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by **Random Name** » 9/3/2006, 7:26 pm

I made a bunch of the squares on that stupid quilt with iron ons and they turned out really cool. I also made a joke shirt a little while back. Besides the fact that it cracked easily it turned out a whole lot better then I expected. I'll post a picture in a few.

by **Henrietta** » 9/3/2006, 11:44 pm

I've done this two or three times. I've had it work really well with black tshirts too. It just depends no the paper and the picture you get.

by **myownsatellite** » 9/4/2006, 10:41 am

by **Lando** » 9/4/2006, 2:40 pm

by **xjsb125** » 9/4/2006, 9:36 pm

by **Random Name** » 9/5/2006, 6:51 am

So this is the shirt I made. Up close you can see that it cracks pretty easily (which is frustrating) but it came out really well on the black. I got the iron-ons for these at Michaels (which was the cheapest and easiest to use) and this one was done with transfers made for 'dark shirts'.

Also on that one there are some water spots. That happened when I was out in the rain and I was wearing that shirt. It seems to be find in the washer...nothing will happen but in the rain the colors run. Figure that one out.

If you want to see, these are two of the squares I made with iron ons. Again I got these ones at michaels. But these were with light fabric transfer sheets.
The first one is just on regular t-shirt cotton material. The picture came out really well and clear. The transfer did leave some spots but I think if I had left it on a bit longer it would have been perfectly clear. The second one is done on a different material that had some design on the fabric. You can sort of see how that shows through.

by **starseed_10** » 9/5/2006, 12:48 pm

sweet! i didn't even know printers had white ink. those look great.

by **Lando** » 9/5/2006, 2:43 pm

It's not actually white ink, There are the non-transparent iron-ons with white backgrounds instead of the clear ones that I usually use. they allow you to use white on dark t-shirts, but as Sarah said they crack easily. I find the clear ones don't crack as much if ever. They eventually fade after a lot of washes.

Also, a very important tip.

If you're going to make a t-shirt and you buy a brand new t-shirt that's never been worn, wash it once or twice before doing the iron-on. If you don't, all the excess fabric that would normally come off in the wash will often make the colours of your iron-ons run together or fade after only one wash.

by **megxyz128** » 9/6/2006, 1:58 pm

haha i love iron-on t-shirts, that's what I give as gifts at christmas time because im a cheap bastard, so far i've made:

"I <3 Star Jones" t-shirt with a giant (literally) picture of Star Jones

"Los Fancy Free fan club" (a horrible band me and my friend saw)

"David Hasselhoff is sexy" (with a picture of him naked with puppies)

"Future Mrs. Gnecco" (with a picture of my friend and Jimmy Gnecco to wear at the next show ... unfortunately she did not)

oh and then a shirt for my brother with his face on it ... just because

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