What is the best fabric for printing?
Bubble Jet Set can be used with cotton, silk, or acetate fabrics. I did a test with the same image on about a dozen different fabrics one time, and got slightly different results on each one. The best quality prints to my eye were on a high thread count, pure white cotton broadcloth like pimi-tex or broadcloth supreme, and on acetate satin. Naturally the cotton is nicer to sew than acetate, so that’s what I use for most of my printing. I got some very good results on silk with color, however the blacks were a little washed out. On very fine silks, the color showed on both sides, so you could even print neck scarves using the banner setting on your printer. Unlike fabric used with fiber reactive dyes, a sizing on the fabric did not seem to make a difference. I generally use fabric that is pfd (prepared for dyeing) but in my test I used at lease one unwashed fabric with a permanent press finish, and the image did not wash out. As will everything else in quilting, I recommend doing a coup
