bethbuchall
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- Jul 10, 2003
I have made a few shirts before and not had any problems. I made one the other day for ds to wear to "Arctic Night" in his 1st grade classroom. I used Avery Light transfer paper. I washed and dried the shirt, Hanes Heavyweight 50/50 (cotton/poly) from A.C. Moore, before using. I followed ironing directions (at least as well as I have in the past). He wore it for about an hour that night, so I folded it up and put it in his drawer. He wanted to wear it the next day. It had already developed a couple of small cracks. After washing, it is unwearable (cracked and peeling). The edges are worse than the sides.
Do you think it is a matter of not ironing long enough? Not enough pressure? Too cool an iron?
I did iron it for the amount of time specified, and I tried to use plenty of pressure. My iron is getting old (wedding gift almost 18 years ago), and it's the cordless kind (I don't recommend those, if they are even still available).
I need to get these wrinkles out (no pun intended) before I start on the trip shirts! If anyone has any ideas, please share.
Beth
PS. Here is the design that he wore.
Do you think it is a matter of not ironing long enough? Not enough pressure? Too cool an iron?
I did iron it for the amount of time specified, and I tried to use plenty of pressure. My iron is getting old (wedding gift almost 18 years ago), and it's the cordless kind (I don't recommend those, if they are even still available).
I need to get these wrinkles out (no pun intended) before I start on the trip shirts! If anyone has any ideas, please share.
Beth
PS. Here is the design that he wore.