Originally Posted by lwbuchholz
I could use some suggestions. I am trying to make a quilt for my mother using her pictures of wildflowers. I have tried the bubble jet set and the ink washed out. I tried using a soda ash solution in reverse osmosis water and the ink washed out. I have an HP printer and an epson printer and find the same problem with both. I tried the special expensive sheets that are pretreated, about 3 or 4 brands and some of them were even worse. Do I need a special fabric? Or is there a way to set the ink in the fabric? If anyone can help me here I would sure appreciate it. I quess I am saying it wrong the ink doesn't all wash out just so much of it that the picture is very faded.
I have used the iron on transfer method with success. Just remember to reverse the pictures before you print them so they come out right when you iron them onto the fabric. You can get the iron on transfer paper at JoAnn's right by the printable fabric sheets. Good luck!
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