Homemade Transfer Tees

When I started planning for festive presents, back in the Summer, I had planned to make some clothing incorporating Cameron's superhero characters - the ones he created himself to feature in comics and things - but I held off on making them as his interests can change so quickly and I wanted to get it right.

My instincts were correct and Cameron's interests moved towards Pokemon during Autumn and so that has been my focus theme for this project.

I borrowed some of his drawings of Pokemon characters and scanned them. Then printed them onto transfer paper - making iron-on transfers to go onto plain cotton t-shirts and vests. I found out that my printer has a setting for transfers and also mirrors the images so that they end up the right way round (very important if your image has writing on it!)

Transfer paper is pretty cheap and available in some shops, I couldn't find any in my town so purchased it on eBay.


I love that he will now have clothes that are not only unique but feature his own illustrations!


I made a few more, using images from the internet (I'm unsure of the law around copyright for images online but I think this is legal as long as I don't sell them?).


The transfer paper worked really well and the finish is much nicer than some ready-made transfers that I've bought and used in the past that can feel quite plasticy and heavy. The kind I bought also had clever colour changing backing paper that told me when I'd applied enough heat which was really handy.

I'm so pleased with the way they've turned out and I can't wait for Cameron to see them!