Fabric Transfer Cushion Designs

Step 1 - Buy Avery Fabric Transfers!

Avery offer different transfers for light and dark cotton and also in A4 and A5 sizes.  For this project we used MD1001: A4 Fabric Transfers for Light Cotton as we had a white cotton pillow.

Design the Transfer

First, open our free label creating software: Avery Design & Print by going to this link:

avery.co.uk/software/design-print

Click Start and you will open the Design & Print homepage

Enter the software code of your Fabric Transfer, in this case MD1001 and click the magnifying glass icon to find your template.

Select your Template

Each Avery Product Template inside Avery Design & Print will give you the choice between a blank template or predesigns for you to adapt and personalise. Our Fabric Transfer products have designs for all sorts of occasions such as Hen and Stag weekends, new babies, parties, gifts and businesses.

For this project, we have created our Family Tree as a separate image, so we will choose a blank template to import the image onto.

Create your Designs

Once you have selected either a blank or predesigned template, you will be taken to our Design & Print Canvas. This is where you can add text, images and generally make your design your own. For this example, we clicked "Add Image" and imported the tree image from our computer onto the canvas. We then clicked "Add Text" and chose the curved text option to write the words "My Family Tree".

When we were happy with the design, we clicked "Save" to save the project to our online Avery Account. Any projects saved here can be opened from any computer connected to the internet, not just your computer at home.

Print your Transfer

After you have saved your design, click the Preview and Print button. Avery Design & Print automatically flips your image in preparation for printing, so when you click the green Print button again, please print what you see and don't use any "T-Shirt Transfer" settings your printer may have.

Other printer settings to check:

• Page size is set to A4 (Not US Letter Size)
• Paper Source is set to Rear Tray or Manual Feed where available
• Page Scaling is set to Actual Size (Not fit, or scale)

Iron on your Transfer

Avery Fabric Transfers contain detailed instructions in the pack on how best to iron on your transfers. The main things to remember are

• Only iron onto 100% cotton fabrics
• Set your iron to the highest setting
• Never use steam

Once your have ironed your transfer on your fabric (using hard downward pressure), it will be easy to peel off the backing paper away from your design. If the backing paper is not removing easily, iron the design again.

The transfer will be hot, so please don't touch it for a few minutes.