Learn everything you need to know about printing on fabric using an inkjet printer
A Quick Start Guide to Printing Photos and Images onto Fabric using an Inkjet Printer
I’ve been using inkjet printers to print my own images and photos onto fabric for over 15 years. Back in the “old days” it was quite the challenge to print images onto fabric and get good results, however thanks to today’s technology it’s has never been easier to get beautiful fabric photos that are perfect …
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Injured Prints – what they are and what you can do with them
Have you ever printed an image onto fabric and have it turn out a little less than perfect? It happens to me more often than you’d think. But there’s no need to throw those prints away – there are lots of creative ways to recycle and reuse them. I have several different Epson printers that …
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Printing Images onto Fabric: Thinking and Printing Out of the Box
One of the most creative things about printing images onto fabric is that it doesn’t necessarily have to be a photo or a picture. Thanks to today’s amazing digital technology, you can print any type of image at all onto fabric or paper – or even fabric paper. One of my personal favorite methods of …
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How to print your own fabric using an inkjet printer
Printing your own fabric is fun and easy and it can be used in all sorts of different ways in all types of sewing projects. Small to medium printed photos and images can easily be printed out using a standard size inkjet printer. Printed photos can be used to make memory quilts or photo quilts. …
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A Page from my Art Journal: Making Moments Count
Making moments count. That’s what life’s all about really, isn’t it? Days, months, years go by so quickly, and although it’s easy to remember the big special moments, the little ones get lost in the passing of time. Yet, very often it’s the small moments that hold special meaning for us. My art journal is …
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A Page from my Art Journal: Silent Meditation
Keeping an art journal has many advantages. It’s a great way to express your thoughts and feelings using words and images, and also a great way to practice new art and mixed media techniques. Because the pages are small, you can often make a page in only a short amount of time. I find making …
Printing on Fabric for Textile and Quilt Artists
Printing on fabric using an inkjet printer is one of my favorite ways to transfer images to fabric. It’s easy, fun and best of all, you can print your own artwork onto fabric and then use in your sewing projects and textile art! It’s quite easy to print images onto fabric and get quite good …
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Printing on Fabric: Bubble Jetset vs Inkaid
So you want to print on fabric but are confused by some of the products that are available? Don’t feel bad, you’re not alone. One of the most common questions I get asked, is to explain the difference between the liquid pre-treatments that can be used when printing on fabric using an inkjet printer. In …
Ways to use your Digital Photo Art: How to Make a Wrapped Canvas
One of my favorite ways to use my digital photo art is to print it onto fabric and make wall art by wrapping it onto a stretched canvas. Wrapping a canvas is really easy to do, and you can use cheap wrapped canvases found in the craft store, so it’s also quite inexpensive. This was …
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Ink-saving technique for printing your own fabric using an inkjet printer
Although printing your own fabric using an inkjet printer doesn’t use any more ink than printing on paper, at times you may want to be a little more frugal with your printer ink. This ink-saving technique is perfect for printing simple designs onto fabric with stunning results. Printing bold black designs onto plain colored fabric …
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My new digital art quilt Wildflowers in the Mist
It’s been quite a while since I made an art quilt, however I’m participating in an upcoming art exhibit to be displayed in the Deland City Hall (see more details at bottom of this post), so I took the opportunity to make this digital art quilt titled Wildfowers in the Mist. This quilt was made …
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The basic equipment needed to design and print your own fabric
Designing your own fabric is a fun and creative way to make unique fabric that you can use in your own sewing projects, or even sell. Although professional designers invest a lot of money in the software and equipment that they use to create their designs, to get started in fabric design you don’t really …
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