Miranda,
Use freezer paper instead. Wax paper won't stick as you've found out. Iron the shiny side of the freezer paper to the cloth. Dull side toward the iron.

Have fun now!
:D

:oops: Yep, I found that mistake! Thanks for the reply!!!!!!!!!!! I think I'm out of freezer paper, and I wanted to do this so bad TODAY! :roll:
I am such a goof ball!

Miranda, you are not a goofball. I was going to do the same process and managed to bring home about 3 rolls of waxed paper. Each time I would get home and look at my instructions and think well shoot I bought the wrong stuff. Go right back and buy the same thing again!! LOL
Gay

Nothing ventured, nothing gained! It was worth a try. Who knew? It might have worked. I know what you mean about wanting to do it right now!!! It boils down to "How bad do I want to do it? Am I willing to go to the store?" Often my answer is a resounding "NO!"

I think you're mighty brave to be running fabric through the printer. I know many have done it (my sister included) but I'm chicken!

Have fun when you do get your freezer paper.

(Wax paper is good for melting pieces of crayone between! First grade teacher talking now!)

LOL!!! That sounds like something I would do, too! I just hope I didn't get wax on my iron. It doesn't "look" like it, but...I think I'll run it over a dryer sheet to clean it, I heard that works for cleaning an iron.

How bad I want to make something when I don't have the materials is usually where I have to get really creative. I live 8 miles from a 2-lane road! (no, we're not on a dirt road-LOL!) Then, the store is about 10 miles from there...that's Kroger. Wal-Mart is a different story. It takes about 45 minutes to get there and about 40 miles one-way. The roads are curvy around here!
To get to a craft store such as AC Moore or Michael's...well, we're talking about a 1.5 hour drive.

I've yet to try the POF. Maybe soon.

The crayon/wax paper idea is fun. I remember doing that when I was a kid. I think we gathered some fall leaves and put in there, too.

Wax paper ain't what it used to be. It used to actually have visible wax on it. My mom used it to roll out her tender pie dough and it absorbs water so bad, you have to pick the pieces off the crust. :shock: It used to be tough stuff. Freezer paper is the way to go now.

Morning Miranda,
Where are you from in WV? I grew up around Parkersburg a few ( :) ) years ago.

Sharon

wax paper is supposed to clean an iron! :idea: :)

susan :lol: That is awesome. Now I have a clean iron and didn't even know it! :D

Yea I love that Iron on seem tape for quick hems and such but it does melt onto the iron if you accidently touch it, Aluminum foil is another quick fix. Iron it on hot to remove any goo or mineral build up from a steam iron esp.

hey! guess what?!?!
I got that fabric out I tried ironing the wax paper to :roll: , ANYWAY, the fabric is a lot stiffer! I didn't really notice it the day I ironed it. This may be a good idea if you need to make your fabric a little stiffer to use it and don't need the fabric as stiff as you would with a stableizer.

Well, I just wanted to share that with you. maybe it will help someone out!? :?:

:shock: BTW, I did manage to finally get some freezer paper! LOL!

hmmmm ... very interesting. could be one of those discoveries that gets you into heaven.
:wink:
have you tested yet to see if it washes out in cold water?

I think it's the wax from the paper that made it stiff and it aint coming out easily. I don't think it will take a very good print either, because the ink is going to sit on top of the wax and not bond with the fibers.

i agree that trying to print on it would be a waste of time. but if there's a way to wash it out easily, i like the idea of using it as a stiffener.

i suspect the only way to get it out is to boil it out, as in batik dying. but i live in hope ... LOL

hmmmm ... i wonder ... if you didn't wash it out at all, would it make it more dust and stain resistant? could be a great thing for quilts meant to hang on walls.

you may be on to something..............quick, call the patent office

with my luck, somebody else already has. LOL

But on the other hand, if you weren't printing on that fabric but needd extra body for appliquing, how would that work?

the same 2 questions remain:

(1) do need it to wash out for softness when the project is finished?
(2) if you do, can you get it out without wrecking the quilt with boiling hot water?

i'll test within the next few days and let you know. (one of these days i have GOT to get a life! i'm always fiddling around testing one thing or another. starting to feel like a lab rat. LOL)

and if you leave the wax in, can you polish the quilt so it shines like a car?

ok. i'm clearly losing what little is left of my mind. LOL :shock:

Patrice,
You're our lab guru! You're no lab rat!!! :lol:

Have fun now!

