Fabric Transfer T-shirt

Brooke came over the other day and asked if I knew how to print a photo on a t-shirt. I do, and I even have the transfer paper left over from making her Halloween costumes a few years ago (click here to see them). It's very easy and I can't even tell you how over-the-top happy she was after making these shirts! Super cute.

She did a silly one with a picture of her friend on it which she thought was hilarious and couldn't wait to wear in front of her friend, and she was dying to make one with this guy from Stranger Things on it (I don't watch the show so I don't know his name. And it's probably against some law to snap a picture of the guy and then print it on a shirt hahahaha but since she isn't selling them or profiting from it fingers crossed we she doesn't get busted. I'm totally pointing the finger at her if that happens).

You need fabric transfer paper for either light or dark colors, depending on the color of your shirt. For the light blue one we used light paper, and dark paper for the coral one. Follow the directions on the package - the directions differ depending which paper you're using. The coral shirt using the dark paper was easier - after printing your image on a piece of fabric transfer paper you remove the backing, lay the print on the t-shirt, cover with tissue paper, iron. Easy! The light paper transfer is a bit different - you print your image in reverse, lay it face down on the t-shirt, iron, wait for it to cool, then peel the backing off. Not hard but the paper didn't want to peel off very easily.

All-in-all a fun quick project and the girl was thrilled. Can't beat either of those things 😊

light transfer paper - I didn't include the finished
t-shirt because Brooke said her friend wouldn't want
her face on the t-shirt on the blog LOL! 

dark fabric transfer -
remove the paper backing and place the image where you want

iron following package directions

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