Originally Posted by The pitz
I have used the photo fabric for labels on the backs of my quilts, but is there any way you can print on your own fabric?
If anyone has done this, please share how you prepared your
fabric for the printer. Thank you much.
The pitz
Yes, you can. I usually use a pale color of all cotton material and prewash it without any fabric softener or additives ... just plain ordinarily wash it. The I iron it, again with no starch, Best Press, or other. I use my Word program on my PC to do the lettering. I choose a font I like and that goes with the quilt style. If I want a design from the fabric, I can scan it into my computer and past it somewhere near the lettering.
Having done all that I cut a piece of freezer paper and iron it onto the backside of the material [shiny side to the back of the label material. Then I trim the deges and re-iron the leading edge and put it through my INK JET printer. Once printed I let it dry a bit and then iron it again.
I know my pictures are less than desired but hope they help ... if I did it correctly in posting them.
the kitty cat from the material
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with the writing
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