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Print Iron-on Transfers for T-Shirts
Wearable Art from the Desktop



You can create your own custom clothing with absolutely no sewing skills. Decorate t-shirts, canvas bags, and other fabric items with iron-on transfers that you design yourself and print from your desktop.

 More of this Feature
• What you need to know about iron-on transfers
• Software for iron-on transfers
• Artwork for iron-on transfers
• Transfer Paper/Presses or iron-on transfers
 
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• Make a Mousepad
• Iron-on Transfer Projects
 
 

What You Need to Do Iron-on Transfers
There are kits available that give you everything you need, including software and a t-shirt, or you can assemble your own materials. Whichever route you go, here's what you'll need for the typical iron-on style of transfer:

  • Software
  • Artwork
  • Transfer paper
  • Printer
  • Iron (or heat transfer press)
  • Hard surface (if using an iron)
  • Pillowcase or other fabric (if using an iron)
  • T-shirt or other item to receive transfer.

See Page 5, Transfer Paper/Presses, for alternatives to the traditional heat transfers: Laser Transfer Toner and No-Iron Fabric.

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