Friday, December 31, 2010
How To Transfer Embroidery Patterns
In this video I show you three different ways to transfer an embroidery pattern - including my favorite method - that even works on black velvet.
I mention a couple of products in this video. One is Sulky Solvy. You can find more info here and you can buy it here. The other is an iron-on transfer pen. You can find info here and you can buy them here.
In the video I showed you a transfer pencil (not a pen) - which works just fine and is available at any fabric store. But the pencils sometimes bleed just the tiniest bit on certain fabrics. I prefer my Sulky transfer pen - but I couldn't show it to you because mine ran out of ink and I can't find them ANYWHERE in a brick and mortar store. They're not in many online stores either, so I decided to order a big bunch (every color of the rainbow - whee!) and add them to my own store. If there are any more specialty items that you all would like to see me carry - please just let me know.
Video link here.
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VERY helpful video, Wendi.
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Glad it was helpful!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Wendi. This was exactly what I needed to know today. I really appreciate your time.
ReplyDeleteI bought this pencil from Handcock Fabric and it didn't seem t work very well for me. Any suggestions? Also the paper I used to print my design on left black marks on my iron.
ReplyDeleteCrystal - Sometimes it helps to preheat the fabric before you transfer - it just makes things go a bit faster. Other than that I can't think of why it might not be working well - I usually don't have problems with them. Are you transferring to a relatively smooth fabric? They won't work well on something like a rough linen.
ReplyDeleteAlso - I'm guessing you're using a laser printer. That's what I use too and the black marks wipe right off my iron. I just keep a plain cotton rag at my ironing board and do it right away before I forget and end up transferring them to some other fabric. :-)
Thank you SO MUCH for this. I'm new to embroidery. (I've done a lot of cross stitching, but have never really done embroidery) I'm making my mother a Hello Kitty purse for Valentine's day and the image of HK is supposed to be embroidered. As simple as Hello Kitty is, she's really a pain to draw in the right proportions. I tried EVERYTHING to transfer the picture, as the fabric I'm using is a black corduroy, but nothing worked. Once again, thank you so much for posting this!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it helped!
Deletehello! any chance you have this how to in words instead of a video? i am sending one of your patterns to my mom who doesn't have internet access and has only used patterns from ben franklin :) thanks!!!
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