Iron On for Shirts

[AliasX]

With Halloween approaching, I really want to be Jack Burton from "Big Trouble in Little China." The one problem is there is no way if I purchase his shirt online, it will arrive at my house in time for Friday, when I am going to a party and wearing it. Even if it could, it is anxiety producing doing it so last minute.

Therefore, I have decided that I will find the image that is on the shirt online, print it onto a sheet of iron on paper stuff that you get at crafts stores like Michaels, and iron it on to either a wife beater or white t-shirt.

There is only one problem. Iron on's always look like complete shit when I do them. I mean, there is either a lot of really shiny blank space that makes it a dead give-away that I made it myself, or you can make out the 8x11 rectangle on the shirt.

Ugh.

And also for this project I might have to print half of it on one peice of paper and the other half on another. I am not entirely sure how I will go about doing it.

Does anyone have any success stories with iron ons? Can anyone share good brands of paper with me maybe, or some tips?

Thanks

 

[funkymatt]

for the best transfer go to a place that has the vacuum iron press thing. the best we were able to get them in high school would be to cut around the image as to get a little "extra" iron on crap on the shirt and iron the shirt before ironing on the decal. since you'll be wearing it that night it will look its best, but if you decide to wash it, turn it inside-out.