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Rockabilly: Transferring Images to Fabric Fabric and computers bond to create the hippest accessories in town. From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-301

Crank it up, because swinging crafters Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza are going rockabilly.

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Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza demonstrate a cool new technique for transferring images to fabric and then use the technique to make an appliqu7eacute;ed T-shirt.

Rocking T-Shirt

Bubble Jet Set Image Transferring and Rocking T-Shirt

Materials:

Bubble Jet Set solution
Bubble Jet rinse
100% cotton fabric
funnel
wash tub
freezer paper iron-on
pinking sheers/or a serger
iron
printer and computer

1. Soak fabric in Bubble Jet Set solution for 5 minutes (figure A). Funnel excess solution back into the bottle. Allow fabric to dry (a hairdryer can be used to speed up the drying process).

2. Iron treated fabric onto the shiny side of the freezer paper (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

3. With the fabric ironed to the paper, it can be fed through a printer exactly like a sheet of paper. Print scanned image and allow to cure for 1 hour (figure C).

4. Peel fabric off freezer paper (figure D).

Figure C

Figure D

5. Add 4 caps (2 oz.) of Bubble Jet Rinse to 1 gallon water. Rinse fabric in solution. Next, hand-wash fabric (figure E). Allow to air dry or use a hair dryer to speed up the drying process (figure F).

6. Sew the patch to a T-shirt.

Figure E

Figure F

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