making your own printable fabric is very simple. i have never bothered with this store-bought stuff. 1) basically you iron some freezer paper to the back of the fabric to make it stiff enough to go through the printer. 2) trim fabric to printable size (before or after you iron on the freezer paper doesn't really matter). 3) i fold some (scotch or masking) tape over the bottom edge to make sure it will feed in the printer without wrinkling or separating the fabric from the freezer backing. 4) when you have printed it, peel off the freezer paper. it should peel off quite easily. if your printer uses pigment-based rather than dye-based ink, you shouldn't have to worry about setting the ink in any way. but there are products that will do that. i have done this with knits and wovens with great results.
Thank you so much for the step by step of making your own.💖 I am going to pin your post so others can find it and also so I can find it later and try it out! If I can avoid spending the big bucks and make my own I am always up for it!
@@BentleyHouseMinis you're very welcome. i learned this from the internet years ago and i think more people should know about this. i'm always happy to spread the knowledge.
This is how we made memory quilts a few years back, we used bubble jet set and bubble rinse on the quilting fabric ironed onto freezer paper just don’t use it on a laser printer as it use heat and can seperate the fabric from the freezer paper😹😹
Ara.... are you ok? you didn't use any brown paint? Did you run out?? are you ill??? Just kidding of course, this turned out wonderful! Now you just have to make a sweetshop or ice cream parlour. I really like what your partner in crime did for this one too!
LOL!!! I know! It was killing me not to age them up!! But rest assured I am feeling fine. I showed my husband when I finished the design and said "Isn't it cute?" He said "yes but you don't do cute" lol! 😄
I thought l couldn’t be more impressed with your skills and then BAM your drawings are truly amazing. That is why so many of us love to watch you. Your fresh, funny and soooo talented!
Well done! That "pallpaper" turned out so cute. I really like this idea. And Fabri Tac (Fabri Fix at Hobby Lobby (same product)) is my favorite glue. It doesn't bleed through fabric as readily, and when using it with paper it does not make the paper bubble up like Tacky Glue. Tacky was my favorite for decades, until I gave in and coughed up the extra cash for Fabri Fix/Tac, whatever.
I had never really explored it before but I am so glad I am working with it now! It will definitely be my go to for upholstery from now! Thanks so much my friend!
This was wonderful! Great job! This would have been a fun wallpaper for your abandoned Coffee Shoppe! hehehe Thank you for the opportunity to collab with you! This was fun! Can't wait for the next one!
That would have been great lol!! If I had thought about doing this before I might have made my own wallpaper for that.... so many custom ideas for the future now 😄 Thanks for the collab!
Those of us who have no talent, creativity, or ability, are absolutely amazed by everything you do. This is no exception. I wish you would pull out that prompt book every week.
Your computer skills are amazing. Not to mention how talented you are in the drawing and painting area. Well heck, you are just an amazing artist! Love this collab with Sean. You two really had different takes on this prompt. So fun to see what you both came up with. Hope you do more!!!
This came out great. I love print. And doing it with out the pin stripes was a good call. It is wonderful seeing all of the other radio prompts. I think it is great to see everyones individuality. I enjoy watching your process.
These paintings are so pretty ..And that wallpaper is gorgeous ,I used to make my own for my cards too it’s fun ..I do love the material idea though that looks so pretty on the table and chairs..You can get som fray check that’s an easy way to stop edges fraying,you only gently run it along the edges..The girls who do doll clothes use it when they are making delicate tops etc ,great for along material on fairy wings too 😀
Still 100% my favourite miniaturist! Thank you Ara! I am going to have to try printing my own fabric. Working in 1:24 a lot, I struggle with finding small patterns that will fit the scale.
I really need something like the canvas that you didn’t use. I’m printing miniature photo projects and cancels would be perfect! I love that it works in the printer at home. Awesome!
Dear Ara! Loved your beautiful video. I make my own fabric for mini pillows by using spray adhesive glue and cotton fabric. Mine is an ink injection printer so, immediately after printing y give it a quick spray of matte varnish. Liquitex is good. Then I peel it off and cut the way I need it. Big hug!!!!!
I use CamScanner a lot for my mini printies or images. It is a free app that scans the image and can make it look really good with very little effort. I love your channel! 😍💙Thanks for being amazing!
I think the popcorn painting would look really good on top of the table. You no what I mean? Paint the popcorn on top of the table. I think that would look really good!
This solves so many issues that arise with fabric scale! I’ve been so hesitant to do any fabric projects as it’s so difficult to find fabric that works for the scale/weight that aren’t just solid colors. I can’t wait to see what else you do with this printable fabric! And by the way your watercolors are fantastic!!
I used to love playing with printable fabric. Poorly nowadays i don't have a printer that allows me to use them, so when I need fabrics in miniature I have to be lucky or make it by hand. Absolutely love the print you made though. It makes me think of an Ice-cream parlor. :}
Oh my!! Now I’m even more excited to see what next project you have up your sleeve. I love the colors in this little project...not your usually m.o. ☺️😉
This turned out so cute and yummy! This is definitely something I want to work with. I've always used a matte spray to seal when I've printed on photo paper (stiff shiny things that need to be glued) or on plain printer paper (maybe it's just me, but my ink bleeds into a mess). It'll be nice to try something like fabric that will be user-friendly in so many ways! Thank you! It's always helpful to me to have a refresher on the finer points of computer design since I struggle with that.
