Avery Personal Creations InkJet Stretchable Transfer Sheets, 5 Pack (03302)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.3 x 0.2 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0016BNHVQ
• Item model number: 3302
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,606 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
  • #8 in Office Products > Office Supplies > Paper > Business Paper Products > Image Transfer Sheets
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 21, 2008

Product Description

Avery Personal Creations InkJet Stretchable Transfer Sheets, 5 Pack (03302)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for light-color high-temp-tolerant fabrics (updated), April 28, 2009

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She Who Clucks (MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Avery Personal Creations InkJet Stretchable Transfer Sheets, 5 Pack (03302) (Office Product)

Worked great for me the first time, but I must agree -- **read ALL the instructions FIRST** and follow them carefully. You really MUST have high-quality non-fading ink, preferably name-brand, and a good printer, and a full-size iron. This, like all iron-on products, is intended for fabrics which handle high temperatures gracefully: cotton, linen & rayon. If your fabric has ANYthing that's not these fibers, TEST IT FIRST! High-cotton blends may work, may not. "Stretchable" means bias or knit - not elastic fibers in the fabric!

****I've returned to purchase more and re-read some of the other reviews. To anyone who was talking about "peeling off" or "cracking" images after application - either you're talking about the STANDARD t-shirt transfer material (which is a very thin, fragile plastic) or you've got some serious problems with your iron or technique. This material is powder that is caked onto the carrier paper. The powder is mixed your ink and when you apply it, the excess powder brushes off. If you handle the pages roughly or bend them, the powder will flake off. (NOT peel!) It gives best results with vivid, saturated colors, as you *WILL* lose some contrast to the powder, and to the visibility of the base fabric when stretched.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for small projects, not so much for larger ones., June 20, 2010

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Steven A. Godun "sgodun" (North Brunswick, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avery Personal Creations InkJet Stretchable Transfer Sheets, 5 Pack (03302) (Office Product)

I've been doing minor arts & crafts stuff for as long as I can remember, so keep that in mind when reading this review. I'm no newbie when it comes to stuff like this.

The short version: If you're printing small transfers - a logo, a word or two, or generally anything that can fit entirely under your iron - then these transfers work reasonably well. They are far from perfect and require a bit of finesse when peeling off the backing. You cannot simply blast them with heat and then rip the paper off. It most definitely requires a delicate touch. Once mastered (it doesn't take that long) you will get acceptable results 99% of the time.

The problem arises when you're trying to do a transfer that's larger than the surface of your iron. This requires you to be EXCEPTIONALLY careful of the application of heat on your material. If you're "too hot" in one place and/or "too cool" in another, and those two places are side by side, the transfer will almost always fail to separate cleanly. Creating even heat requires you to put another shirt on top of the first and just about double the amount of ironing you have to do in order to get it up to the proper temperature, and even then it's a 50/50 chance of getting a decent transfer.

One thing I found out the hard way: Leave yourself a good half inch of empty space around all edges of your transfer. For example, if you're printing a 4"x6" photo, when you print and cut it out of the transfer sheet, cut AT LEAST 5"x7" to give yourself a 1/2" border around all the edges. If you don't do this then the transfer sheet will not peel up cleanly from the edges and you'll find your photo has several ragged edges. By leaving a border you virtually eliminate those ragged edges.

Color quality: Perfectly acceptable. Image quality lands somehwere between photo-quality 24 lb inkjt bond paper and photo-quality matte inkjet paper. Colors aren't particularly vibrant but this has nothing to do with the specific product; it is rather a shortcoming that all inkjet iron-on transfer materials have in common simple due to the technology in use.

Durability: It's not bad. Not fantastic, but not bad. Again, with small transfers that completely fit under my iron, durability was better than with larger transfers. I specifically point to two shirts that I made about a year ago. One has a small (about 3" square) logo on it that is slightly faded but otherwise in great shape. The other has a large (about 5"x7") picture on it that has ragged edges and a few big cracks in it, but is otherwise okay. They're both on the same brand/material/size/type t-shirt so I know it's not a difference in the fabrics.

In summary: If you're patient, follow the directions, and limit yourself to small transfers, these are great. There's very little "plastic" feel that iron-on transfers are known for, and they do soften up more over time. If you're looking for immediate gratification and/or need to do large transfers, this is not the material for you.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No room for error, October 16, 2008

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Dana Harteau "Shop till its maxed" (Duluth, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avery Personal Creations InkJet Stretchable Transfer Sheets, 5 Pack (03302) (Office Product)

The first transfer I did turned out beautifully! The feel was soft unlike most transfers I've used where there is a plastic type feel.

However, the second transfer I did, I had the iron on a little to hot and it was sticking to the shirt when I was attempting to peel it off. In the directions it says when that happens you should iron it some more and keep doing so until it comes off with a clean peel. Not realizing I had the iron on a little to hot, I followed the instructions and ended up ironing it for almost an hour total. Finally I just decided to rip it off because it obviously wasn't ever going to peel off easily at that point. When I did, the transfer left a crust like film on it and had ripped of pieces of my picture. The whole shirt was ruined.

Bottom line, I do recommend this product but with warning. There is no room for error. Follow the directions precisely! Do that and you will be very happy with your creation!

(Note: I only tried these with white fabric. So I can't vouch for the quality of use on darker fabrics.)