I went to Kinkos the other day and found out that their copiers are laser printers and that I could try the Stable Stuff. It printed great so I need to schedule an hour or so of copying my foundations.

Thanks everyone for the help and suggestions.

Frances

Hi Frances

I've just got the reply back from my friend Ruth and she says
The following is an excerpt from her book about testing your printer/inks, which is essentially what Margo was suggesting, print one piece to try it out and see if it works.
Hope this helps

Rosemary

PS small advert - her book will be coming out this autumn, but I don't as yet know the title. Available at http://www.stonecreeksilk.co.uk

She is at the Festival of Quilts just now, but I will give her a call and enquire about Tuesday, when she has had a small chance of recovering, and will get back to you with her answer.

Rosemary

Rosemary,
I'm not using fabric, I using Ricky's Stable Stuff which is a polyester. Any info on that from your friend?

Frances

Frances, if you are using an epsom printer, with the durabrite pigment ink cartridges, you will not have any problem with the print running, provided you iron your fabric to help set it, or so I have been informed by my techie friend at Stone Creek Silks who is currently writing a book on the subject. Hope this helps.

Cheers

Rosemary

Well I had to go to Kinkos for something else today so I took my Stable Stuff with me. They said I could try, but they only buys stuff that is made for their machines and it might not work. So I did a test print first to make sure it didn't change the size then I put a sheet on the tray. The machine gave me a choice of what kind of paper it was so I picked something thick, crossed my fingers and hit print. It worked just fine! When I go back to do them all (I had a show meeting to get to) I'm going to ask if I get a discount since I'm not using their paper. It won't be today because I have a signature quilt to finish and quilt guild stuff to do.

Frances

If you do a test with white fabric, you should learn that too! I think it probably depends on the kind of ink that your printer uses, but I don't ever have trouble with my ink-jet printer's lines.

Margo, I am not so concerned about them showing through as every other fabric will be black as I am concerned about the ink running and staining the other light colored fabrics.

I have used colored pencils on fabric and then painted over it with Delta Ceramcoat Textile Medium. I hand washed it and air dryed it and the color did not come out. I was wondering if anyone else had used this method and how had it worked for them?

Jimmie in Hot - Hot Texas

Maybe you could do a test with one sheet of the Stable Stuff and white fabric to see if any of the lines show through after its washed???

Something similar but in a different vein. I need to foundation piece my arcs for a Double Wedding Ring Quilt. I was going to print them on Ricky's Stable Stuff. Normally, I print my foundations on my laser printer but it's old and the memory won't hold enough for these foundations. That means I need to use my Epson ink printer. Does anyone know if that will wash out of the Stable Stuff when I wash the quilt? My other option is to take it to Kinkos or another print shop and see if they have a laser copier and will let me copy them onto the Stable Stuff.
Frances

Beautiful job. These photo lessons are coming at just the right time.

That's great! I like the way you designed the pillow!