Print photo onto fabric
3 Ways to Transfer Photos to Fabric
Maybe you want to make a keepsake throw pillow, dress your table with dinner napkins full of vintage snaps or make your own fabric photo postcards to send via snail mail. Whatever the reason, we’re here to teach you the tricks and transfer your photos to fabric.
Method 1: Using Photo Transfer Paper
This one should feel nice and comfy because you’ve likely seen it done before. Just buy some photo transfer paper, shoot it through your printer and iron the resulting image onto a T-shirt or other fabric. For my photo, I used an actual record and placed it onto a white background.
1. Pick your paper
Make sure to buy the kind of paper that’s right for your printer (ink-jet vs laser jet). You can also buy transfer paper specific to the type of fabric you’re using (light or dark). And it helps to read the directions before buying, just to make sure it works with the type of fabric you choose.
2. Print and trim
If the image has text, you’ll need to reverse the photo using a computer program before printing — otherwise your print will be backwards. Then print the image onto the correct side of the transfer paper, using a test sheet first to determine whether you should place the paper right side up or upside-down. Trim around the image with scissors or a rotary cutter, about 1/4″ from the edge.
3. Iron it on
Place a pillowcase onto a hard surface (not an ironing board!) for the best results here. Smooth out any wrinkles, then put your fabric right-side up and the transfer paper right-side down. Press with a hot, dry iron and — if you’re feeling nervous at all here — refer to the manufacturer’s instructions that came with your paper.
4. Peel away
Gently peel back the backing paper in one smooth motion and you’re good to go!
Method 2: Using Freezer Paper
This method’s pretty cool because it lets you to run an 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of fabric through your printer and print the image directly onto the fabric. We make this possible by fusing the fabric to freezer paper for added stiffness!
For best results, you’ll want to use a laserjet printer.
If you’re using an inkjet, set the image with vinegar or look for a commercially treated fabric that’s made for printing. Try a test piece first before the real deal, and play around to see what gives the best results.
1. Prep your materials
Press your fabric and cut off a piece of freezer paper that’s larger than standard printer paper. (Don’t use wax paper — we want freezer paper because it’s only waxy on one side). Use an 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of card stock as a template to trim around both the freezer paper and the fabric. Precision counts here!
2. Iron ’em together
Press the waxy side of the freezer paper to the back of the fabric.
3. Print on the fabric!
Now change your printer settings to “photo” for best results. Run a test sheet of paper through the printer to make sure you’re clear on the correct orientation. Then run your fabric through so the printing applies on the cloth side.
Method 3: Using a Gel Medium
This method is the most magical of the three, so I’ve saved the best for last.
As a kid, I collected tons of postcards and mementos from family trips, and wouldn’t it be cool to share those on fabric? Gel medium to the rescue!
Supplies:
- Liquitex Gel Medium
- Paint brush
- Solid linen, cotton-blend, or canvas fabric with no stretch
- Dry-toner printed image (reversed if it has text). You can cut out a picture from a magazine or use your home laser-jet printer, or go to the copy shop.
- Spray bottle with water
Note: Mod Podge Photo Transfer is another product you can try with either laser-jet or inket printed images. As long as it’s a dry toner, it should work. Use a small test square to see if your printer cooperates.
1. Copy your image onto paper
Photocopy a postcard, magazine image, photograph or similar — I used a playbill booklet from the first play I saw on Broadway. If your image has text, remember to flip it first using a computer program or photocopier.
2. Coat it up
Apply a thick coat of Liquitex Gel Medium to the printed image using a paintbrush.
3. Press to fabric
Press the image right-side down onto the fabric and smooth out all the wrinkles. You might also want to place a heavy book on top to weigh it down while it dries overnight.
4. Soak and rub
When it’s dry, use a spray bottle of water to wet the entire image, or use a wet rag to soak it. Starting in the center of the image, gently use your fingers to rub the paper off the back. Keep calm here: If you rub too hard, the image will come right off.
5. Soak and rub… again
Once you’ve gotten most of the paper off, douse the image in water again. Then continue rubbing gently (especially the dark-printed areas) to remove the last bits.
6. Rinse thoroughly
Take the fabric to the sink and rinse the image with water to get the remaining paper crumbs off.
7. Let it dry
Hang the fabic to dry or lay it flat in the sun. If you plan to wash the fabric, you can paint a final layer of gel medium on top of the finished image to make it more durable.
How to Print Your Photos on Fabric for Embroidery (and Beyond!)
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Edited: Jun 16, 2022
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Embroidered photos are the next big craft project we can’t get enough of! Inspired by Robert Mahar’s photo embroidery workshop at Craftcation, we’re showing you how to prep your photos for printing on fabric. Whether you want to embroider one large photo or a collection of smaller photos, this DIY project is a family heirloom in the making. The tutorial below will show you how to use Adobe® Photoshop® or the free program Canva to place all of your photos on one file to print on a fat quarter of Linen Cotton Canvas, Robert’s go-to embroidery fabric from Spoonflower.
