Heat Transfer Images Onto Fabric

Fabric paint is much thicker than standard craft paint so it will need frequent reloading.

Heat transfer images onto fabric.

4 heat transfer sheets. Set your iron to medium heat with the steam off. Do not remove the protective backing to avoid the graphic melting onto your iron s plate. Cut out your fabric to 27x55cm and sew a single hem along one of the short edges.

Learn how to use iron on transfer paper for quick easy image transfers to fabric. Flip the image so that it is mirrored using your computer programme or printer settings then print onto a sheet of image transfer paper. When i first started crafting image transfer to fabric gave me a lot of difficulty. Image transfer to fabric is a breeze with heat transfer paper.

The image is transferred to the tea towel using transfer paper sold in art stores layered underneath your printed image. Cut out leaving a 5mm border all round. Flip your reverse image heat transfer sheet over. The heat transfer sheet is a special polymer coated paper which is used to make a copy of your favourite photograph with a color laser copier or printer and then it is heat set onto fabric.

You will need a thin detail brush for this. The printed image will be facing down on your fabric. Place a fabric scrap or a teflon sheet over the backing. If you are transferring the graphic onto a bag place the hard surface in between the layers.