What You Make of it – Yasmin Bochi Image Transfer

What a fabulous treat I have for you today. I’d like to introduce you to the wonderful and talented Yasmin Bochi. I’ve completly fallen mad over her design and style.

Check out this Trashion Baroque Japan Jacket, not only a jacket but a true piece of artwork. An upcycled jacket that features gorgeous fabrics, a hand painted cameo and more. After the tutorial I hope you’ll head over to Yasmin’s amazing shop full of unique and gorgeous chic jewelry, handbags & clothing.

Image Transfer Tutorial

If
like to try out an alternative for those expensive iron-on, then maybe
you should have a look at this! I love this transfer technique, it’s
cheap, easy and fun because you can achieve different "looks": from
distressed to crisp images…it’s worth a try!

What do you need:

soap shavings

turpentine

a piece of fabric and a fresh inkjet print

and : a well ventilated workspace!
Get
a cup and fill it 1/4 with hot water, add two tabelspoons of soap
shavings and stir. Then add a table spoon of turpentine and keep
stirring until it looks like this:

Now we’re ready to print! get your piece of paper and apply the soap and turpentine mix to the front of your print:

Then
put it face down on your piece of fabric. Press it down firmly and
apply the mix to the back. The paper will become slightly transparent.
The mix can be applied quite thick, as long as you are careful not to
rip up the paper. I like to use my hands to rub down the print, but a
spoon is very handy too, it depends of the effect you desire:

Now peel back carefully …and there it is!

How to "set" the print

Of
course you don’t want your image to fade after the first wash, but
please note that that transfer technique is experimental : depending on
the mix and amount of soap and turpentine you will get a stronger or
weaker print. There are a few tricks for settings the transfer though:

Let
your transfer dry for 24 hours. Get a spraying can ( you know, for
spraying or watering your plants) and fill it with 50% water and 50%
white vinegar. Spray it on the transfer and let it dry. After that you
have to iron your transfer on high temperature or use a heat press.
Repeat the last two steps( (spraying can and ironing) a few times, but
don’t rinse in between. When you have done this 3 or 4 times you can
take an additional step and use some varnish on the transfer The fabric
will become a bit stiffer, but if you do it carefully with thin layers
you can obtain a nice result. This last step is recommended for
transferring on t-shirts, but if you are just making appliqués or
transfers that don’t need to be washed frequently, you can skip this
step.

Thanks Yasmin for such a fantastic tutorial, I think I’m going to give it a try! Be sure to head over to Yasmin Bochi’s shop!

5 Comments

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this technique.

oh wow!! I’ve wanted to try transferring an image onto cloth to appliqué for some time… I can just imagine the *endless* possibilities!! hurrah! thank you for sharing this!