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Embroidery Pattern Transfer Tips – Vintage Notes
How to Apply a Multi-Transfer Design
- Pin a cloth tightly over ironing board to protect it in case transfer ink penetrates fabric.
- Smooth the fabric on ironing board.
- Cut out transfer, allowing enough paper for pinning.
- Pin transfer in place, face down.
- With iron between “Wool” and “Cotton” heat, apply iron gently but firmly for 2 to 3 seconds. If necessary, increase time slightly for additional impressions.
- Too much heat might scorch fabric and spoil re-use of transfer.
Transfers may be used up to 6 times.
Tracing Your Own Design
If you have created your own design, you have to trace it onto the fabric. There are three different methods of doing this:
First Method
- The simplest method is the use of dressmakers’ carbon paper. Place the carbon paper in position face down on the fabric, then place the design on top. Draw over all the lines with a sharp-pointed pencil. Care must be taken to press only on the lines of the design, otherwise the carbon may smudge the fabric.
Second Method
- The design can be traced directly onto fine transparent fabric such as organdy, nylon or silk, by placing the design underneath the fabric and tracing over the lines with a soft pencil.
Third Method
- On very coarse or textured fabric, it is difficult to trace the design. In this case, trace the drawing onto fine tracing paper, baste the paper in position on the fabric, then carefully mark over all the lines of the design with small Running Stitches. The drawing can be torn away before the embroidery is begun. Remove all basting stitches after the completion of the embroidery.
Source: Coats & Clark’s Book No. 144; Learn How to Embroider (1963)
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Can you use an inkjet printer to make your own transfer?
Sandy I’ve been looking into that and haven’t found anything yet. If I do, I’ll make sure to update this page with the info
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Sandy,
An Inkjet printer does NOT work for transfering patterns, however a xerox, or laser printer does. It has to do with using toner ink instead of inkjet.
I am desperate to find out how to transfer these patterns you give me. You cannot trace them under the fabric because they are reversed. There must be something you can mark these with which will allow you to lay them face down on the fabric, like the original transfer and iron on. I bought a pen at Michael’s which says it is for embroidery, but that did not work. I have tried dressmaker’s carbon, but it smudges too much. Where can I buy a pen or something to use to transfer. If I use a XEROXed copy, I am afraid the yellow background will transfer a smudge too. Help please.
Hi Brenda, have you tried a heat transfer pencil? That’s another option, you outline/trace over the pattern then place it face down on the fabric and iron. Here’s a tutorial I found with a quick search: Transfering Designs Tutorial. Here’s a tip mentioned on the site:
“Next iron your fabric then arrange the pattern over your fabric in the desired location. Getting the fabric warm first helps the ink to adhere. Iron over the paper carefully on the hottest setting. Hold the paper firmly and move the iron quickly all over the pattern for about 10 seconds then check to see if the ink has transfered.:
Hope that helps!
A reader had said she wanted to flip the pattern. This is how I did it on my computer:
1. Click on picture- for full pattern
2. Right click on picture- click “save picture as” and “save”
3. Click on Start and open My Pictures then scroll to the saved picture.
4. Right click and click “edit”
5. Click Image and click “flip/rotate”, fill in dot for “flip vertical”
6. Back to Image and click “flip/rotate”, fill in rotate by 180.
I had trouble with my patterm being too big and on two pages. To correct this:
Click “file”, then “Page set-up”, click “fit to 1 by 1 page(s)”, unclick “horizontal” and “vertical”.
During all of this you can preview by going to “file” then “print preview”.
Last, my patterns were coming out very light and pink, so I went into my printer and clicked “greyscale” and “black ink only”
Hope this helps! LOVE YOUR SITE!!~Beth~
I love this website. It is so helpful. You guys do a great job!!!
Beth I forgot to pop in here and thank you for helping, great instructions!
I appreciate your listing all the patterns on the same day of the week – that way I don’t have to search every day, and I am always afraid I will miss one of the patterns. I am glad you also list each pattern when you give us the new pattern! That helps a lot. I am really enjoying these patterns. Thanks again!
This is such a wonderful site. TipNut is always the first email I check, I love it.
Yes you can use the Printer. There is Transfer Paper you can purchase to print on then iron on your fabric. We did it with the kids for a party when they made their own T-Shirts.
Good Luck!
PS!
It’s called T-SHIRT TRANSFERS for Inkjet Printers by Burlington BUT you can print anything on it as we’ve done.