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Thank you for all your help. I did try and the photo did print out on the photo fabric. Quite easy and turned out nice. Now what do I do? One site says to "glue" or sew to another piece of fabric. Don't like the glue idea. If I just stitch around the side with a fancy border onto another piece of fabric, most of the picture will be loose. Would it look okay just sewing a border around each photo fabriac and not sewing to another piece of fabric? The only quilting would be around all the borders. Hope I make sense. I guess I should go to the fabric store and see if there are any books on this method.
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2760827608My specialty is making memory quilts using peoples photos. I buy the prepackaged sheets from June Tailor as I find they offer the best color. You can't wash these quilts in the washing machine - you must hand wash these using a soak method/no rubbing. However, most people wouldn't need to wash a photo quilt, just dust it periodically.
I have tried the Jet Set 2000 and did not like the results. I found the photos were very faded and not sharp and crisp like I wanted them.
There was a good comparison done of many of the different photo fabrics in Quilter's Home Magazine (I LOVE that mag!) back in the March/April 2008 issue. If you'd like a copy of the article, send me a PM and I'll get it to you.
by quiltingqueen
26 May 2009
I don't actually have any instructions on my site. The fabric sheets I use are June Tailor and the instructions for that are on the package.
Basically you just pop the sheet into the printer (it will have a paper side and a fabric side, so be sure to put it in your printer so the it will print on the fabric); then print it out. Cut out the photo BEFORE you remove the paper leaving enough room for the seam allowance. I do this because I may be able to use it again for another photo, but if the paper is taken off, you can't use that piece in your printer again.
So now you've removed the paper, then run it for a few minutes under cold water to thoroughly saturate it. Then lay it on a towel and use WHITE PAPER TOWELS for this next step. Lay a single layer of a paper towel on top of the photo and gently pres down to let the towel and the paper towel to soak up some of the water - DO NOT RUB, just press with your hands. When you remove the paper towel you may see a faint outline of the photo on it, especially if there are some red parts in the photo. Move the fabric sheet over to your ironing board and iron it ALL OVER using no steam (I use a cotton setting on my iron). It will steam a bit because it's wet and the photo will discolor a bit while hot, but trust me, it will go back to it's original color.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When you set up the photo to be printed, mkae it a bit larger (I like to add 0.2" all around) because when you iron it the fabric will distort ever so slightly and your photo will no longer be a perfect square or rectangle. By adding a little bit extra all around, you can cut it out (remember to add the seam allowances!) without any funny white areas showing on the edge because of this slight distortion.
I hope this helps...... :-)
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14513Here is a video.
http://how-to-quilt.com/articles/...
4315This sounds intersting and something to have a go at. Thanks
114373http://www.softexpressions.com/he...
http://quiltbug.com/articles/phot...
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/hp_...
http://www.ehow.com/how_2221547_m...
by dkjack
25 May 2009
Thanks. None of them are the site I was wanting but one may help. Oh boy do I need a lot of help. hahahaha Nervous as can be. Do not want to mess up our printer. :)
by dkjack
25 May 2009
It was an embroidery website where the owner I think did a video or had lots of pictures.
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