An even cheaper way to print on fabric.

Plain white Vinigar ! I made a blanket for a friends son and bout expensive paper backed material at Jo anns and it turned out great but a week later after his mom washed it the colors ran out and its fadded so bad now It was supposed to be ready to was . Who of thought of plain white vinigar LOL THANK YOU IM Starting all over now !!

Annie I put my name ans date on every thing I make this will work great if and when I run out odBubble jet setter 2000 I gave 11 dollars for it and I have used it a lot and have only used about a inch of it.you only have to soak the peice of fabric and dry it then press it.
Lenamae

Thanks Annie, I bought a huge roll of freezer paper and a couple of metres of gorgeous creamy quilter's muslin, a few weeks ago, to try doing just this to print quilt blocks for my GSon's quilt.
I didn't see the part about using white vinegar, to set the dye though, so am wondering if you have tried this method on something other than labels???
Hugs n roses, Meganne

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by pennyhal 14 Jul 2012

Anything that you can print on your printer can be printed on fabric can be printed using her method.

thankyou,

Thank you.

Wonderful!

Does the fabric need to be 100% cotton, or will cotton/poly do if there's not too much poly? I get the feeling the poly wouldn't be too good at letting the ink set with the vinegar. Anybody tried it? Thanks so much again for this! Hugs, Marji

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by eggyannie 14 Jul 2012

have not tried it on poly cotton but what will it cost to test it. let us all know th end results.
OH yes why not make a book cover with a picture on the front a diary covered in this maner would be great

thanks annie saves buying expensive printable fabric....soozie

Super! Thanks so much for this tip.
Hugs, Nadyne

Yes, this works great...I have used freezer paper backed fabric in my jet printer for quite some time and it works well for pictures you want to incorporate into memory quilts...they are totally washable and hold up really well.

Great info! Never thought of vinegar!
Sometimes when I put my fabric into the printer, the top edge or corners curl up slightly which causes the fabric to jam up inside my printer. This curling can occur when you apply heat to the fabric/freezer paper naturally. If you have this problem (trust me, you'll know if you have this problem), you have to get the top edge of the fabric to lay flat. To do this, I cut a strip of freezer paper 3/8" wide and iron it firmly on to the very top edge of the front side of the fabric. Be sure that you don't put it over any of where your printing will go and the paper is trimmed so that none of it overhangs the edges. By doing this, that top edge will lay flat and feed properly into the printer.

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by marjialexa 13 Jul 2012

Thanks for this tip, too, going into the file with the rest.

Thanks Annie, you're a marvel with ideas. Hugs

Gee, Annie, you are a marvellous cutie girlie!! When do you get time to think these problems through? Thanks for sharing this brilliant information with us. I am going to try it for sure.***

Thank you,Will definitely try this one
just as soon as I get the vinegar.

Annie, you come up with the neatest things! Do you ever get anything done besides sewing & embroidering, hee hee hee? Seems you're always experimenting, and finding cheaper & better ways to do stuff. Some day I'd like to come to England and spend a week just watching you work, your creative brain is a marvel. Thanks for sharing this, hugs, Marji

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by eggyannie 13 Jul 2012

yep i do other things like care for my hubby and take us away for a few days each month in a tiny motorhome. housework when it rains and we can't go out so this year i have done a lot of that.

by eggyannie 13 Jul 2012

whilst doing the housework i think of what i can get up to next and what i can make. the one thing i do miss while we are away is my sewing machine and i am working on that problem, just don't tell hubby.LOL

Very useful. TGhanks so much.

good idea.

Thanks for sharing. Very helpful.

Great tip...can't wait to try it! Thanks :)

Thanks for sharing ;D *2U

Thank you for telling us about it, I will keep in my docs and have a go soon.
Hugs pam.

I really must try to get to grips with all your ideas, Annie. Can you give me some more ideas of where and how you would use these printed labels etc.? Jan

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by eggyannie 13 Jul 2012

minnie pictures for dolls houses.
poems for framing.
childrens alphabet pictures for cloth books.
labeling childrens cloths.
in fact anything you want to let your imagination run riot on

by eggyannie 13 Jul 2012

print dolls faces for raggy ann dolls
made with love labels for all your craft work. printed pictures for xmas and birthday cards . just add glitter or beads.

by janetedna 13 Jul 2012

Thanks for that, great inspiration, imagination isn't my strong point. Jan

Great tip thank you. The pre made printable cloth sheets are so expensive I will try this. Thanks again. Hugs Joyce

Thank you, Annie! Hugs, Lidia