Ironing

I don't like to iron. In fact, I didn't even own an iron until I got married.

Sometimes, however, you need an iron. When you sew things, you need to make sure that there are no wrinkles and you have to press seams so that there's no undue bulk.

Another time one needs to iron is when one's offspring is getting ready for a week of Vacation Bible School. This year, Neatnik is only going to be able to attend one week of VBS but that's okay because every church in the area is doing SonSurf Beach Blast.

I picked up the decal a week and a half ago and finally got around to ironing it this afternoon because

You have to iron it with a very hot iron for quite a while
to make it stay put and the edges to seal properly.

VBS starts tomorrow morning.

Ready for wearing with hours to spare.

Don't judge my timing: I don't like to iron and the air temperature has been in the triple digits for days.

As long as I had the iron out, though, I figured I'd do that Warrior cat logo like I promised Neatnik a while back. Wouldn't want to waste all of that iron heat, now, would we?

First, you have to print the reverse image you want on the transfer paper.

Make sure you have no sharp corners
or your image will flake and peel.

Then, you need to position the design(s) and iron the snot out of it (them).

Positioning can be a pain.
Watch your fingers!

I put the title logo on the back.

Be careful when working near the collar
so that the design doesn't develop wrinkles.

You need to wait a couple of minutes for the transfer and fabric to cool before you peel the backing from the design.

Didn't want to keep the website URL.

Looks pretty good, I think, and there was a bonus: the transfer paper envelope had a Box Top on it!