Printing family photos on fabric is a great way to safely store cherished memories, but when not utilizing his own personal photographs, Robert often turns to institutions like the public library—many of which have digitized large portions of their holdings for public use.
It’s always a good idea to read the fine print when it comes to online photographs—search for imagery that is copyright-free and in the public domain. The New York Public Library has digitized thousands of images that are free to access and Robert uses their Public Domain Collections which contains photographs that can be used without permissions or restrictions.
Similarly, the British Library has released millions of images into the public domain on their Flickr account—making them free to use, remix and repurpose. It may take some digging, but there are gems to be found!
Photo Tips and Tricks from Embroidery Artist Robert Mahar
- I recommend using photographs that are no smaller than 4″ x 6″.
- Crisp, clear photographs work best for printing on fabric.
- Both formal (think school photos or family studio portraits) as well as candid shots work well.
- Consider leaving at least 1” of blank space between photographs when arranging in your design program them rather than butting them against one another.
This will give you room to separate the images post-embroidery for display. - Color or black and white images will work well for this project, but keep in mind that there will be a greater contrast between black and white images and colorful embroidery floss.
Part 1: Digitize Your Family Photos
Before you can dive in and get creative with your fabric photos, you’ll need to digitize your photos if they aren’t already in digital form. You can do this two different ways:
Scan your photos using a flatbed scanner at the highest resolution (300 DPI or higher). If you don’t own a scanner, we recommend visiting your local copy shop. Be sure to save your images as a JPG or PNG.
Take a well-lit, high-quality photo of your photo. Set-up an area in your home where there is good, natural light free of shadows and snap a picture of your photograph. On a nice day, consider taking your photos outside.
A DSLR or camera with high resolution works great for taking pictures, but if you only have access to a smart phone, that should also do the trick!
Now that you have your photos digitized, it’s time to set-up your photo canvas for printing on a fat quarter of Linen Cotton Canvas on Spoonflower. While there are a few different ways you can format your photos, today we’ll be highlighting how to do it in Photoshop and Canva.
Part 2: Create a Photo Canvas
Photoshop
- Create a canvas that is 27” x 18” (the size of a Spoonflower Linen Cotton Canvas fat quarter) at 150 dpi.
- To add a photo, Select File > Place Embedded and select the photograph you want to add to your file.
- Once the photo is on your canvas, resize it by selecting Edit > Transform > Scale and adjust the photo as necessary. Double click the image or select Enter on your keyboard once the changes have been made.
- If your photos are on the darker side, you may want to adjust the contrast of the photo to ensure it prints with enough contrast on fabric.
To adjust the contrast in your photo, select your image and then Images > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast. - Repeat for the remaining photos.
- Once you’ve added all of the photos to your canvas, save your file as a Photoshop file (PSD) so you can edit in the future as necessary.
- Resave the file as a JPG or PNG.
- Login to your Spoonflower account and upload your design.
- Select Linen Cotton Canvas and Fat Quarter in the drop down menu and add to your cart!
- Login to your Canva account and select the Create a Design button and then choose the Custom Dimensions option. Make sure the dropdown menu is set to pixels (px), enter your canvas dimensions in the box and select Create Design. For a fat quarter of Linen Cotton Canvas, we’ve set our canvas to be 4050 pixels x 2700 pixels.
- To add a photo, select the Uploads icon on the left side of your screen and select “Upload an image or video”.
Next, double click on the image you’d like to add to your canvas from your computer. Drag and drop your image onto your canvas. - If your photos are on the darker side, you may want to adjust the contrast of the photo to ensure it prints with enough contrast on fabric. To adjust the contrast in your photo, select your image and then Adjust > Contrast
- Repeat for the remaining photos.
- Download the file as a PNG.
- Login to your Spoonflower account and upload your design.
- Select Linen Cotton Canvas and Fat Quarter in the drop down menu and add to your cart!
Robert’s file is ready for printing on fabric!
Find more embroidery projects from Robert on the blog!
Photo printing on fabric, pattern printing on fabric, photo printing on fabric, photo printing on fabric Moscow
We are pleased to offer you photo printing on fabric. We can print photos on various fabrics: dense, coarse, thin, light, transparent and almost weightless or burlap.
Photos are printed on fabric in Moscow, which means that you will not have to wait long for your order, and if you are in another city, we can send it by mail. We have our own production, so you can always agree on the terms with us, usually it is 1-2 days or on the day of the order, if the print is needed very urgently. nine0003
Method of printing photos on fabric - sublimation
In the modern world, printing photos on any type of fabric has become very affordable. Drawing a photo on a fabric is carried out on the special equipment by a sublimation method. This is a technology that allows ink to penetrate into the fabric fiber. The result of such printing will be a beautiful, bright and clear photo on the fabric, which will serve you for many years, regardless of what type of fabric it will be printed on. The fabric with applied photos can be washed in a washing machine and ironed, while the quality of the photo will not deteriorate at all. The inks we use are odorless, non-toxic, non-allergic and can even be used in clothing.
