ILuvTinkerbelle said:
The best iron on transfer paper. I bought AVERY this afternoon but someone on another thread says that it is really only good for one wearing and I would like these to last. So for those of you who do alot of these which brand do you recommend. Not worried about cost!
Thanks in advance!
We didn't have time to order the ebay paper. We used Avery. Light and dark. None of our shirts have cracked or anything. The Playhouse Disney shirts that I made on onesies for my grandson (ribbed cloth) have been in the washer in hot water, bleached, put in the dryer on hot. They have survived at least 12 washings. Still look great. She doesn't even turn them inside out.
I have washed most of my shirts at least 5 times and they still look great. I don't put any of my shirts in the dryer.. I wash them inside out.
I love my shirts. We ironed them on a wooden typewriter desk with a pillowcase on top. I allowed the pillowcase to cool in between shirts. We used a good iron on its highest setting. We ironed the transfers for about 4 minutes. We ironed side to side s l o w l y making one pass about 20 seconds. The second minute we ironed top to bottom, each pass about 20 seconds. Then we did around the edges about 15 seconds each side. Then we did a side to side, up and down for the remaining minute. Voila. We let the transfers cool off a little before we peeled them. (about a minute) Then we left the shirts flat to dry overnight.
tinker1bell washed and dried all of her shirts before she ironed on the transfers. I didn't. I figured the people in the t-shirt shops don't wash them before they stick them on, neither would I!
The shirts I made for my DGD, she wears them all the time. They get washed at least once a week. Her mother has never turned them inside out. Who knows what temperature she washes them? And they will be in the dryer. They look great.
We were stressed about using the Avery, but we didn't have the time to get the ebay, and I must say, I love our shirts!! They look great!!!!
