HEAT TRANSFER

At Quelab on February 16, 2025 we added one of my Midjourney AI ART images to my hoodie with the HEAT TRANSFER process:

Street Taco Sized -- AI Linocuts

The round face patch on the shoulder

was applied to my hoodie with the HEAT TRANSFER process

PREVIOUS

 HEAT TRANSFERS

We previously experimented with the HEAT TRANSFER process at Quelab 2.0 in the past:

October 25, 2022

We had previously used HEAT TRANSFER 

to apply one of my drawings altered by AI

to my other hoodie

We had out-sourced the images to SUPRACOLOR -- and bought a handheld WAX IRON for snowboards, so that we could easily apply the images to shirts, anywhere on location:

Heat Transfer Designs

We bought a Wax Iron for Snowboards

to HEAT TRANSFER smaller images

to my shirt

IN-HOUSE

HEAT TRANSFER

Apparently now the HEAT TRANSFER process has gotten a lot easier and can be done in house with:

PRINTER (use Sublimation Inks ONLY):

• Epson ET-2803 Printer
• EPSON SMART PANEL APP
• (YouTube): Convert the ECO-TANK 2803 into a Sublimation printer in minutes
• Hiipoo Sublimation Ink Refilled Bottles

Transfer PAPER -- Avery Printable Heat Transfer paper, 8.5 x 11 inches:

• For Dark Fabrics (3279)
• For Light Fabrics  (3271)

HEAT PRESS options:

• Maikesub mini heat press
• HTVRONT Heat Press Machine for T Shirts, Portable Heat Press 10"X10" 
• HTVRONT Heat Press Mini Heat Press Machine, Small Heat Press Portable Iron Press Machine 

PROCESS

1)  First we laid out all the round 4 inch radius images to fill an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet with the GIMP -- to print on AVERY heat transfer paper for Dark Fabric (3279).

2)  Then we printed them out on the Epson ET-2803 Printer with .  Note, one needs an EPSON SMART PANEL APP to print with this machine -- but one can then print wirelessly from their phone:

Street Taco Sized -- AI Linocuts

Epson ET-2803 Printer

Avery Printable Heat Transfer Paper for Dark Fabrics,

 8.5" x 11", Inkjet Printer, 5 Iron On Transfers

 (3279)

3)  Then we used the 10x10 inch HTVRONT head press to transfer the image:

10x10 inch HTVRONT head press

4)  Cut out the image, and then peel off the backing:

PEEL OFF the Backing!

Then we placed the image on the hoodie

(we probably should have turned it 45° clockwise)

5)  Before printing, PLACE WAX PAPER OVER THE IMAGE (not shown in the image below):

PLACE WAX PAPER

over the image before heat setting

6)  Warm up the heat press to 360°, and then place the heat press on top of the transfer paper and fabric, and set the timer for 30 to 60 seconds:

The settings say:

360° degrees, for 60 seconds

VOILÀ!

The image is now permanent

(shown next to the other possibilities)

Ally then Heat Transferred the roadrunner to her hoodie:

The Heat Transferred Roadrunner

NOTE:  I generated these heat transfer AI images in Midjourney:

Midjourney

We can also Heat Transfer COLOR images!!!

 

MORE TOYS

There were more interesting toys in the FIBER ARTS room at Quelab, such as a Circuit Mug printer (with sublimation ink) and LED projectors:

HAPPRUN LED mini Projector

YG291 for $40

AuKing mini projector

They want to use these mini projectors to project patterns onto fabric, to then cut and sew together to make furry costumes.  

There is a free app -- PATTERN PROJECTOR -- that will calibrate to the exact size of the pattern needed, before projecting.

THANK YOU TETRIS for putting all this together in the Fiber Arts room at the new QUELAB 3.0

(Replicate) lucataco / flux-in-context

Using AI to imagine

what a heat transfer might look like

on a ballcap