Cheap Printable Iron-on-transfers? What did I do wrong?

[lauralong81]

I bought the cheapest printable (ink-jet) iron-on-transfers they had at Michael's - thinking it was my first time doing this I didn't want to spend a lot in case it didnt' work out. But now i'm thinking I should have bought the more expensive ones? Do they turn out better? Maybe I just did something wrong - but in the first washing - the transfer went all sorts of crackly on the t-shirt. I followed the directions to the T (or so I thought) ironing in circular motion for 3 minutes, on a hard surface (board).... removed the transfer paper after it cooled. It looked great - till I washed it!!! Is this normal??

Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!!! 11-ish days till our trip and I was going to make a lot more shirts, but not if they dont last!

Thanks in advance....
Laura

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

mine have done that too. If you wash the shirt inside out it doesn't happen as bad.
Here is a link to the creative DISigns board. Someone there might be able to help you find a better transfer paper.


http://disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=105