I posted this last year, so it's just a copy/paste. The labels are washable. I have several on quilts which have been washed numerous times. This is about using the Bubble Jet Set solution: Posted by mary_c (My Page) on Sun, Jun 5, 11 at 10:03 Oh, I just follow the directions on the bottle, and it works fine. Perhaps the "hint" I had was the type of freezer paper I used - it's heavier than the stuff on a roll. It's also precut in 8.5x11" sheets, so it goes through the printer beautifully. I think Nancy's Notions may now sell this, but I got mine from C. Jenkins Necktie Company. Link below. Posted by mary_c (My Page) on Sun, Jun 5, 11 at 10:38 Well, I just learned something! The C. Jenkins is Cathy Jenkins, and she started out making custom handmade neckties. She INVENTED Bubble Jet Set! It's a pretty interesting website. And here's the website again: Here is a link that might be useful: C. Jenkins company

Hi imrainey and bozogardener, I posted my method in the "This quilt now has a home" thread, but I will copy/paste here, too: Cannahavana - Rebecca, I use the Bubble Jet Set system. I soak the fabric in the Bubble Jet Set solution, let dry, and then I iron it onto freezer paper and trim to 8.5x11". Then I run it through the printer. Wait 30 minutes, peel from the paper and rinse with their rinse agent. Let dry, press, and you have a label. There are printer fabrics out there, and they work OK, but I found them much stiffer than I wished. The Bubble Jet Set system allows me to use whatever fabric I want, so I can match the backing of my quilt.

As I understand it, strictly from reading, the Bubble set 2000 sets the ink on the images, and makes for a brighter, sharper image. I also washed in the Bubble Rinse that removes the extra dyes. You are supposed to wait 30 minutes before washing - I did not on one of the labels and some of the wording blurred. I also forgot to remove the freezer paper - That's what happens when you are trying to cook dinner and make labels at the same time - different floors & outside. Even with that huge mistake the label looks very good, but I will make a new one correctly. Fortunately I cut the labels apart, so only did one wrong. The other one is perfect & I used magenta ink!

All this discussion reminded me that waaaay back in the recesses of my addled brain was a dim memory of reading that if you adhere fabric to freezer paper you can run it through a printer. I think that's, essentially, what I bought -- 4 pieces of muslin stuck on freezer paper for $10. Some racket! So I got some freezer paper and ironed a piece of cotton that I had washed to remove the sizing onto it and put it through my ink jet printer. It printed just fine. I got a clear -- if not vibrant -- image with no ink bleeding. I heat set the ink as the directions on the commercial labels instructed me to do. I could not scratch any of the text away with my fingernails. I pulled the fabric off the freezer paper and scrunched it up and straightened it out and the image was still clear and not deteriorated. Then I cut the fabric in half and wet half of it -- no detergent or aggitation, just wet -- and the image is gone. GONE. So, now I know I can experiment with fabric scraps without spending $2.50 a sheet to do it. But I haven't made any progress on getting a permanent label. The fabric I used was a very light batik print. Tomorrow I'll get some white cotton and whatever ink fixatives I can come up with and start experimenting. I'll post some pix.