Hi, my sweet friends!
I’ve been receiving questions about transfer into fabric since I posted my romantic pillow or lavender sachets and I thought that a picture is worth a thousand words, so I decided to make a little tutorial to show you how to do it, and maybe you decide to give it a try!
First a little explanation of the process.
1. We need acrylic spray varnish
2. Print the design you want mirrored, this is very important because if not it will be upside down. You need a laser printer, or you can take the file to a copy shop to print it for you.
3. Spray the design with varnish, at a distance of about 20 cm. This is to not saturate the paper but to have enough varnish for the ink to “get up”
4. You will know that you’ve done it right when you turn over the sheet and you are able to see the image.
5. Press with the back of a spoon when still wet to help ink transfer well. Here Miss A was helping me 😉
6. Remove the sheet and you’re done!!
Now I recommend you to iron the fabric as the heat helps to fix the ink.
I hope you find this tutorial useful and decide to try it… Remember, I would love to see what you’ve done! If you want to see more projects and tutorials, you can see them galleryon this gallery.
Happy Friday!
Hugs,
Pili
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Can you wash this after transferring the image this way without loss of the image or fading?
Hi Sandy. You can do two things to prevent fading: 1. Iron the fabric 2. Soak the fabric in vinegar. Then you can wash it normally, although I prefer to hand wash.
Thank you so much Pili! I love this transfer method, since it seems so much easier than others and I have all the supplies already without having to go buy something special! I love your blog and I am a new follower. Keep up the great posts!
Thank you so much, Sandy!! I love being able to be of any help to others, as all I’ve learned has been through other bloggers. Glad to have you here, I hope to hear again from you soon, I love the feedback!
Hugs,
Wow this is so easy. Now if I don’t burn myself I might try it. Thanks Pili.
Yes, Mary, with your ideas you can do wonders with it!! Let me know if you have any doubt
Hello Pili, so glad to find you through HomeTalk. 🙂 Love this tutorial and am now a subscriber. My plan is to pick up some acrylic spray varnish today and also to try this method on a painted tray.
Hi Christina! Glad you will be following my crazy adventures… I’ve tried this on painted wood and it doesn’t work as good as it does on fabric. In raw wood it works perfectly however. Please let me know how it came out!
Hugs,
Do you need to turn it over and press with a spoon while the spray varnish is still wet?
Hi Patti! I just saw your question at Hometalk. Yes, you need to press while the spray varnish is still wet.
Thanks for the inspiration – looks easy to do! What type of paper is it printed on – plain white paper?
Hi Minh! I’m really happy I can inspire you to do something similar. And yes, it’s plain white paper.
Thanks for stopping by!
This is great! Thanks for sharing your method. It’s so easy and I can think of sooo many ways to use it! Pinned & sharing!
You’ll see Wendi it’s so easy! Once you start will think of tons of things to do with it.
Thanks for visiting!
What a great tutorial! I’ve wondered how to do this before, but never got around to looking it up. I’m pinning it, so I can look it up next time I have a project in mind. Thanks for sharing!
Hi, Meredith! Many thanks, really glad you find it useful! You’ll be able to do lots of projects.
Thanks for stopping by!
Wow! I didn’t know this could be so easy! I am pinning so I will have it handy! Thanks!
Yes, Pamela, really easy! Enjoy doing your own things!
Thanks for visiting!
Pinned! Thanks for sharing with us at #JoyHopeLive!
My pleasure, Mary! Thanks for sharing!
Oh Pili you always make everything look so easy!!! Thanks for sharing this with us at #AnythingGoes. Have a great day!
This is really easy, Sue! You may give it a try 🙂
Thanks Pili! This is a great tutorial, I will try it out! Especially now that I know to use Barniz!!!
#WAYWOW
Katrin once you try it, you won’t be able to stop!
So very cool! I have to try that!! Thanks for linking up to WAYWOW party! Mine is open every Thursday! Would love for you to come link it up!
Glad you find it useful! I lost your first party, but will be there next week for sure!
Thanks for stopping by!
Wow I’ve never thought about doing this. It’s so simple thank you so much for sharing. #OMHGWW
My pleasure, Candice. Thanks for co-hosting and stopping by!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I was indeed in love with your other posts. I’ll give it a try one of these.
Thanks for joining #tiptuesday.
Aww, that is so kind. I’m sure you’ll have fun trying this.
