Diy Printable Patches + Novel Etsy Shop
Tuesday 13 September 2016
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We late designed some patches for my jean jacket over the summertime as well as kinda liked how they turned out. I idea it would brand a keen DIY projection to portion hither as well as hold upward got my human activity together.
Both Earl as well as I illustrated these together; the H2O ice cream was inspired yesteryear my Baked Alaska Ice Cream Cone, the vintage badges from some one-time badges nosotros came across, some french words (just because) as well as some folk fine art we've been inspired by.
The patches are fairly like shooting fish in a barrel to brand using the Fe on transfer method, all y'all demand is a choice of acre images y'all like, transfer paper, some duck cloth or canvass as well as an iron. You could fifty-fifty embroider over them if y'all wanted to. In fact I may practise that myself alongside a few.
You tin dismiss create your ain designs or y'all tin dismiss uncovering the ones nosotros designed inwards our Etsy store here. We decided to opened upward up an Etsy store for these to aid us comprehend some of our admin costs making them.
And if y'all don't similar to DIY as well as similar the patches, the patches are besides for sale inwards our Etsy Shop (individually) or every bit a set. You tin dismiss click here to see. They're all fairly reasonable. Only $2.70 CAD.
You volition need:
1 transfer sheet (for low-cal fabrics) for inkjet printer
duck cloth or canvass fabric
figurer as well as printer
images to impress (make your own, or y'all tin dismiss uncovering the ones nosotros designed inwards pdf here)
iron
scissors
To Make:
1) Create your pattern (or y'all tin dismiss uncovering the ones nosotros designed inwards pdf cast here) - making certain your ikon is mirrored inwards gild for it to transfer correctly onto the fabric. If y'all don't know how to mirror, some printers accept the mirror choice inwards the settings.
2) Load the transfer sheet into your printer thus it volition impress on the non-glossy unlined side.
3) Print image/design on transfer paper.
4) Cut out each design
5) Preheat Fe to the highest setting (do non purpose steam).
6) Place stuff on a difficult surface (I placed a breadboard covered alongside a tea towel onto our ironing board) as well as pre-iron to free wet as well as take wrinkles.
7) Place the printed ikon facial expression upward downwards onto the stuff (the lined side volition live the ironing surface).
8) Iron yesteryear using theatre as well as steady pull per unit of measurement area yesteryear belongings the Fe inwards both hands as well as applying pressure. Glide the Fe real slow over each expanse of the entire transfer making certain to comprehend all areas as well as corners for approx. xc - 120 seconds total
9) Remove liner after almost five seconds yesteryear peeling it off.
To brand the patches, cutting or thus each acre giving them a few millimeters allowance thus y'all tin dismiss stitch the patches on afterwards. Place the patches where you'd similar to identify them, pivot them on to secure piece y'all stitch as well as and thus paw or automobile sew together on. Yay!
H5N1 link to our Etsy store is HERE!