The Guru is stumped.

I cranked my iron up to the highest setting. I ironed with the fabric on top. I ironed with the fabric on bottom. I ironed with the fabric sandwiched between two pieces of waxed paper. I seriously considered ironing while facing west while standing on only one leg while the dog sang to the cat. (The cat wouldn't cooperate, the stubborn, stuck-up cuss.)

The parts of the paper that got hit with the heat do feel ever so slightly less waxy than the rest, but I can't see or feel any trace of wax on the fabric. It didn't even make my iron plate shiny.

I used Cut-Rite. I wonder what ButtercreamCakeArtist used ...

enquiring minds want to know ...

The Guru is stumped.

I cranked my iron up to the highest setting. I ironed with the fabric on top. I ironed with the fabric on bottom. I ironed with the fabric sandwiched between two pieces of waxed paper. I seriously considered ironing while facing west while standing on only one leg while the dog sang to the cat. (The cat wouldn't cooperate, the stubborn, stuck-up cuss.)

The parts of the paper that got hit with the heat do feel ever so slightly less waxy than the rest, but I can't see or feel any trace of wax on the fabric. It didn't even make my iron plate shiny.

I used Cut-Rite. I wonder what ButtercreamCakeArtist used ...

enquiring minds want to know ...

ButtercreamCakeArtist used Cut Rite. I kept turning the paper over and over and over and ironing and ironing. I did that with about 3 pieces. :lol: I was trying to make it stick to the fabric! I feel like an :oops: :oops: idiot. Oh, well. I've been sick, and my head is just not right!

I got the freezer paper, but I haven't tried it yet, either. I wanted to get some of the Bubble Jet Set before I do. I'm afraid it would just be a waste of ink.

I'm glad I got all your minds ticking, too! :D

i don't know why you feel like an idiot. it isn't as though somebody gave you the proper instructions then you ignored them. you were brave enough to experiment, then SMART enough to ask when you didn't get the result you hoped for. you should see the results of some of the things i've tried over the years. LOL

i can't speak for anybody else but the only things I've known how to do from birth are eat, sleep, process and expel the results of eating, and cry. the rest has been learned over time.

go to Dharma.com for your BJS. while you're there, get a bottle of either Retayne or Dharma Dye Fixative (same chemical, different brands.) also make sure you print on 200-ct 100% cotton muslin or 100% silk. if you're printing with an HP using color ink cartridge #10, 11, or 97, expect to lose a lot of ink in the first rinse (20% fade or more). don't blame yourself - it's the "new" and "improved" ink that causes the problem. don't spend all that extra money on bubble jet rinse. synthrapol (your least expensive solution - you only need 4 caps full in a full washer load. also get mine from Dharma.), woolite, or any super-mild detergent will do.

after the first rinse, soak your printed sheets for 30 minutes in a solution of around 1/8 cup of the liquid dye fixative for each 2 cups of water. there's nothing about that in the instructions but think about it ... dye base inks ... dye fixative. i do it as an inexpensive extra step for added insurance against fading over time.

i used to be able to feed fabric through my HP printers easily when ironed to freezer paper. the newer models don't handle it as well. some people swear by full-page labels. i like the sticker project paper (by Avery) better. it's easier for me to get the fabric off without stretching it all out of shape.

if you are lucky enough to have a Canon printer that uses cartridges with numbers starting with CL, you can skip the first detergent wash and drop them straight into the dye fixative mix. you will lose so little ink you can hardly see the difference.

end of chapter. in the next installment, dear readers, we'll find out whether it was the butler or the maid ...

hmmm, i know where the butler was last night so i know he didn't do it.
don't just assume he was with me (it was mimisharon) SSHHHHH

Ah, yes. I am the maid around here, and I know it wasn't me. ;)
It was was the dog. Not my dog, though.

