After years of sticking all kinds of paper through my printer, I have finally ventured into printing on fabric. (Well actually I have been using those inkjet fabric sheets for a while. Sadly those sheets only come in white and cream. Yawn.) But yesterday was the first time I printed on regular fabric! Let me show you how…

First off, you are going to need some freezer paper. What? Freezer paper. I had never bought any of that before either but fortunately I found it in the grocery store next to the aluminum foil and wax paper. Unfortunately my store only sells the jumbo size.

The next step is to cut the freezer paper to a size that will fit your printer. In this case, I am making 8 1/2 x 11 sheets. Cut your fabric to the same size.

Then iron the shiny and sort of rough side of the freezer paper to the back of your fabric. Make sure there are no little threads dangling off the edge. You don’t want to get thread stuck in your printer. In this case, I am using 100% cotton fabric although I am already wondering what other fabrics I could play with.

Now the moment of truth… Put your fabric/freezer paper in your printer’s paper feed. I suggest only doing one at a time. Choose your picture, text, or whatever that you want to print. NOW PRINT!