Did you know you don’t have to buy those fancy fabric printer sheets ?
 

I haven't tried this method, but it sounds interesting, not necessarily for bean bags though, for memory quilts.

Has anybody done this? Would be interested in hearing what your results were.

http://www.infarrantlycreative.net/2010/03/custom-bean-bags.html

the link didn't work, so typed it in. I got 'the page no longer exists'.

Reposting the link...I copy/pasted it into the addressbar and it worked for me.

http://www.infarrantlycreative.net/2...bean-bags.html

i will definitely have to give this a try.

a side note ... if i'm making a "bean bag" for any reason, i don't use beans, rice, or any other dried food product as stuffing. i use either small buttons, cheap beads from the dollar store, or something else along those lines. then i can safely toss it into the wash. :)

WOW. I just finished making a 50th Anniversary quilt for my brother and bought $75 worth of the "fancy fabric printer sheets". Now I know better. Thanks for the info.

Wow!! Thanks

Interesting....I'll have to remember this...my bubble jet set is nearly empty.

What a wonderful savings this will be. Thanks so much for sharing.

Thank you so much for sharing this!!

All I can get ,it says error, page no longer exists.

wow that is so cool!!! i can't wait to try it!!!!

Here is another link using this and how to order it. I havn't tried but it's supposed to save money.

http://www.cjenkinscompany.com/Produ...FQsCbAoda11_uA

Are you using the 2nd link I posted, this one?: http://www.infarrantlycreative.net/2...bean-bags.html

Thanks for the tip, I have done this but never using this products, I will give it a try.

I have made my own printer fabric sheets, I used a product called "Bubble Jet Set". They worked very well. I ironed the fabric onto freezer paper sheets that are available in 8.5x11 size.

You really do not need all that stuff. all yoiu do need is some soda ash or washing soda. put half a cup of it into two pints of hot water and saok the fabric in the solution for a few minutes take care not to get any onto your eyes and sensitive hands should wear rubber gloves . squeeze out the excesse solution and then hang to drip dry the fabric iron it flat and then iron onto freezer/ butchers paper make sure there are no loose threads to catch the rollers
this is a great method to use if you are creating minnie landscape pictures as you can do a sheet of grass and one of sky and mountains and water and such then paper piece to produce a wonderfull mural.
annei

How cool! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for putting the link up 2nd time. It worked and I'm delighted to have the info. Appreciate your efforts alot!

I have tried this and YES it does work, actually just as good as the Bubble Jet liquid and the printer sheets. My favorite has been TAP paper for printing on anything, but this solution is fantastic! Thanks for the reminder.

Thank you for ALL the discussion here - I have never tried it but you make it sound so logical to do. Thanks.

Marysewfun

Thank you for sharing this !!!!

Fabulous. I must give this a try. Those purchased at the store are so pricey and hard to get a hand needle through. I like to print my quilt labels on them. Love the site. Thanx for sharing.,

I've printed on fabric ironed to freezer paper with good success. I'm sure happy to have the 'recipe' for the fabric soak - thanks for posting!

How does this method work when washed? Does it fade out when washed? I make a lot of photo memory quilts plus 5 & 6 generation quilts & use the bubble jet. Washing has to be in cold water on a delicate cycle & fluff dried with no heat to protect the photos. This method would be so much cheaper.

Couldn't open this either. I use freezer paper, cut 8 1/2 x 11" and iron paper onto the freezer paper, cut paper to fit. It will then go thru the printer and print whatever you have on the computer.

I am sorry. I meant iron the freezer paper onto fabric cut both 8 1/2 x 11". Run thru the printer and it will print on the fabric, whatever is on your computer screen.

All I have to say is Thanks!! I didn't realize I didn't have to use fabric sheets which I was going to run out of for this memory project this week so I will do this and one of my sons has been trying to get me to buy him anything he can learn to juggle with...I will make bead bags today....weirdest thing he has to be able to juggle to pass PE (he's in 7th grade). Thanks again

i have used a lot of different methods but most are expensive will sure try this.. thanks for the post

Great idea for the buttons, PatriceJ. I have a million buttons; now I know what to do with them. I used to get those plastic pellets, but they are expensive. Thanks for the great idea.

Thanks for the info.

Wow! So worth trying out. Oh the money you WIll save to buy more fabric! Thank you for the link.

Thanks for the info here have to try this since working on a project now and have soda ash which is like washing soda and used for dyeing to prepare fabric so think that should work.

