Iron-On Transfers verse Printing on fabric directly?!
I bought some iron-on transfer sheets for ink jet printers size 4x6....I am making a block with a picture on in the center of it... you would print off your picture onto the transfer, then iron-on the transfer sheet to the material.
I did try printing directly onto the fabric and then washed it to see if it would fade and indeed it did, it faded enough to know that after like 4 years or less I bet you could hardly read it..the method I used was put my fabric onto freezer paper then ran it through my printer then ironed it to set the ink...then the next day I ironed it again and put it into the wash with a tiny bit of arm and hammer washing detergant...
Does anyone have any experience of which method holds up best after washings and shows least amount of wear after time? The only thing that scares me about iron-on transfers is cracking and it flaking off...has anyone had that happen?