Fabric paint is much thicker than standard craft paint so it will need frequent reloading.
Heat transfer images onto fabric.
Place a fabric scrap or a teflon sheet over the backing.
If you are transferring the graphic onto a bag place the hard surface in between the layers.
Flip the image so that it is mirrored using your computer programme or printer settings then print onto a sheet of image transfer paper.
Flip your reverse image heat transfer sheet over.
Place a hard heat resistant surface like a spare piece of wood or sturdy cardboard underneath the surface of the fabric.
Trace firmly over the design to press a faint outline onto your surface.
You will need a thin detail brush for this.
The heat transfer sheet is a special polymer coated paper which is used to make a copy of your favourite photograph with a color laser copier or printer and then it is heat set onto fabric.
This technique is used in t shirt printing so you will hear of this sheet as t shirt transfers.
Set your iron to medium heat with the steam off.
Learn how to use iron on transfer paper for quick easy image transfers to fabric.
The image is transferred to the tea towel using transfer paper sold in art stores layered underneath your printed image.
Cut out leaving a 5mm border all round.
The printed image will be facing down on your fabric.
Do not remove the protective backing to avoid the graphic melting onto your iron s plate.
When i first started crafting image transfer to fabric gave me a lot of difficulty.