AboutConnie Hester Expertise Quilting and applique expert.Can advise on the following topics:quilting, art quilts, quilt design and construction, machine and hand quilting, paper foundation piecing, machine piecing, hand piecing, raw edge applique, turned-edge applique and fiber art.
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Expert: Connie Hester Date: 10/1/2006 Subject: Follow up to Fabric Printing
Question Hello Connie,
Thank you for the previous information. I am still searching for white cotton sateen fabric that is not over $20 a yard. I did have a few more questions regarding the FINE mist of spray paint. Do I spray the cotton sateen before I iron it on to my t-shirts or after? Will the cotton sateen be able to be ironed after the spray paint has been applied? Do you recommend any paticular brand for spray adhesive? Thanks again for your advice.
~ Amber
Answer Cotton sateen can be found at Wal-Mart for $4 a yard. I suggested it because it has a tight weave, which produces a crisper image, but a regular white cotton used for quilmaking would be good, too. Bleached cotton muslin will work, but the weave is a little looser, so the image won't be quite as crisp, but wouldn't be noticable to most people. Pima cotton, the tightest weave, produces the crispest image, but is also harder to sew through and leaves holes, once pierced with a needle.
This process does not create an iron-on. No ironing is required. Once printed onto the fabric, it would be carefully peeled off of the freezer paper and sewn onto the t-shirt, by machine or by hand. If sewn by machine, be sure to put some temporary stabilizer (like paper coffee filters) behind the t-shirt where the stitching will go, in order to prevent stretching of the knit. Then tear away stabilizer after sewn.
Any permanent adhesive would make the t-shirt stiff.