Such a product does not shed when washed, because the coloring pigment is securely fixed inside the fabric fiber. nine0003
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Polyoxford, Oxford 600, Water Repellent Oxford
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Seal on Saten, Sharmus
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The size of a photo or pattern for printing on fabric can be any, from the smallest picture to the largest. Our standard print quality on fabric is 720x1440 dpi. The minimum circulation is one piece! The maximum width of the fabric is 150 cm. Therefore, on a single canvas, we can print a photo with a width of 150 cm and unlimited length. If a photograph, drawing or picture is planned to be printed in a larger size, then it is printed on several canvases, which are then sewn together with a neat seam, which is almost invisible. The scope of fabrics with printed photographs is quite wide.
A photo can be applied to the fabric and then sew clothes from it, make jewelry, make souvenirs, make interior items. Printed photos on fabric and decorated in a beautiful frame look very nice. Unlike printing on paper, printing photos on fabric is warmer and more pleasant, due to the matte and embossed fabric. nine0003
Image printing on fabric
We can print any image on fabric, even if it is a painted picture or text. Drawn images must be scanned in high resolution or photographed. Then we will transfer the image to the desired fabric, from which you can then make clothes, decor elements, posters, posters and much more.
Popular fabrics for image printing:
Depending on the task at hand, we can offer you different types of fabrics for photo printing. nine0003
- light, transparent fabrics;
- matt or glossy fabrics;
- fabrics with a glossy, shiny surface;
- textured or smooth fabrics;
- dense coarse fabrics, such as burlap;
- stretch fabric;
- canvas.
No matter what type of fabric you choose, all photos will be bright, clear and even the smallest details present in the photo will be clearly visible. nine0003
Thanks to modern equipment, the possibility of applying photos to fabrics has become a reality.
Photo Printing on Picture Fabric is usually printed on a coarse textured fabric such as canvas or glossy heavyweight fabrics. Printing on canvas will give the picture a natural look, while printing on glossy fabric will give photos a special brightness and expressiveness.
Photo prints on curtain fabric are often made from a lightweight tulle type fabric to let in daylight, or a thick opaque fabric that is 100% sunlight-transmitting. If you decide to make curtains, you can make any background in your layout and then the curtain will turn out to be any color you want! nine0003
Photo printing on fabric for shawls, scarves and kerchiefs is made on a variety of fabrics: glossy, matte, dense, thin.
We can offer you fabrics that are pleasant to the touch and will be a pleasure to wear! Or the fabric can be completely weightless, for example, chiffon, the density of which does not exceed 40 grams. Shawls made from this fabric look very romantic and elegant!
Photo printing on fabric in Moscow for tailoring. Here fantasy is not limited by anything. You can choose any fabric you like based on your preferences and product requirements. We can also print photos on waterproof fabric or print photos on a cut. You can order original prints and sew, for example, a dress that no one will have! nine0003
Printing a photo on fabric for making souvenirs. Fabric souvenirs can be very different and fabrics can also be from the lightest to the most dense. For example, if you need to decorate a box with a fabric, then photos on a dense fabric such as canvas will look especially impressive.
Photo printing on fabric for advertising banners and exhibition stands .
In this case, a dense, strong fabric is often used that does not tear or get wet, which is important when the products are used outdoors. nine0003
Photo printing on fabric for wall and showcase decoration is usually made on a dense fabric with a structured surface. This print looks very natural and attracts the eyes of buyers. Your showcase will definitely not go unnoticed. In addition, the product will be durable and, unlike paper, it can be washed.
Photo quality for textile printing. In order to make photo printing on fabric deep and juicy, we recommend that you use photos taken with a camera or mobile phone. Such photos can be easily edited and printed in large sizes. Photos downloaded from social networks are usually small in size and it is not always possible to print a large image from them. However, don't be discouraged! From small photos you can always make a collage and arrange it beautifully, it will look very intriguing! nine0003
Photo digitization for printing on fabric.
Transferring photos to fabric is carried out from electronic media, so if your photos are only on paper, they need to be digitized. Photos for printing on fabric are accepted in electronic form by mail or on electronic media. If you have photos only in paper form. Dont be upset! Bring your photos to us, we will digitize them and put them on the fabric. We will provide you with digitized photographs for further use. nine0003
In order to order photo printing on fabric , you can send us an e-mail, use the convenient order form or call us by phone.
If you have any questions, call or write, we will be happy to answer all your questions about printing photos on fabric.
To take a photo on fabric, you need to send a photo or photos to our e-mail or use a convenient order form.
You may also be interested in other products with photo printing on fabric: photo pillows, iPhone cases, scarves with a logo, printing on curtains.
Printing photos on fabric is inexpensive
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