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Of course, we need a shirt! I recommend that you start with a white Cricut polyester t-shirt for your beginner sublimation project. I tested many different shirts for this project (with varying degrees of success- watch the video to see them!) and found that the most important part of a sublimation t-shirt is the polyester content. If you want to test your process before using a shirt, you can sublimate on a piece of polyester fabric with the same material content.
No, a sublimation printer (whether purpose-built or converted) only prints in sublimation ink. And you cannot really switch a converted printer back to being an inkjet printer without a LOT of effort and wasted ink.
Q: What kind of paper do I use?
While some people will use just regular laser paper, I really recommend you use special sublimation paper for the best and most vibrant results and ink transfer. I used A-SUB paper during my tests.
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Hi.. I am a complete newby to Affinty designer, I am looking to do sublimation, and need to use this program, I have bought designs which I can add my own text to personalise... I have no idea what to do? Can you help me please? I have watched a lot of videos but can't find one that can help me with this?
You can use the Artistic Text Tool or the Frame Text Tool to add text overlays to your designs. I recommend using the Artistic Text Tool if you want to stretch your text otherwise it doesn't matter which tool you use. You can format your text using the toolbar that appears at the top when your text is selected. You can also add effects like shadows or blur using the studio tools on the right and add colour/fade gradients using the Fill Tool and Transparency Tool . I recommend playing around with the available tools until you're happy with the results.
Print-ready sublimation designs for crafters! Our sublimation designs are perfect for t shirts, bags, mugs, and other sublimation blanks! All sublimation designs from So Fontsy include the commercial use license so you can use them to make products to sell or for personal use.
Hi Thanks for the reply and yes I had seen this post which for the most part works as I used this to set up, but on a design I did in Photoshop and opened in Affinity Photo that has shading around some lettering the colour prints out blue instead of red? On screen and proofing shows red but it still prints blue? Any ideas to why this may be?
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I decided I would try cutting the design so that could print it. I decided I needed an overlap of the two sections so that I could line them up. I lined the design up in the cut area. In the Page Setup panel, I clicked on the Grid Settings tab and clicked to turn on Snap to Grid.
So I tried again. The next one was did not overlap with color but there was a little paper overlap. The larger part of the design was pressed and then the smaller one was added. I lined it up as close as possible to the larger part of the design and pressed. You can see a faint line here where they met up. Also, the smaller side is a little bit lighter than the larger part.
So I tried again. This time I took a page from my embroidery life and when i created the rectangle, I edited it so it had a jagged edge on one side. I applied the jagged edge to the right side of the large image piece and to the left edge of the small image piece. I pressed the large part of the image. I pieced the small piece, matching up the jagged edges and taping it in place as i went.
I used a light box to help me see exactly where the two pieces lined up. Since this was fabric, using the light box made matching the edges easier. I pressed the smaller piece to the design and also added some text. There is a small amount of color blow out where the first part of the design moved a bit when I lifted the lid of the press but, more importantly, the line where I joined the two parts is almost invisible!!
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Step 4: Head over to your heat press and set it to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the coasters with the cork facing down, and the sublimation paper closest to you, and the heating element. Press for 60 seconds.
Hey Katy, thanks for the tutorial. Do you need to seal these before putting them to use? I usually hand paint tiles and always seal. Not sure about whether or not I need to do that with sublimation. Thank you!
This is a WONDERFUL tutorial for the beginner or seasoned creator. I am now into creating coasters for my graphic design business! My question is: is there any way to get a print friendly option for this tutorial?
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A couple of weeks ago I went on a sublimation printing workshop with Dawn Dupree, a well-established textile printer based in south London near me. She specialises in multilayered collage, often made using sublimation printing techniques, like those below.
Sublimation printing uses a heat press and solid ink, usually painted on paper, and only works on synthetic fabric. You put the inked paper face down on top of the fabric, sandwich it between newsprint to prevent the ink from getting on the heat press, then press it in a heat press for around 30 seconds.
I wanted to see how shibori techniques worked in the heat press. So I took a piece of Vilene and folded it in a series of knife pleats in one direction and then the other. I printed this folded piece in one colour, and then unfolded it, repleated it along different folds, and printed with another colour.
To put it simply, sublimation is a process that transfers dyes onto different types of fabrics and materials. An image or design is created on a computer or tablet and printed onto sublimation paper using sublimation ink. The printed design is then placed onto the t-shirt, mug, socks, hoodie etc. and using a heat press, the design is permanently transferred to the material using heat and pressure.
How about direct to garment printing? To get started with direct to garment printing you will first need a large DTG printer, which are thousands of dollars at a minimum. The maintenance and repairs can also be very costly.
Sublimation printing does not have those limitations. Because sublimation works by transferring the design from the paper to the item, the only limitation here is the quality of the printed design from your computer. With sublimation printing you can transfer high quality, brightly colored images and designs directly onto your desire t-shirts, mugs, blankets etc.
You will need a design software to create your images and designs to be printed. I like using Silhouette Studio because it is a free program that you can download from their website. I also have been enjoying using procreate on my iPad, and that is a great option as well.
Butcher paper is used to protect the t-shirt from the heat plate and also to place between the t-shirt to help the dyes to not get pressed onto the backside of the shirt. I get mine in a big roll on amazon, super cheap.
There are a few options, the one that I have tried and used successfully is using a product called spray bright. This spray is used by spraying it onto the area of the fabric you wish to sublimate, soak the fabric and allow it to dry. Then once the fabric is dry, sublimate as you usually would and voila! You can sublimate on cotton and still get nice, vibrant results!
For example, to sublimate on wood, put a thin coat of polycrylic onto the wood surface and allow to dry completely. Once dried, transfer your image in your heat press just as you would with any other material. Remove the image carefully and you will see that the polycrylic has allowed the image to transfer beautifully.
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