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Making your own freezer paper: Original DIY guide

01.05.2017 by Sabine Schmidt

Freezer Papier selber machen: Originelle DIY-Anleitung
If you like appliquéing or printing on fabric, you're probably familiar with expensive American freezer paper. With our guide, you don't have to buy it—you can make freezer paper yourself. We'll show you how easy it is!
Among quilters and sewists, freezer paper has long been THE secret tip. For a long time, it wasn't available on the German market at all. With the sewing craze, the insight that came with the product has also reached us: Many things simply work better with freezer paper. One real downside of the original: it's quite expensive, averaging 8 euros per roll. That's why today we have a guide that allows you to very easily make versatile freezer paper yourself. For next to nothing—and at least as good as the original! ;)
Do you like our guide: making freezer paper yourself? Then feel free to leave me a comment :) Then you won't miss any of our tutorials!
Happy simple sewing, your Sabine

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Step-by-step instructions

Tutorial: Make your own freezer paper

With just a few layers of baking paper and cling film, you can make your own freezer paper substitute – including using it straight away for fabric printing.

  1. Step

    Lay out baking paper

    Place a layer of baking paper on a heat-resistant surface.

    Lay out baking paper
  2. Step

    Add cling film

    Now place a layer of cling film on top of the baking paper.

    Add cling film
  3. Step

    Place the motif paper

    Place the sheet with the motif on top – printed side up.

    Place the motif paper
  4. Step

    Second layer of baking paper

    Now add the second layer of baking paper on top.

    Second layer of baking paper
  5. Step

    Iron the layers

    Now iron all the layers well – until the cling film has really fused firmly with the motif.

    Iron the layers
  6. Step

    Peel off the baking paper, trim the film

    Peel off the baking paper and remove the excess film — ideally with a rotary cutter; scissors work too, of course.

    Peel off the baking paper, trim the film
  7. Step

    Cut out the motif and iron it onto fabric

    Cut out the motif, place it on the fabric and iron it onto the right side of the fabric.

    Cut out the motif and iron it onto fabric
  8. Step

    Print the fabric

    Now you can print the motif with fabric paint as you like.

    Print the fabric
  9. Step

    Let it dry and peel off the paper

    Let it dry briefly and peel off the paper.

    Let it dry and peel off the paper
  10. Step

    Set the paint by ironing

    Then you can iron the motif to set the paint.

    First iron it from the right side with a layer of baking paper to protect the iron. Then iron it from the wrong side and finally once more from the right side.

    The paint is now set and you can use the fabric however you like.

    Set the paint by ironing

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Sabine

I come from Siegen-Wittgenstein, where I spent my childhood breaking in cows, jumping off haystacks and scraping a D- in needlework class.

Today, being creative feels like indescribable happiness to me – and it grows even more when I can share it with others. Since 2016 I have been celebrating my passion for sewing on this blog, and I love that sewing connects so many people.