My printer is not a junky HP...I threw both of those out a long time ago! (sorry to those of you owning an HP...Mine were junk! and the HP computer was, too!)
My printer is a Lexmark X2350 scanner/copier/printer all in one. It only takes one ink cartridge for black and white and/or color printing. The number of the cartridge is simply 1. It's cheaper than the hp was to buy ink for, only about $19 compared to the hp 28 (and the black and white one was 27 or 29?), anyway one of those was $28 at the cheapest.

I could sit here and go on about it all night...but like I've said, I just don't get out enough! You guys are the most conversation I get other than my 4 year old daughter that NEVER shuts up, my 21 month old son, my Mom, and my Hubby. DH isn't home so much...he works too much, but ...you know how that all goes. I usually talk to my Mom twice a day on the phone. I only live about 15 minutes from her. I usually visit her once a week or more in the warmer months. We get some nasty roads around here in the winter. Mom and Dad usually make it to see us once or twice over the weekend.
BUT...tomorrow is my birthday, and I get to travel for about an hour and a half to go to a health fair for bloodwork, which usually makes me sick. But, I get to go to the MALL afterwords! so, yay. (and that was said sarcastically!) I get so tired of living where there is nothing around! geez. I'm really excited to get to go to AC MOORE tomorrow, though. I can't wait to get some more stableizer and machine embroidery thread for my new BROTHER...
OK...I'll shut up now.

Miranda,
You sound like you need a hug! Happy Birthday tomorrow! I hope you find something outlandish while your out "celebrating" with blood work! Yuck!!!
Talking with a 4 year old all day can be so wearing! and that 21 month old doesn't add much to the deapth of the conversation either, I imagine! My daughter just enrolled her youngest in a 3 hour day care program two days a week just so she can go have coffee with a friend, or shop alone, whatever. Be kind to yourself! Remember you need to take care of you to be a good mom and wife.
My kids are all grown now but I remember wanting adult time! Even now my sister and I call each other every day and talk for at least an hour. I have no idea what we discuss but before you know the time has flown by. Could be why we don't get as much done as we'd like! :D But adult conversation is so important!
Do something frivilous tomorrow. Make yourself smile! And consider yourself hugged! :lol:

Have a Hundred Hugs from me, too.

"Talk" as much as you want to. We are as interested in you as a person as we are in you as a fellow quilter.

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY

:-)

Happy Birthday Miranda, yep rattle all you want, if we get tired we'll just quit reading and you'll never know so let it out girl.
I know how you feel about being so far away from civilization, I am too.
kathy

Happy Birthday, Miranda :D :D :D
We know what you are going through. Just remember that you have good friends here that you can visit with a cup of coffee in one hand, a mouse in the other, and hopefully the kids take lots of long naps today. Light yourself a candle. Soon enough, those kids will be grown , and you will wonder how it happened so fast.
We all love ya. :wink:

Sharon, My roommate in Nursing school was from Parkersburg WV. She is not a quilter but lives in Fl now. Janey

Janey, There are a few of us from WV, here on the QB. Parkersburg is close to 2 hours away from where we live in Central WV.
Small world, really, huh?

I could not get on with waxed paper. Instead I used Bondaweb (thats what it is called here in England). However, one you have ironed fabric onto the Bondaweb you can then put it through the printer. Do trim up the edges first so that it has nice straight edges. After you have printed the fabric, peel of the backing. If desired you coul then iron the printed piece onto another piece of fabric. I found this method good for putting words onto a quilt BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE PRINTED IT IN REVERSE. For this you need to find "T Shirt" print on the printer options. I then cut out each character and ironed in place then stiched round it. Hope this helps.
Jane

I use freezer paper too. I find that it works best if a iron on freezer paper on one side, and iron on a 1/4" of freezer paper on the edge top of the fabric on the wrong side too. That helps it go through the printer better.

well i know who to call when i happen to need wax paper!!!

Did anyone else notice that this post originated back in 2007? Everything old is new again?