Review   Country Victorian - June 15, 2001
Whether you'd like to transfer a wedding photo, a favorite piece of needlework or even a copy of your final mortgage payment, you're sure to enjoy the results of photo transfer.

Review   From e-mails received after Jean's photo transfer show aired - June 15, 2001
"Your imagination on quilting is inspiring. I was actually mesmerized. You made the projects look easy, and now I'm looking forward to crafting again. You are a wonder!"

Review   Rubberstampmadness - June 15, 2001
Author Jean Ray Laury has come up with yet another release destined to wiggle its way into your heart~ as well as your crafts library. It features a photo-imaging tech

Review   Studio Art Quilt Associates - June 15, 2001
A well-organized description of how to create transf

Review   Threads - June 15, 2001
If the photo-transfer process has raised questions in yo

Review   VCQ On-line - June 15, 2001
Jean Ray Laury was writing quilt books while the rest of us were thinking about découpage and crochet.

Review   SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) - July 28, 2004
Snap it~ print it and~ if you wish~ stitch it - it's that clear with this in-depth presentation of the entire transfer process. A Wonderful gallery of contemporary pieces from photos of grandma to computer generated images~ adds the ideas and inspiration to work in photo transfer.

Review By: Angela Webster,   The Times-Herald - August 4, 2002
This book will appeal to quilters as well as to scrapbooking enthusiasts~ because preserving memories is one of today's top craft trends.

Review   Suite101.com - August 27, 2007
"C & T Publishing has done it again.

Have you tried the Photo Transfers you can do right on your computer that turn your photo into fabric that can be sewn? Think of the possibilities.

The Photo Transfer Handbook by Jean Ray Laury is just the ticket to help you with all of your photo transfer projects. It gives step-by-step directions for transferring photos on your computer printer or using a copy machine. Ms. Laury has done a very thorough job in writing an informative book that will assist you with editing your photo, altering your photos and removing the nonessential elements.

She begins her effort by going over all of the copyright issues. For those of you with any concerns or confusion about what is allowable, this is great information to have on hand as a reference book.

The Photo Transfer handbook gives project ideas you can make and keep or give as gifts for the holidays. She accompanies her quilt and pillow project ideas with directions for making personalized quilts or pillows. She also includes ideas for clothing, dolls and more advanced quilts.

One of the real surprise treasures of this book is that Ms. Laury includes methods for altering the color of the transfer after the transfer is made. She includes directions for adding or removing color and gives instruction for other options to alter the colors for different effects.

Photo Transfer is really in its infancy. There have been methods available for creating photo transfers for some time. They either took special equipment or chemicals not readably available or it was costly. The new technology makes photo transfer truly available for all now and it is exciting to see where it can take us.

If you think this is not within your reach due to difficulty in finding the materials, you couldn’t be more wrong. It was expected that to acquire the materials, a person would need to do some timely research online. Then it would mean paying too much plus shipping to get it home. There was then the concern that it would be too complicated or require chemicals not found around the house. All of this is incorrect.

It took no more than a trip to the local craft chain store. When asked if they carry the materials for photo transfers, they had eight to ten different varieties. The materials were very reasonably priced and upon reading the instructions, very usable.

If you have any concerns, purchase the materials and use The Photo Transfer Handbook for your own personal tutor."



Review   Stitch - March 1, 2008
"The basic transfer methods using photocopy machines and computer printers are clearly described using lots of clear photographs and there are examples of finished textiles created with the techniques. Images are presented in different ways, sometimes using a computer to manipulate and to montage images before they are transferred. Images are used on garments and quilts, but the ideas could be used in so many other ways --and embroiderers will be itching to stitch onto them."