Printing on Fabric

I missed you guys yesterday! The Hubs and I celebrated our 14th Wedding Anniversary, I had a million things to do and both kids were out of school. We spent the afternoon with some friends at the zoo and then went out to a lovely dinner BY OURSELVES. Good times....

So I have been anxious to try this new printing on fabric thing that I have seen all over Bloggersville. I had a little bit of extra fabric left over from my drop cloth slipcover project so I thought I would try it out! Look how cute this is!!! What a fabulous invention! Kudos to whomever came up with this idea....

I thought I would give a little tutorial because this is SUPER easy!!!

Here is your supply list:
* Spray Adhesive
* Printer Paper or Card Stock
* Ink Jet Printer
*Scissors
*Cotton Canvas or Linen ( Must be a tight weave)
* Piece of newspaper to protect your table surface

I have an embroidery machine so I used a spray adhesive that I already had. You can use any kind of spray adhesive you want to as long as its re positional. You don't want it to permanently stick. I tried using both card stock and regular printer paper and they both worked great. I layed out some newspaper and sprayed the adhesive onto the paper. I then placed my fabric on top making sure that it was taught and smooth with no bubbles or wrinkles. Then I trimmed all around the paper, making sure that no strings were hanging. I would hate to know what those would do to our printers! When you are done, it should look like a piece of paper size 8.5x11.

When you load the fabric into the printer, make sure that you put it fabric side down. You can use any image you want to. I prefer graphics from the graphics fairy and you can find them here.

Your image will come out beautifully just like this one!! All you have to do is peel the paper off and discard it. You can use these for so many different projects. I am going to try and show you several in the next few days. I used mine to make this cute pillow!

Make sure you come back tomorrow! I'm going to show you how to make this adorable little burlap flower!! If you liked this tutorial, please share it with someone!

I will be sharing this at the following parties!

Blessings,