I did the drawing of the dogs and then put them over a blue starburst pattern in paintshop pro-you could use photoshop, psp is just what I use. I only printed once. The blue around the square is fabric I tried to match to what I printed. That was as close as I could come to it. It's a bit lighter but it works I think. That square went thru the process I described. It was washed in warm water and detergent and dried in the dryer. The colors all stayed true.