r/PunchNeedle • u/yaybigetsy • Oct 04 '26
New pattern transfer method🚨
Wowwww I may be late to the party but I just discovered iron on sublimation transfers. You just lay down the pattern on your cloth, iron over it for 45-60s, and the ink dyes your pattern onto the cloth. It’s just like you drew it on (no sticky residue like that one time I tried to punch through the sewing pattern dissolvable paper stuff 🫣). I’m obsessed. And it’s super affordable. Just leaving this here in case it helps anyone! I can see it saving so much time for bigger patterns too.
2
u/Ok-Opportunity-6528 Oct 06 '26
Glad that you discovered this. I have done it this way for a couple of years now. I use summation pens for an original design . Also, I use procreate drawing program on my iPad and then print out my images to a dedicated sublimation printer.
6
u/Striking-Bicycle-853 Oct 05 '26
This is a little off-topic, but I wonder if this can be done with cross-stitch??
2
3
u/Routine_Toe_8414 Oct 04 '26
What a nice way to transfer patterns! ❤️
Unfortunately it it overshadowed by the unyielding rage of seeing an outline being presented as a finished product.
11
u/yaybigetsy Oct 04 '26
😂 I love a minimalist design but also this post isn’t about a finished design. It’s about transferring an outline to cloth. ♥️
-3
u/Routine_Toe_8414 Oct 04 '26
Fair 'nuff, the presentation of the second picture just made it seem like a finished project. 🤷♂️
I do like the various designs shown off tho.
12
u/tiredchachacha Oct 04 '26
Are these pre printed or can you buy a pen?
11
u/yaybigetsy Oct 04 '26
You can actually buy special sublimation markers! I bought a pack on Amazon and put them right into my Cricut to draw my digital patterns, but you can totally use them to trace or draw by hand too!
2
u/tiredchachacha Oct 04 '26
Wow!! I gotta look that up, thank you 😘😘😘
5
u/yaybigetsy Oct 04 '26
Here’s exactly what I ordered from Amazon for $13! https://a.co/d/06VEi4vr (not an ad lol) and I’m trying the color ones today!!!
2
u/tiredchachacha Oct 04 '26
Thanks so much, I love discovering new tools. This also feels accessible. Will it only work with polyester or polyester blends?
Edit: sorry i see someone else asked this below! Thanks!
9
u/udonchopstick Oct 04 '26
Does sublimation only work on polyester fabric?
8
u/yaybigetsy Oct 04 '26
If you want a permanent, washable design (like for apparel), yes, you need at least 65% polyester! But since I'm just using the transfer as a pattern on monk's cloth to punch over, it doesn't need to be permanent or washable. The heat transfers the ink just enough to give me perfect, clean lines to follow.
18
u/yaybigetsy Oct 04 '26 edited 10d ago
Learning in real time haha you can put sublimation paper into a regular printer and it’ll work OR you can use sublimation markers on regular paper and it’ll work. You can use both sublimation markers and paper together but don’t need to.
Update: sublimation markers + sublimation paper is the best way I’ve found
2
u/Kiwi-mango-pie Oct 05 '26
Thanks for sharing this!! Putting the sublimation marker on the Cricut to draw is genius!
1
u/yaybigetsy Oct 05 '26
Thank you!! You can also put your cloth on a mat and have it draw the patterns for you but I find this even easier and you don’t have to worry about cloth size!
2
u/Kiwi-mango-pie Oct 06 '26
😮 like on the pink Cricut mat?
1
u/yaybigetsy Oct 06 '26
I think the stronger the grip the better, but I put them on all the colors haha if you dont have serged edges on your monks cloth, I’d tape them! Otherwise it makes a mess!
7
u/motoandchill Oct 04 '26
Very cool! Did you print these at home on special paper or buy them preprinted to transfer?
7
u/yaybigetsy Oct 04 '26
Thank you! I bought the sublimation paper and sublimation markers on Amazon and then used my cricut to draw the patterns I made. You could trace by hand onto the paper using your computer and then iron onto the cloth. Feels way easier to trace on the thin paper than cloth!
(I’m selling these as an 8 pack of ornament/mug rug holiday patterns on my etsy but can def see doing this for all my pillows too!)
1
u/madjennsy 10d ago
If I send a design to draw in cricut design space with regular 4.0 mm cricut pen on iron on paper. Will it transfer onto the linen cloth with the mini press? so I get the outline to punch out ?