Trace firmly over the design to press a faint outline onto your surface.
Heat transfer images onto fabric.
Cut out leaving a 5mm border all round.
Fabric paint is much thicker than standard craft paint so it will need frequent reloading.
Do not remove the protective backing to avoid the graphic melting onto your iron s plate.
Place a fabric scrap or a teflon sheet over the backing.
The printed image will be facing down on your fabric.
Learn how to use iron on transfer paper for quick easy image transfers to fabric.
Place a hard heat resistant surface like a spare piece of wood or sturdy cardboard underneath the surface of the fabric.
Set your iron to medium heat with the steam off.
Image transfer to fabric is a breeze with heat transfer paper.
Flip your reverse image heat transfer sheet over.
The image is transferred to the tea towel using transfer paper sold in art stores layered underneath your printed image.
4 heat transfer sheets.
You will need a thin detail brush for this.
Flip the image so that it is mirrored using your computer programme or printer settings then print onto a sheet of image transfer paper.
Cut out your fabric to 27x55cm and sew a single hem along one of the short edges.
The heat transfer sheet is a special polymer coated paper which is used to make a copy of your favourite photograph with a color laser copier or printer and then it is heat set onto fabric.