Originally Posted by
GemState
What I have found is to heat set what you have printed by ironing it several times, let it sit for a day or two, iron it some more. After a day or two you can spritz it with water and iron it again. It you put water on it right away after printing it will run and smear. I have labels I have washed several times. They do fade a little but stay pretty OK.
This is the way to go! Don't iron backwards & forwards just press with a hot iron to set the ink bubbles into the fabric - I do all the above then wash it before I sew it on - just in case lol