@@BentleyHouseMinis i cant remember the yt videos but basically you iron fabric to freeze paper cut to copy paper size...its exciting to see what you do next.
The canvas is brilliant for dollhouse carpets. If you print along the long direction, the ends will fray nicely into fringe, and if the canvas is gessoed , you don't need fray check. :)
I have always used my printer to make fabric for my minis. I bought a large roll of freezer paper and iron my fabric on to it. Then I cut it to 8x11 and it goes through my printer like a dream. You can get a bunch of printable fabric sheets for around 7.00, just an fyi!
New Creations Wallpaper Gel is a great product to use when wallpapering a miniature room. Those adhesive sprays are bad-- eventually the wallpaper will come off the walls. Fluctuating house temperatures and humidity breakdown cheap glues. My oldest roombox is 30 years old and the wallpaper is still perfect. Minigraphics also makes wallpaper glue for miniatures.
Love your nail color Ara! Am I seeing dots on them in some images? Cool 😎 This miniature interior design project was very cool, but a little too intensely involved for me. Beautiful results as always though. ♥️
You are beyond talented and gifted. You need a Glowforge laser machine. If you have any questions I would be happy to help you. I do miniatures with my Glowforge.
Hi I wish I would have found you earlier. You are so nice and sweet. But yesterday only I saw jazza's video in which you were featured. RU-vid is idiot coz it doesn't showcases creators like you. Anyways I am a proud subscriber of yours now. Love from India😍😍😍😍😍
I love this! Thanks so much for sharing. Now I need a new printer that works well for mini printing but I’m lost with the huge variety in the market. Could you tell me which one you are using and how you like it? I’d welcome info from anyone whose printer is good for miniature printing (I don’t need a heavy duty one, either). Thanks.
I have an HP officejet Pro 8035. Any household printer should still be able to do a decent job of printing. Most of the time bad prints come from files with low DPI's ;)
I am restoring an antique dollhouse in a museum in New Orleans, LA. The Beauregard-Keyes House and Garden. I am not able to keep the original wallpaper, because of the damage to the house. This is a huge house. It is 1:6 scale but not entirely..It is 59" tall and the length is 39". It is 100 years old and was kept in a basement and had some water damage and there is some rotting wood, etc. There are even square nails of various sizes through-out the house. I was thinking I could take the photos and put them in some type of program like photoshop to recreate some of the wallpapers. The ceilings are very tall... Over 15 inches in some rooms. I have taken photos of the wall paper before I removed it and would like to recreate the wallpaper. from some of the rooms. I am working on the structure, but am planning ahead . Do you think that this can be done?
Hate to sound stupid but I’ve only just started watching miniature buildings etc . What is a “ prompt “? Is it a suggestion from other RU-vid builders ? Thanks
No worries at all. Prompt is a general term (not just for minis) for a word that makes you start thinking. So in this video the word was Popcorn... so I could make anything having to do with that word. I just let creativity take over!😊
I was wondering were u got your water color pens? I live in Ohio an haven’t been able to find them in stores. An when I try in look them up. I just get over whelmed. Plus I love your videos. Can’t wait till the next live chat!
Here is a link to some of the ones I have. It's a good mix of different size brushes ;) I hope that helps! Thank you💖 www.amazon.com/Pentel-Aquash-Assorted-Carded-FRHBP4M/dp/B01FUMOLOI/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=water+brushes&qid=1600797042&sr=8-7
Haha true... I thought about trying to paint a popcorn ball which would be more dessert-like than just a bucket of popcorn but I was afraid it wouldn't translate in water color very well.
Ara go onto Lisa Capen quilts Channel she has a great tutorial where she adheres freezer paper onto white muslin fabric and feeds it into her inkjet printer. The image is printed right onto the fabric. She then irons it to set it and sprays water onto it just to show how the colors are heat set and there is no running. I think she may have printed a black and white picture onto that fabric. On another video where she did the same process but she used Derwent Inktense pencils to add color and then ironed and those colors did not run. That video was pretty recent where she turned the fabric into a Pincushion. I think it was a teacup or coffee cup design. I did that using photos to make a photo quilt...no running of the printer ink. I did have issues when I did it the first time and I was so frustrated because I watched her and did exactly as she had and I even purchased the same brand of freezer paper. After much frustration I for some reason I decided that I would iron on the wooden board instead of my soft ironing pad I used the first time ( because I was being lazy and didn't want to take out my ironing pad). Well the freezer paper stuck onto my fabric perfectly. Low and behold I had no problem. So just make sure you do not use a soft ironing pad to iron the freezer paper and fabric together. I don't know how to link stuff but she has a video on this subject. Anyways hope that helps.
