Thank you,
Donna

With an inkjet transfer the ink doesn’t blur because the polymer film of the medium sits on top of the fabric and acts as a film barrier over the fabric fibers. The film then accurately transfers the colour and image without blurring and bleeding. The downside of the transfer is that depending on how good you are at transferring images [and this does take some practice] the image may sometimes transfer incompletely, with the image looking ‘distressed’. I personally prefer that end distressed and more ‘artistic’ result. Truth be told, I always recommend that if you want a ‘prefect’ image transfer, don’t transfer – use an un-transferred print of the image and applique that to your project instead.

Make sense?

I have a question: I usually print (with my inkjet printer) on cotton or silk sheets that are sold on a stabilizer paper. Then I peel off the fabric and applique or fuse the printed fabric down. If you have knowledge of what I am talking about, how would you compare the two processes? The lazy part of me likes the idea of printing on the prepared sheets, but are the results as good as the medium/transparency process?