When I was doing City & Guilds in Creative Computing - Part 1, which I did actually finish! - I made quite a large number of T-shirts, most of them featuring original bits of lace. The problem that I met with was that, after a couple of washes, the brightly coloured images had more or less turned into grey-scale, so I became discouraged by this disappointment. Can anyone tell me if there is any way to make the colours colour-fast?
Ann in Manchester, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: [lace] A T-shirt for the "in" crowd DH has successfully printed T-shirts with photos of birds that he took with his digital camera. They came out extremely well because the colours were bright and the images sharp. He used T-shirt transfer paper for inkjet printers, which should be available from most computer supplies shops. The process was: open the image in a suitable program, mirror the image, print it selecting the appropriate setting on the printer for transfer paper, trim round the edge of the printout leaving a thin border around the edge. Then put a board covered with a pillowcase or similar inside a white T-shirt (needs to be white or light so the border on the print doesn't show), place the transfer paper, printed side down, on the T-shirt and iron over it as directed on the paper packet. Allow to cool, peel off the paper. Fix the image by placing a piece of white paper over it and ironing for 10 seconds. Peel the paper while still hot. Leave the T-shirt for 24 hours. Wash before wearing. Iron the image on the reverse side only. I was going to try it it with a scan of some of my nicer bobbins, but, being 3D, they created a shadow on the scan which I wasn't happy with. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
