PHOTO TRANSFER 

   Fabric art is no longer dangerous & expensive!
    Jean Ray Laury wrote an energetic little book I found at the Groves Library called 
"Photo Transfer Handbook --- Snap it. Print it. Stitch it!"  
I enjoyed it very much. 
    In the old days, though the process was very exciting, you had to have buckets of acetone, naphtha (ventilated only!), & a handy little ole litho press! 
This little book is bright & sassy, showing how to use either the color copier or color inkjet. 
    

The secret is in heat transfer paper you iron on & peel. What could be easier? Especially delightsome are her rag dolls with people's faces on them. A riot! 
The family quilts are out of this world. And there is a studio art section with a fascinating double image (since the heat transfers are translucent) of a manipulated grass hills image, with some areas gently removed with a cloth dipped in a little acetone to create an airy atmosphere (feathered like brush strokes) to support a charming image of a bunch of old paint brushes lying on a table superimposed. Wonderful!  --ba