I had no idea it could be this easy! I’m envisioning all the fun projects I could do with this!
I’m hosting a link party on my blog and we’d love for you to come by and link up with us! http://winsteadwandering.com/the-alder-collective-link-party-no-1/
Hi, Abby! It’s so fun and fast you won’t be able to stop thinking about future projects.
Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Pili thanks for sharing at #WednesdaysWisdom always love your posts.
You’re very welcome, Sue. I love your party!
Wow, that does look easy, unfortunately I have an
ink jet printer. poo! Glad you said that tho or I might
have tried it and wondered why it didn’t work. lol
Thanks for sharing this with us.
Blessings, Nellie
Yes, it’s a shame it doesn’t work with inkjet printers…
This looks so fun!
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
It’s fun indeed, Jess!
This is so neat! I’ve seen many different ways to transfer onto fabric but never with acrylic spray varnish! Thanks for sharing with us at the Merry Monday link party. I hope you’ll join us again next week. Sharing your post on Twitter!
Hi, Ashley! Glad you stopped by, I love your blog and what you do! This is the easiest way to transfer onto fabric I’ve found. See you next week!
Yeah!!! Thank you so much for the tutorial, now I know how to do it! Does natural fabric work better than poly fabric? Cotton? LOL I ask too many questions don’t I! Thanks so much for doing this.
Yes Nikki, I was thinking on you when I was doing it, now you can see it’s really easy! Cotton works great, as well as any fabric which fibers are “tight”.
Hi Pili! Happy Friday! I love your wonderful Tutorial here! Pinned and saved! I can’t wait to try your method out! Certainly, easier than then way I was doing it! Thank you so much for sharing with us at The What to do Weekends Party!
Hugs to you for a wonderful weekend!
Theresa
Hi Theresa, so glad to see you again! Once you try it you’ll see how fast and fun it is.
Have a nice week and see you at the party!
Hugs,
Love the ease of this project. Pinning!
It’s really easy indeed, Mary
Thanks for stopping by!
Awesome DIY!! Now I want to go do one
liz @ sundays with sophie
Try it Liz Jo, you’ll have fun!
Enjoy your Sunday
Hello, Pili!
I found your tutorial via Mimi’s generous linky hosting!
This is a really neat idea…I may try it on some pillows I am making for my daughters!
Thank you for sharing!
Hi!
Mimi’s so sweet and kind… I’m really glad you find this useful, and you’ll see when you do it for the first time you won’t be able to stop making things with it. I would love to see those pillows!
Thanks for stopping by!
This looks like a simple technique, I’m pinning because I never know when I’m going to need to know this.
Thanks
Julie, it’s really simple. Once you try you won’t be able to stop doing projects with it
Thanks for stopping by!
This looks absolutely amazing! Pinned and tweeted. You always bring the most amazing creations to our party. Thank you! I hope to see you again, this Monday at 7 pm. It wouldn’t be a party without you! Lou Lou Girls
My pleasure! Thanks for stopping by!
oh my goodness this is awesome! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. Watch for your feature tomorrow xo
Wow, wonderful news!! Many thanks, Katherine!
I love this and have just pin it too! Thank you for sharing. Great handmade Christmas gifts. #WAYWOW
It’s so easy and fun! Many thanks for visiting!
Great tutorial! Thanks for linking up with Thursday Favorite Things! Hope you’ll join us again this week.
Many thanks, Jas! I will be right there this week
Hugs,
Great tutorial! I did love what you did with the lavender sachets 🙂 Thanks for linking #frifree4all
Many thanks, Hayley!!
Wooow.. Super simple but surely turn out to be a great result! Thanks for sharing it.. Would love to try it myself 😉
Yes, Indah, so simple it’s amazing the result can be so great! Would love to see yours if you try it!
Wow, that looks so easy.. I cant wait to try it!! Great post!
You’ll see it’s really easy, and lot of fun! Thanks for visiting
I can’t wait to try this! Now to find a laser printer…..
Thanks for sharing with the #GoodFriendsFriday linky party. Our latest post is now up, and I look forward to what you’ll share next!
Heather, I love laser printers, not only for this kind of projects. They are so fast!
What a great tutorial. I have actually bought transfer paper for fabric but I like this idea better.
You can try both!! I would love to see what you do with it, happy Thanksgiving!