Learn how to transfer an embroidery pattern by following one of these embroidery transfer methods. I walk you throught the uses, pros and cons for each.
Chris of Ella’s Craft Creations shares an excellent method for transferring an embroidery design to fabric. In her needlework tutorial, she will show you one of the easiest ways to …
Stitching a drawing You’ve just done the most amazing design in your sketchbook and it is begging to be stitched. Mmm, now how to get that paper image on to a suitable piece of fabric? There …
One of the first steps for working on an embroidery pattern, is transferring the design to your fabric. There are lots of different methods of doing this – which is great (lots of options, woo hoo!) but that can also make it quite daunting for beginners. In this guide I'll show you my favourite methods.
Learn how to transfer embroidery using three simple methods. A step-by-step guide will lead you through the most common ways to transfer patterns to fabric.
Iron-on transfers are a fun source of embroidery designs. These tips will make your embroidery projects easier and more successful.
“Prick and Pounce” is a method of transferring an embroidery design by using a pattern that is pricked with tiny holes, placed on the fabric, and then pounced all over with a powder that filters into the tiny holes, leaving tiny dots on the fabric. Nowadays, the prick-and-pounce method of embroidery design transfer gets very ...
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I was reading an old needlework book the other day, published in 1907, when I came across a section on design transfer for embroidery. It began thus: The transferring of designs on to the material is at no time a very easy occupation, and is certainly one which most people prefer to have done for ...
How to Transfer Embroidery Patterns onto Dark Fabric
No tracing!! See the easiest way for how to transfer embroidery patterns without any tracing. Print, stitch, wash away - click through to see it in action.
Do you want to use a nice dark or thicker fabric for your embroidery? Here is how you can do the pattern transfer on dark fabrics easily!
Let's talk about transferring embroidery patterns. :) There are lots of ways to do it, different ways work better for different fabrics. Personally, I mostly use a light table (you can also use a sunny window) and fabric pens and just trace the designs onto fabric. You can rinse away the pen lines when you're done. This works well for any light weight, light colored fabric. If you need a method for felt or other heavy weight fabrics, try out this tutorial I made. :) You can also use fabric carbon paper for almost any fabric. I know lots of people like iron-ons, they're fast and easy, and guess what? You can MAKE YOUR OWN!! yep, lookie here: It's easy as pie, (much easier, in fact.) 1. Print out your design on a Laser printer, or make a Photocopy. (Inkjet won't work.) Just use plain white paper, nothing special. Remember to reverse the design first, especially if it includes type. Black lines are probably best. 2. Place your printout face down on your fabric and iron it on (dry iron, cotton setting.) That's it. The lines will transfer onto your fabric. Depending on what type of fabric and paper you're using, you may get a few uses out of your transfer. 3. Start stitching! How's that for a quick set up? :) (PS: It's a good idea to test out any transfer method on a scrap piece of fabric first. Just to be safe. :)
No tracing!! See the easiest way for how to transfer embroidery patterns without any tracing. Print, stitch, wash away - click through to see it in action.
Emillie Ferris is hands down my favorite embroidery designer right now. I love all of her patterns and somehow made it my goal to create all of them. Her sense […]
Vintage embroidery books are full of instructions, descriptions of beautiful works and valuable information on the history of needlework and hand embroidery. Check the list of 26 free online vintage embroidery books to find some pearls!
Here are some smallish transfers from vintage Workbasket magazines. I thought about waiting to post these until after Thanksgiving, but I wanted to allow enough time for stitching. There are quite a few more that I will clean up and post over the next week or so. Click to enlarge.
You have an embroidery design you want to stitch, so now, what’s the easiest way to transfer an embroidery pattern to your fabric? Here are some of the easiest methods you can use to...
Water soluble stabilizers - innovative material for hand embroidery. Simple to use for pattern transfer and stabilizing stretchy fabrics.
Wondering what's the best method to transfer your hand embroidery pattern? It's based on a variety of factors including the complexity of the pattern, the type of fabric you want to stitch it on as well as the fabric color, weight and what the final project will be. But don't worry - I've broken dow
Learn how to easily do an embroidery pattern transfer on light fabrics, which pens and other tools you can use and which methods I like the best!
Have you ever wondered what are the steps for transferring embroidery designs? You have your lovely new pattern, you are excited to get started but – oh heck – how do you actually trans…
Here are 8 quick and easy methods on how to transfer embroidery patterns to fabric including some that are great for dark fabric.
Lately, I’ve been needled a lot about hand embroidery needles – lots of questions from beginners and beyond about this mysterious tool that we certainly can’t live without. Today, I want to share a few points about hand embroidery needles, so that you can make a good choice when you select the needle you’ll use ...
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