Emily, I also extend my sympathies to you in the grief you feel. As far as your project goes you might consider using a technique involving freezer paper. I believe it is available from a grocer. You heat press fabric to it and run it straight thru your printer. I've not done it but a friend has and she did just fine with it. She was using an HP printer, not and Epson but I'd guess the results to be comparable. Good luck, Lea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn" <marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 11:51 AM Subject: Re: printing onto fabric > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@xxxxxxxx> > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 9:12 AM > Subject: printing onto fabric > > > I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend, Emily. I send my heartfelt > condolences. > > How about quilting the flags, or just sewing the colors and shapes on > fabric? > > To answer your question about putting fabric through a printer - I've tried > this with cloth-like handmade papers and they always get hung up. > > Take Care, > > Marilyn > > > > My best friend died three days ago and I'm making Tibetan Prayer > > Flags for solace. > > > > I went out to Staples and bought a package of those iron-on inkjet > > transfer sheets. They're pretty lame - they dull the color and > > stiffen the cloth, since one prints to a sheet of think tacky plastic > > on a carrier of paper and then use heat to make the plastic adhere to > > the cloth. > > > > Has anyone tried to put a piece of fabric through a consumer type > > Epson inkjet printer? If you can get it to start, does the ink go > > right through and mess up everything? Does the ink actually stain > > the cloth or sit on the surface? Does the ink wash out? > > > > Any alternative ideas for how to get a picture onto fabric without > > learning how to do serigraphy or getting worked up about batiking? > > > > This is solace, not a new career! > > -- > > Emily L. Ferguson > > mailto:elf@xxxxxxxx > > 508-563-6822 > > New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography > > http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf/ > > > > > > > > >
