DIY Printed Fabric – SO EASY! (Echo Park)

Hi Everyone

I have a post on the Echo Park blog today showing a couple of ideas using the fabulous Echo Park digital collections available at Jessica Sprague. I have showcased this idea before, but when I saw the Hello Summer Collection available in digital format I knew this would be the perfect collection to share it again!

Printed Fabric Technique
Did you ever see an idea on-line and think – it really can’t be that easy? When I saw this post I was inspired to try and print directly onto some plain fabric and it really works! Check out the pointers below..

1. You can purchase these sheets and print onto them in any regular printer – however here in New Zealand they are imported and work out at about $6 per sheet. They DO work well – however for about 30cents a sheet I created my own version – read on!
2. Inspired by this post here I took some full-page labels and some white calico cotton
3. I stuck the label onto the cotton, smoothed out the creases and cut carefully around it
4. I printed onto the page (fabric side up and using the rear tray) with just regular color print settings on my inkjet printer. 

I imagine this would NOT work in a laser printer due to the adhesive on the label and heat involved.

I am not sure how color-fast this would be for washing – but for something like a decorative bag it works perfectly. I used the smaller square to make some fabric covered buttons too.

I hope you can use these ideas to get your imagination stirring and please post a comment with any questions.

Lowri
I am linking up this post to these websites here.