How to make iron-on transfers yourself with cling film – simple instructions and templates

If you want to design your own clothes, iron-on motifs are a wonderful option. Since the finished models that are on the market do not always represent what you want on clothing, you can easily make iron-on transfers yourself. We’ll show you how to make these patches yourself and provide a few templates.

Iron-on patch make your own fish holding film

Design your own iron-on patches - instructions and templates for printing

You can make wonderful iron-on transfers yourself with a laser printer by simply finding and printing the desired motif on the Internet. You can also print a photo on normal paper and iron it on as an iron-on transfer using the following instructions:

  • any template
  • Cling film
  • Baking paper (or parchment paper)
  • Iron
  • T-shirt, cloth bag, trousers etc.

Design your own iron-on patches – tips and instructions

Design iron-on patches yourself with cling film - cut out the motif and enclose it with film

The garment for which you want to make the iron-on transfers yourself should be able to be ironed and withstand the heat. Accordingly, many artificial materials are unsuitable. For example, cotton and polyester are perfect. Just look at the label beforehand and check whether the fabric can be ironed.

Design your own iron-on patches with printed motifs, foil and iron

Print out any image you want to iron on and cut it out. Place it on a piece of cling film and put another piece of film over it. Now cut out the foil roughly around the motif and place it on the fabric that you want to design yourself with iron-on transfers. Connect the iron, place baking paper on the motif and iron over the baking paper as soon as the iron is hot enough. The film melts due to the heat and thus serves as an adhesive and to seal the iron-on motifs.

Danger: Wash the garment carefully by hand and inside out so as not to ruin the motif as it is more delicate than most bought.

Design your own iron-on transfers with paper napkins

Design your own iron-on patches - print them out or cut them out of napkins

If you want to make iron-on transfers from paper yourself, you can use paper napkins instead of printed motifs. The procedure is the same as if you were to make an iron-on transfer yourself without a napkin: Cut it out, place it between two layers of cling film and transfer it to the fabric with an iron and baking paper.

Use iron-on foil and make the iron-on appliqué yourself

Iron on lettering and letters with iron-on foil or transfer paper

You can also buy special ironing film (transfer paper) and then print it with your favorite motif. You can use a laser or inkjet printer for this purpose. The film is provided with an adhesive that is activated by the heat when ironing on. In this way, the motif is transferred to the fabric and the film can be removed.

Iron-on patches templates

Design your own iron-on patches - floral mandala to iron on from blue shades

You can find numerous motifs on the Internet, from which you can then create iron-on transfers yourself. However, in the following gallery we would like to provide you with some nice templates for ironing stickers, which you can simply print out and transfer to any garment or other fabric. There are motifs for adults as well as those for pictures for children, so that you can design beautiful iron-on pictures yourself and spice up boring T-shirts even for the little bullies.

Design your own iron-on patches - dream catcher for T-shirts with a water color effect

Floral motif in turquoise and yellow

Design your own iron-on patches - pretty, floral motif in mandala style in turquoise and yellow

Sun with a yellow background for printing

Motif idea for summer - sun with a yellow iron-on background

Make iron-on transfers yourself for children and adults with unicorn

Unicorn with hearts for children and adult girls

golden Star

Gold star to print and iron on

Design your own iron-on patches – playful cactus to transfer to fabric

Convert a happy cactus motif into a patch with foil

Sun as a template for self-made iron-on transfers

Merry sun in yellow and orange with sun rays - print template for iron-on patches

Monochrome wolf with geometric design

Wolf as a monochrome iron-on patch with a geometric design

Comic dog as a funny motif

Print the dog, cut it out and transfer it to a T-shirt as an iron-on transfer

Design your own iron-on patches – pretty butterfly for women and girls

Pretty butterfly for girls and women to print

Yellow lemon

Iron lemon on fabric - spice up clothes and bags

Pineapple for t-shirts and other fabric

Transfer pineapple to clothing for a beautiful DIY iron-on transfer

Red heart

Make your own iron-on with a red heart

Make iron-on pictures yourself with a holiday feeling

Beach feeling with an iron-on transfer with palm trees and sunset

Print out the ice cream cones and transfer them to the fabric

Make your own iron-on transfer with simple instructions - ice cream in waffle cones

Exotic plants

Cool picture for holiday feeling - exotic leaves of palm trees in black and white

Make your own iron-on patch – stick out your tongue

Make your own iron-on transfers with a beautiful motif - mouth and lips with tongue

Colorful rainbow with cloud

Colorful rainbow ensures a good mood on clothes

Funny cat

Funny cat as a picture for a t-shirt or other fabric

Dream catcher and feathers

Drawn dream catcher with feathers in coral and light green

Photos of a lion to design t-shirts

Lion as a photo motif for iron-on transfers on clothing

Make your own iron-on transfer for children with a frozen motif

Expression picture for children - Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Christoff

Elsa

Elsa in a circle for a round iron-on

Paw Patrol

Make iron-on pictures yourself for children - dogs from Paw Patrol

Iron on the writing and letters

Design iron-on patches yourself - cool motifs as templates to print out

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