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.
Funny, someone else was talking about printing on fabric today. I answered them here:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-125840-1.htm#3337657. If you want sepia look, or the bright cyanblue prints, this would work, but not for multi color printing. But, thought I suggest as an alternative if what you are doing won't work. Good luck, be sure to show us your finished quilt!