Photo transfer is another way we can print fabric.  Variations of this technology have been around for quite a while, so I’m sure you’re familiar with this idea.  But now with photo editing software, we can also come up with some pretty incredible special effects.

Check out this image of a barn in a field of sunflowers:

Here are just a few examples of ways the photograph can be manipulated.  I used CorelDraw to create these special effects.

And here’s a Flying Geese block done with fabric printed with this last special effect.

These next effects were created using software called Kaleidoscope Kreator.  This software has many applications, but once again, with the ability to print to fabric, these extraordinary kaleidoscopes would make amazing quilt blocks.

Here’s an eight-pointed star kaleidoscope, printed to fabric and appliquéd onto a background fabric.