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Old 11-07-2011, 11:19 PM
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Have just retired, and starting to sort out patterns, books, fabrics, that I have been stashing
for a very long time, thinking one day, I will have more time to sew.

I have a silly question for an experienced quilter, but if you find an idea for hand quilting
a border etc. how does one transfer it from the magazine to my project? What is the easiest
way?

I made a little table runner, from scraps, from some rose fabrics, and there are two blue
bird appliques on it. I have handquilted what I want to do for the inner parts of the table
runner, but I would like to do a little rose design, I found in an old magazine, and not sure
how to proceed?

Thanks for help. Vicky
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Old 11-08-2011, 02:04 AM
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Hello and welcome to the board, from New Hampshire. I don't know the answer to your question, but I'm sure someone will.
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Hi Vicky. And welcome from West Virginia. I have never transferred a design because I don't quilt my own quilts except the cross hatching of some baby quilts, but I have read that you can trace the design on tulle with a black permanent marker, then attach the tulle to your quilt in the area you want, then trace the design with your marker of choice, perhaps a mechanical pencil. Anyway, tracing over the tulle is supposed to make dots on your fabric that you can follow. I remembered this because I wanted to try it one of these days. If you don't get better advice on here, perhaps you can try this.

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Lay some thin paper over the design and trace it. Then take a pin and make holes along the tracing. Place design where you want it and using chalk, go over the design. Should give you an outline to follow. Or you could use the new erasable pens to so your design wouldn't be lost as you sew.
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Originally Posted by [email protected] View Post
Have just retired, and starting to sort out patterns, books, fabrics, that I have been stashing
for a very long time, thinking one day, I will have more time to sew.

I have a silly question for an experienced quilter, but if you find an idea for hand quilting
a border etc. how does one transfer it from the magazine to my project? What is the easiest
way?

I made a little table runner, from scraps, from some rose fabrics, and there are two blue
bird appliques on it. I have handquilted what I want to do for the inner parts of the table
runner, but I would like to do a little rose design, I found in an old magazine, and not sure
how to proceed?

Thanks for help. Vicky


Hello and welcome from Ontario, Canada.
Make sure that whatever you use - mechanical pencil, quilting pencil - that you don't make it too dark and therefore difficult to remove.
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