Saturday, May 18, 2013

First time using iron on pencil

I've recently gotten into embroidery. And found that I super love it. But after stencil ing my designs straight on the fabric I found that I would rub them off as I worked on the project. Enter the iron on transfer pencil. 

It seemed simple enough. Print your pattern and trace it backwards like this :

Then you simply iron on the paper like this: (but make sure to hold the paper in place and only press down, if you move the iron across it creates blurry lines.) you can lift the side that isn't being ironed to check the progress. 
And presto- done and now you have a permanent pattern on the fabric. 

I'll post pics of the project as it gets worked on. 

**tips** trace firmly to create darker lines and press lighter with the iron to avoid slightly burning the fabric, or maybe lower heat. 


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