PatriceJ I would like to hear more about designing your fabrics

Did you heat set it before you rubbed or washed it? I thought it was permanent also but had to be heat set with the iron first. This is good to know, thanks,

Donna

This was a great discussion and I am very interested in learning how to do the pictures on fabric for quilting since taking pictures and printing them is also one of my hobbys, I would love to be able to do family wall hanging for my girls. I have a Lexmark 3 in 1 and it prints awesome pictures. Would love to learn how to make the quilts using the kids pictures. I have written down what you all have said about it so far. I did'nt realize you could fuse material to freezer paper, I have a large roll from my husbands deer hunting. Can't wait to try it. Thanks so much for the information.
Sharon A

before I heard of all these nifty alternatives to the expensive ready to use printer fabric sheets , I bought some. I tried them last night, the sheets worked fine but I can't make my program do what I want to do to my pictures. I had it zoomed in and croped like I wanted it but it printed just like the original. Wasted 30 minutes.
Grrrrrr

After zooming and cropping, you may have to save the picture before you can print it the way you want. Not sure, but I've done that and it's worked. Print it on regular paper first to see if it works for you.

I haven't used the fabric sheets I bought yet, but I did wait to buy the packages when I had a 50% off coupon to use at JoAnns. Gotta love those coupons, and I use them whenever I want to buy a new ruler or template too

I finally used the fusable fabric sheets. Use a piece of fabric or pressing cloth over the top of the printed piece. The instructions did not say to, but when doing it the way they said, it left the little marks that are on my iron. Luckily I had more fabric sheets and the photo saved in my computer.

IF YOU USE THE FREEZER PAPER METHOD DO YOU SEW IT WITH THE FABRIC OR PEEL IT APART FIRST?

take the paper off

I tried the full sheet labels this morning. I love it. So much quicker and sturdier than freezer paper. If I am running low on money, freezer paper is the way to go. I bought my labels from Office Max at $10.49 for 25 sheets and someone said they are reusable. I am in photo printing heaven!

If you are using freezer paper, remember to follow bottle instructions, they have to be washed in either Bubble Jet Rinse or original Woolite. The guy from the company that makes BJS told me Woolite was ok. I hand wash so as not to get to much fraying.