I found this tidbit of info when I was looking at the Quilt University newsletter for November. Thought it might interest some of our members.
TIP FOR PRINTING ON FABRIC
Cindy Thury Smith, our talented Crazy Quilt teacher, writes "I NEVER print fabric on freezer paper anymore. I tape my fabric (using double stick tape in certain places) onto heavyweight matte printer photo paper. It is stiffer than freezer paper and is designed to feed through the printer very smoothly and incrementally. I rarely get a misprint plus it is MUCH quicker. I just rip the fabric off, stick another piece of fabric on and am ready to go again in less than a minute.
"I've found you can feed the same piece of matte paper through the printer at least 10 times before the edges start getting a little soft. Then I use it for its intended purpose which is to print a photo. I just trim it slightly so the photo has to be smaller than 8x10. I can print entire pages of print onto fabric this way. If you are not going to wash the piece of fabric (such as a notebook cover or a fabric bracelet), I don't even use BubbleJetSet. "
I love this idea and will most definitely try it the very next time I do a photo transfer. Rivi Shulman, Granada Hills, California (northern Los Angeles)
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