This Christmas, with all our presents being
handmade, I had to improvise a bit . I needed
pretty printed fabrics, but could not find anything
i liked. So i decided to print my own fabric using
the gorgeous designs from A Print A Day.
How we do it:
1st, cut your fabric ( I used muslin ) to A4 ,
add some double sided tape around all four sides,
put the fabric onto A4 cardboard / heavy paper.
Then put it into your printer like you would
with normal paper.
That’s the printed fabric coming out
of the printer:
The only problem is that it is not washable,
so you are kind of limited in the uses of
your new fabric.
Note: This will only work in an inkjet printer.
Have fun!
♥
ps// see the comments for suggestions on
how to make your fabric washable!
December 4th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
awesome! I wonder if you could do the same thing using linen fabric?
December 5th, 2008 at 3:59 am
That’s amazing!
December 5th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I tried linen, & it worked, satin did not work, though, but maybe it just would have needed time to dry.
December 6th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
There is a product that allows you to treat the fabric so it becomes washable. I use it to print fabrics for my quilted art pillows. Here is a link where you can read more about it.
http://www.compuquilt.com/bubble_jet_set_2000.html
Hope this is helpful – Greeetings from Florida!
December 10th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Excellent! I bookmarked your website because I wanted to make my friend’s DD some of the felt sushi… tonight I was wondering how I would make customized placemats for my SIL, and now I know! I think I’ll create my own design and laminate them, thanks for the wonderful tip!
January 10th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Quilters use a product called PRinted Treasures which is paper backed fabric that goes through a jet printer. It is washable.
December 8th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Amazing…