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Printing on fabrics
I'm new to the quilting newsgroup here.
Our kids are in Drum Corps and they age out at 21. Our son has been at it for 5 years (has 2 more seasons after this one) and our daughter for 4 (has 5 more seasons after this one). So, I want to take pictures of them over their years in Drum Corps to make a quilt for them when they age out. It would be a history of their time in Drum Corps and cover any and all Corps they march with. Soooooo, I've been looking at printing pictures directly onto material, printing onto paper sheets and ironing the image on material, etc. Has anyone done this - pros/cons, ideas???? C Lee |
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I did this years ago, and found it extremely difficult to get a good
quality. I suggest you invest in some of the fabric sheets, and print your pictures on the fabric sheets. You just run your fabric sheets through your printer just like you were printing on paper. That way, you aren't trying to iron an image onto something. This saves you several steps. You can add borders, sashing, etc to your photos, and it will make a nice quilt. The last one that I made was for my husband for his birthday. I took lots of the pictures we had taken on a trip to 3 National Parks, scanned them into the computer, and printed them on the fabric sheets. I added fabric blocks of blocks of bears, put sashing between the rows, and it made a nice wallhanging/small quilt. Sherry Starr "CLee" wrote in message hlink.net... I'm new to the quilting newsgroup here. Our kids are in Drum Corps and they age out at 21. Our son has been at it for 5 years (has 2 more seasons after this one) and our daughter for 4 (has 5 more seasons after this one). So, I want to take pictures of them over their years in Drum Corps to make a quilt for them when they age out. It would be a history of their time in Drum Corps and cover any and all Corps they march with. Soooooo, I've been looking at printing pictures directly onto material, printing onto paper sheets and ironing the image on material, etc. Has anyone done this - pros/cons, ideas???? C Lee |
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In article k.net,
CLee wrote: I'm new to the quilting newsgroup here. Our kids are in Drum Corps and they age out at 21. Our son has been at it for 5 years (has 2 more seasons after this one) and our daughter for 4 (has 5 more seasons after this one). So, I want to take pictures of them over their years in Drum Corps to make a quilt for them when they age out. It would be a history of their time in Drum Corps and cover any and all Corps they march with. Soooooo, I've been looking at printing pictures directly onto material, printing onto paper sheets and ironing the image on material, etc. Has anyone done this - pros/cons, ideas???? C Lee I haven't done the iron-on technique, but I've heard that it has results that are not all that long-lasting. Personally, I like to print directly on fabric with an ink-jet printer. I've used Bubble Jet Set with good results, and it works out to be comparatively inexpensive. However, the pretreated sheets available are lots more convenient, if you don't mind paying for convenience. Of those, the Printed Treasures (NAYY) are my favorite; they give excellent results, and the fabric is soft enough to be able to stitch through easily. HTH. -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education |
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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:50:02 GMT, CLee
wrote: I'm new to the quilting newsgroup here. Our kids are in Drum Corps and they age out at 21. Our son has been at it for 5 years (has 2 more seasons after this one) and our daughter for 4 (has 5 more seasons after this one). So, I want to take pictures of them over their years in Drum Corps to make a quilt for them when they age out. It would be a history of their time in Drum Corps and cover any and all Corps they march with. Soooooo, I've been looking at printing pictures directly onto material, printing onto paper sheets and ironing the image on material, etc. Has anyone done this - pros/cons, ideas???? C Lee Which one? just curious...I was a BIG drum corp groupie in high school and college...almost married a Cavalier. He still does some arrangements for them... Roberta (in VA) |
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I second that....which one? DD was in DC for a couple years. In fact,