I just went to the website that she posted the second time and it went right to it ... I decided to copy and paste the info onto a word document so I can save it in my quilting file on my computer

I was able to access the page using the link in the post at 2:54am.
Photo printing projects are fun and because they are personalized for the recipient, really do have high impact.
I have printed on fabric using the freezer paper method for several years as a method of making customized quilt labels. I heat set the ink with my iron then rinse lightly in cool water. Certain printer inks lend themselves to fabric very well, others do not.

Last year, I tested several methods for setting ink into the fabric for a customer's photo quilt and this is what I learned: All photos need to dry after printing, rinsed and ironed, regardless of solution methods.

From my experience, no photo quilt will hold up to repeated washings and retain original color as the freshly completed project, regardless of using the name brand fabric setting solution or DIY solution.

However, the weave of the fabric will make the difference in the clarity of photos and smoothness of the fabric. I tried PFD fabric and a few other 100% cottons from various textile manufacturers. PFD fabric seemed to be much more coarse than I expected after setting it with the solution. I found very fine Pima cottons and silks to work very well in mimicking the clarity of the original photo. But certainly PFD and cottons can be used, depending on the intended use of the project and recipient.

Thank you for posting this, great tute! Will definately try this. :)

Thanks for the tip, this will help me a lot next time!!

I would like to try this technique on Jo-Ann's Legacy Studio Premium muslin. It has a high thread count which might be beneficial for photos. I would wash it first to remove the sizing.

I have tried this using different fabrics and with different dryng times and any other variable I could think of and the photos all faded some almost completely washed out. There was a post on this board and if I can find it I will put it in here. I tried her method and it works wonderful!! can't fnd the link I will try to copy and paste.
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fabric photo printing
I have been practicing making memory quilts and have experimented with all products and all methods and have come up with a foolproof method that makes the photos permanent. I use any kind of pretreated fabric for photo printing. After the photo is printed onto the fabric, dry it completely, then mix fabric glue with water to the consistency of heavy to medium heavy whipping cream, take a sponge brush and dab the weakened glue covering every inch. You do not want to make strokes because it will make the colors run. This will never wash out. The glue sets the ink and literally can not ever be washed. You do not want the glue to be too thick or heavy because the fabric will be too stiff. Practice on an old cloth until you find exactly the best consistency. I have used many different kinds of fabric glue and they all work.


I need to make a correction. When I wrote it can never be washed, I meant to say the photo can never be washed out.
After the photos have been treated with the weakened glue it can be washed as many times as needed and the photos will never fade. The glue actually makes the photos more vibrate. The fabric photos after the glue treatment will feel about like taffata fabric and can easily be quilted. When I first started making photo quilts I was disappointed when the photos bgan to fade after each washing no matter which brand of treated fabric I bought. I had made a baby quilt with the babys' photo in the center but as it was washed the photo began to fade. A baby quilt has to be washed very often so I began experimenting. I am making my gdil a wedding memory quilt and will post a picture of it as soon as I finish.


I posted a message a few weeks ago about how I have learned to copy photos for a quilt and how to make them permanent with the fabric glue and had intended to wait until I had completed this anniversary quilt for gs and gdil but haven't had much time to work on it so am posting pic of wip I use spiritual expressions for editing my pictures however it is no longer availabe but am told printmaster platium 18.1 works similar. They have the option to crop to shape which I love. The quilt really is square but because of how I hung and laid it, it looks so crooked. I don't know how clear these will look as I have never posted pictures here before, but I can tell you that they are very vivid and clear. I have made many memory quilts using the fabric glue and they can be washed forever and the color will not fade. I do not use patterns just think of how I want to design the quilt. Sometimes I use small photos, but on this quilt I took the photos into the editing software and added borders, cropped pic and on the baby pictures, I made a heart in the program then added the baby pictures in the top of the heart then put stars around gs baby pic and hearts around gdil. I love editing pic, and these are 8x 9 pic or there about. If anyone would like to know more about my method or would like to see more pictures I would be very happy to explain how I do them. I hope to get it finished in the next month. I only have shortarm quilting machine on gracie frame. Hope someday to get bigger one but am 68 years old. So will see. Judy



Have been away from computer yesterday and today. In answer to some of the questions, No it does not make it rubbery, it has the texture of taffeta. When I started experimenting with the glue, I tried making the solutions at different strengths. If you get the solution too strong it makes the fabric like rainresistant fabric. I use a weak solution, probably about 1 teaspoon to 2 cups of water (I have not measured so this may not be totally accurate, this is where experimenting comes in.) When I was testing it I put one printed photo in the washer 8 times and dried it in the dryer the same many times, I have even put bleach on them.. I have a juki tl98e with little gracie frame and had no problem quilting the fabric at all. I take my photos into spiritual expression by brode