What You Make of it - Yasmin Bochi Image Transfer

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Check out this Trashion Baroque Japan Jacket, not only a jacket but a true piece of artwork. An upcycled jacket that features gorgeous fabrics, a hand painted cameo and more. After the tutorial I hope you'll head over to Yasmin's amazing shop full of unique and gorgeous chic jewelry, handbags & clothing.

Image Transfer Tutorial

If like to try out an alternative for those expensive iron-on, then maybe you should have a look at this! I love this transfer technique, it's cheap, easy and fun because you can achieve different "looks": from distressed to crisp images...it's worth a try!

 

What do you need:

soap shavings

turpentine

a piece of fabric and a fresh inkjet print

and : a well ventilated workspace!
Get a cup and fill it 1/4 with hot water, add two tabelspoons of soap shavings and stir. Then add a table spoon of turpentine and keep stirring until it looks like this:

 

Now we're ready to print! get your piece of paper and apply the soap and turpentine mix to the front of your print:

 

 

 

 

Then put it face down on your piece of fabric. Press it down firmly and apply the mix to the back. The paper will become slightly transparent. The mix can be applied quite thick, as long as you are careful not to rip up the paper. I like to use my hands to rub down the print, but a spoon is very handy too, it depends of the effect you desire:

 

Now peel back carefully ...and there it is!

How to "set" the print

Of course you don't want your image to fade after the first wash, but please note that that transfer technique is experimental : depending on the mix and amount of soap and turpentine you will get a stronger or weaker print. There are a few tricks for settings the transfer though:

Let your transfer dry for 24 hours. Get a spraying can ( you know, for spraying or watering your plants) and fill it with 50% water and 50% white vinegar. Spray it on the transfer and let it dry. After that you have to iron your transfer on high temperature or use a heat press. Repeat the last two steps( (spraying can and ironing) a few times, but don't rinse in between. When you have done this 3 or 4 times you can take an additional step and use some varnish on the transfer The fabric will become a bit stiffer, but if you do it carefully with thin layers you can obtain a nice result. This last step is recommended for transferring on t-shirts, but if you are just making appliqués or transfers that don't need to be washed frequently, you can skip this step.

Thanks Yasmin for such a fantastic tutorial, I think I'm going to give it a try! Be sure to head over to Yasmin Bochi's shop!

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Comments

[cindy]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this technique.

[Casey]

oh wow!! I've wanted to try transferring an image onto cloth to appliqué for some time... I can just imagine the *endless* possibilities!! hurrah! thank you for sharing this!

[Kristen]

Very cool process! I wonder how it would work on jeans...

[Mikiye Creations]

Oh WOW!
YOU ROCK!!!
Thank You for sharing this!!!
TOTALLY COOL!
I SO want to try this...haven't any idea when...but I TOTALLY want to try this!
:P

[cindylou]

thanks for the info, I will definitely try this.