we're heading out on a roadtrip to visit grandparents and will have a stop over each way so we can hit a show. DD was in Colts. A great organization. Not top 12, but certainly a wonderful experience. She would love to be that tan and trim again!!!!! :-) I suggest using Bubble Jet set to treat your fabric before printing with your printer. There are also a couple pretreated sheets out that work very well. Printed Treasures is one. Foggy brain can't remember the other....catching a cold and coughing my head off. Won't that make for a nice houseguest??? Geez. "Roberta" wrote in message ... On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:50:02 GMT, CLee wrote: I'm new to the quilting newsgroup here. Our kids are in Drum Corps and they age out at 21. Our son has been at it for 5 years (has 2 more seasons after this one) and our daughter for 4 (has 5 more seasons after this one). So, I want to take pictures of them over their years in Drum Corps to make a quilt for them when they age out. It would be a history of their time in Drum Corps and cover any and all Corps they march with. Soooooo, I've been looking at printing pictures directly onto material, printing onto paper sheets and ironing the image on material, etc. Has anyone done this - pros/cons, ideas???? C Lee Which one? just curious...I was a BIG drum corp groupie in high school and college...almost married a Cavalier. He still does some arrangements for them... Roberta (in VA) |
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The only thing I would like to add to the good suggestions you have had
is to make sure you get the correct printing fabric for your printer. .. In message k.net, CLee writes I'm new to the quilting newsgroup here. Our kids are in Drum Corps and they age out at 21. Our son has been at it for 5 years (has 2 more seasons after this one) and our daughter for 4 (has 5 more seasons after this one). So, I want to take pictures of them over their years in Drum Corps to make a quilt for them when they age out. It would be a history of their time in Drum Corps and cover any and all Corps they march with. Soooooo, I've been looking at printing pictures directly onto material, printing onto paper sheets and ironing the image on material, etc. Has anyone done this - pros/cons, ideas???? C Lee -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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I tried this a few years ago to make a train quilt for a friend's son. I
used one of the iron-on types (I don't recall the brand) and wasn't at all pleased with the results. It took about 3 tries to get a good image, and with 16 blocks in the quilt, it got rather expensive. Linda "CLee" wrote in message hlink.net... I'm new to the quilting newsgroup here. Our kids are in Drum Corps and they age out at 21. Our son has been at it for 5 years (has 2 more seasons after this one) and our daughter for 4 (has 5 more seasons after this one). So, I want to take pictures of them over their years in Drum Corps to make a quilt for them when they age out. It would be a history of their time in Drum Corps and cover any and all Corps they march with. Soooooo, I've been looking at printing pictures directly onto material, printing onto paper sheets and ironing the image on material, etc. Has anyone done this - pros/cons, ideas???? C Lee |
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Peter started with Teal Sound (Div 3) back in '01. The next year our
daughter, Mandi, joined him there. He had 4 years with Teal and she had 3. They are now with Spartans (Div 2) and loving it. We're a military family and they go to Corps close to where we live at the time. We're trying to figure out if there is a way we could afford Cavies for our son next year. He's worked with one of the Cavies staff already and has the talent for it. Just a matter of financing the dues and travel from ME to IL until move in time. We love Drum Corps and will continue to follow it and go to shows even after both kids age out. I'm really hoping they won't do finals in CA in '07, that is our son's age out year. We couldn't afford to go out there for finals and I really want to be there for his age out! Nice to meet some Drum Corps fans here! ) Carrie Lee |
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Which one? just curious...I was a BIG drum corp groupie in high school and college...almost married a Cavalier. He still does some arrangements for them... Roberta (in VA) Peter knows and has worked with Mark Magahee (?sp) from Cavies. I spoke with him and he pretty much said he would probably make Cavies if he tried out. Now it's a matter of finances. Carrie Lee |
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 03:47:57 GMT, CLee
wrote: Which one? just curious...I was a BIG drum corp groupie in high school and college...almost married a Cavalier. He still does some arrangements for them... Roberta (in VA) Peter knows and has worked with Mark Magahee (?sp) from Cavies. I spoke with him and he pretty much said he would probably make Cavies if he tried out. Now it's a matter of finances. Carrie Lee Nothing like them. Didn't know about the finance thing (I didn't march drum corps just followed it around alot lol) Went to DCI finals in Buffalo NY 1000000 years ago. Don't they offer some sort of financial help or anything? Sad that someone talented enough to make it in would be turned away :/ Os he a horn guy or a drum guy? I was engaged to a french horn player but the cavie drum line was always my favorite shhh Roberta (in VA) |
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