How to Make T-Shirt Iron On Transfers

Have you ever wanted to make your own t-shirt with an iron on transfer? Create original designs, iron on family photos or use that special skyline you love to look at. It's not a very hard process, and t-shirts makes a great gift!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Photo Editing Software (Photoshop, Paint, etc)
• T-Shirt
• Ink jet t-shirt transfers (light or dark depending on the color of the shirt you are using)
• iron

1. Use your photo editing software to create an image that you want on a t-shirt. You can do this any number of ways. For instance, you can take a photo of yourself or a family member, and add text with ease.

2. Prepare your printer using the software that came with it. There should be a setting to let it know you are printing a t-shirt transfer. If not, set the image to "mirror" with your photo editing software.

3. Print a test image on regular paper to make sure that it is properly aligned and mirrored, so that you do not waste a t-shirt transfer. To save ink, then you may adjust the printer settings to a "quick print" quality so that it doesn't use as much ink as it normally would.

4. Once you have verified that you have the correct settings, then you can print on a transfer, and follow the directions that came with your t-shirt transfers from there.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure that your image is mirrored.
• If you are printing on a dark t-shirt, make sure that you have transfers for dark shirts, or else it will not come out right.