for me. If washability is not an issue, you could also frame, box, use as wrap or create lamp shades (I'm sure there are many other ideas out there) -- imagine a printed pocket from their first pair of jeans. How cute that would be. Thanks so much for the idea! Catherine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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