Thangles
06-30-2010, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by catmcclure
If you cut your fabric and freezer paper into letter sized pieces and iron the right side of the fabric to your freezer paper. You can print the thangles on the back of your fabric. No paper to tear.
very interesting concept that i had not thought of! thanks for sharing that idea. :thumbup:
06-30-2010, 08:01 AM
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I sometimes use this method when I'm paper piecing. I buy very, very cheap fabric, wash it a couple of times, then use it for foundation paper. Don't have to tear it off and it lends stability to the blocks. Can use leftover pieces of muslin this way too.
06-30-2010, 08:10 AM
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I have them and just recently ordered more. Time consuming to use but really help the HST to be the correct size and not stretch due to the instructions having you iron before removing the paper.
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06-30-2010, 09:40 AM
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Are there any precautions to feeding it through the printer and what type printer works? Thanks!
Originally Posted by catmcclure
If you cut your fabric and freezer paper into letter sized pieces and iron the right side of the fabric to your freezer paper. You can print the thangles on the back of your fabric. No paper to tear.
Originally Posted by peaceandjoy
Guess I'm in the minority... I hated them. Ripping that paper off was a PITA!
06-30-2010, 10:11 AM
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This will NOT work with laser printers.
I have a Lexmark X5495. It's an inkjet. You just have to make sure that the composite (freezerpaper/fabric) sheets feed into the printer. Helps to only put one at a time to feed through. Seems to catch the printer/feed better.
If you google "inklingo" you can see what she does to print out pieces on the printer.
[quote=Charleen DiSante]Are there any precautions to feeding it through the printer and what type printer works? Thanks![quote=catmcclure]If you cut your fabric and freezer paper into letter sized pieces and iron the right side of the fabric to your freezer paper. You can print the thangles on the back of your fabric. No paper to tear.
I have a Lexmark X5495. It's an inkjet. You just have to make sure that the composite (freezerpaper/fabric) sheets feed into the printer. Helps to only put one at a time to feed through. Seems to catch the printer/feed better.
If you google "inklingo" you can see what she does to print out pieces on the printer.
[quote=Charleen DiSante]Are there any precautions to feeding it through the printer and what type printer works? Thanks![quote=catmcclure]If you cut your fabric and freezer paper into letter sized pieces and iron the right side of the fabric to your freezer paper. You can print the thangles on the back of your fabric. No paper to tear.
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