Printing on fabric

First, let me tell you that I do NOT recommend that you put fabric through your high dollar, fantabulous printer.  I have an old printer that just became “friends” with my newest computer. Up until this past weekend they were not on speaking terms. While I worked on getting all that straightened out, I decided to try  printing on fabric.

I saw Jeanine do it here. You can check out her awesome tutorial as soon as your finished seeing how I did it.  Don’t leave yet, k?
 
Have you ever noticed these labels when you’re shopping for return address labels?  They are full sheets. I have had these for years. I got them from someone when I was still teaching.   I used these labels in addition to  some leftover drop cloth fabric from various other projects. I peeled the backing off the label, and put the sticky label directly on the fabric. I then carefully cut the fabric out even with the label. I say carefully, because I didn’t want the drop cloth fabric fraying. Something tells me that my printer would not want a bunch of strings invading it.


I got my graphics at The Graphics Fairy. If you don’t visit  there on a regular basis, you’re really missing out on some great images!  I am a follower, so I don’t miss a single post! This is not the regular home for my printer. But because I was trying to get it to play nice with my laptop I brought it into the living room and set it on the coffee table. That is Louie’s  Buddy laying on the floor.  ;)


You can see that the ink smudged a little in the corner. Since I was sitting right on the couch while it was printing, I was able to see that it miss-fed slightly and fixed it. But it still smudged.  Adds to it’s character, right? 

This shows the image still attached to the paper.

I put some Fray Check around the outside edge of the “frame” on the image. After the Fray Check dried I purposely frayed the edges to get a soft edge.  I haven’t decided what I’m doing with this one yet.


This is another graphic I got at The Graphics Fairy.


I’m not sure why I love everything French, but I do!


I love the way the image looks on the drop cloth fabric!



Another!  I’m sure there are friends out there that know what these say. I, of course have NO idea!

This image here.

This was the first image I printed. Something happened there on the right. That was the last edge to come out of the printer. I’m not exactly sure why that happened.  I think if I frame it, that part won’t show.
So, there you have it!  My way of printing on fabric. I printed all my images out as 8x10 images. I did this in case I decide to frame them.
EDITED TO ADD:

I made a small pillow out of one of the images I printed.

Like this idea of printing on fabric?  Check out this other project to see what I put through my printer.
Now you can go visit Jeanine to see how she printed on her fabric.  Stop back by tomorrow to see another great way to use your printer. (Reminder… I do NOT recommend you do this, I am simply showing you how I did it. I don’t want anyone trying to get me to buy them a new printer because they messed it up when I told them to print on fabric)

You can see how the fabric washed up in this post.


It was a beautiful Monday here in Louisville!  It was very warm (90) but no humidity. I was able to work in the shop on another window project.   I hope it’s cooling down a little where YOU are!
gail
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