Friday, August 3, 2012

Forgot one

Forgot to mention the Gel transfers.  Apply a gel medium to the receiving fabric or paper, press the image over the gel and press down, I use a brayer to gently, but firmly, press so the transfer makes good contact with the gel.  The gel absorbs the toner ink.  Let it dry, preferably overnight, then moisten the paper side with water, beginning to gently rub the paper off the medium that remains.  Several ways to do this, I'll go into more detail in the tutorial.

Note, I used ModPodge for one, and it did transfer, but the resulting fabric was very stiff :)  I used it on a linen dish towel and I've washed and dried it a few times thinking the modpodge would eventually wash out but no luck.  The transfer is almost gone but the towel is as stiff as ever :)