How do draw a design onto your quilt?
08-17-2010, 07:51 AM
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It depends on how dark your fabric is. I've used a light box and just traced it onto the fabric. Be sure to use the right market though. A really fine micro point is best, and test it to make sure it doesn't run on your fabric.
08-17-2010, 08:27 AM
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Thank you all so much for these ideas... You can bet I'm going to give a few of these a try to see what works for me.
I've tried marking with a sliver of soap... but that is VERY tedious and it breaks quite a bit.
I've tried marking with a sliver of soap... but that is VERY tedious and it breaks quite a bit.
08-17-2010, 03:11 PM
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I buy tracing paper on a roll, such as Golden Threads. It comes in 12 and 18 inch roll. I trace my pattern, even a lenth of a border, pin in place and FMQ. It is thin and tears off fairly easy. I use tweezers when necessary to remove pieces. A little tedious but the results are great.
08-17-2010, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by annabanana
Hey everyone! I'm curious how you transfer or draw a desing onto your quilt. Do you use a stencil? How about if you've printed something off the computer; how do you acutally get the design on the quilt? Does tracing work? And with what?
I've seen some amazing designs on quilt that people have free motioned and i'm thinking i would need a design to follow.
any help would be great!
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I've seen some amazing designs on quilt that people have free motioned and i'm thinking i would need a design to follow.
any help would be great!
a
08-17-2010, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by fixfido
I loved the Press & Seal idea too, but I found that if your stitch length is short, the stuff can be darn near impossible to remove and won't come out in the wash. I did some feathered wreaths with Press & Seal and no matter what, particles remained. I would try this on a sample before using it on a quilt you've spent a lot of time on.
08-17-2010, 07:28 PM
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I've not tried this yet, but a very experienced long arm quilter showed me this method: Print or draw the design you want to quilt, and then take it to your regular sewing machine and sew on the lines with a large, unthreaded needle in your machine. Use this as a stencil with a Pounce pad. It was amazing!
08-17-2010, 08:00 PM
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Thanks for this tip. I did one quilt using tissue paper and traced the pattern onto the tissue paper with pencil and it did look dirty. Never would have thought to use colored tissue paper (duh). I also mark as much as I can with masking or painter tape. Works great for straight lines and comes off without any residue on the quilt top and no marks to get rid of. I have had one bad experience with the blue pen that is suppose to wash away. It didn't. I did not iron it or anything like that, it just wouldn't completely wash out so that's why I use tissue paper.
I use the tissue paper that you get in the gift wrap section of Walgreens, Walmart, KMart, etc - the stuff you put in with holiday gifts. If it's wrinkled or creased, you can press it with the iron to smooth it out a bit.
Trace the image onto the tissue paper and then pin the paper to the quilt and stitch on the lines. I have found that if you are quilting on a light fabric, it's best to use colored tissue paper with the image traced with white pencil as the graphite color will transfer into the stitch holes and the quilting will look "dirty". Darker fabrics work fine with white tissue paper and image in normal pencil. When done stitching, just pull out the paper. For little pieces stuck under stitching, use pointy tweezers to get out.
If you want to try the P&S, it's pretty much the same technique - trace the image onto the "non-sticky" side of the P&S and then pin onto the fabric, stitch on the lines, and peel off when done using tweezers if necessary. The stickiness of the P&S also helps keep it in place. I used a fine point Sharpie to trace the image - it doesn't smear and also didn't seem to transfer into the stitch holes in the fabric. I just has issues with the P&S gumming up my machine.
Hope this helps....
Originally Posted by Boscobd
Originally Posted by annabanana
okay so what kind of tissure paper do you use? like regular toilet paper or the stuff that comes in gift bags or what. can you tell i'm clueless? :)
also what were you gals talking about with the P&S? could you describe your method a bit more??
thanks so much already everyone! :)
a
also what were you gals talking about with the P&S? could you describe your method a bit more??
thanks so much already everyone! :)
a
Trace the image onto the tissue paper and then pin the paper to the quilt and stitch on the lines. I have found that if you are quilting on a light fabric, it's best to use colored tissue paper with the image traced with white pencil as the graphite color will transfer into the stitch holes and the quilting will look "dirty". Darker fabrics work fine with white tissue paper and image in normal pencil. When done stitching, just pull out the paper. For little pieces stuck under stitching, use pointy tweezers to get out.
If you want to try the P&S, it's pretty much the same technique - trace the image onto the "non-sticky" side of the P&S and then pin onto the fabric, stitch on the lines, and peel off when done using tweezers if necessary. The stickiness of the P&S also helps keep it in place. I used a fine point Sharpie to trace the image - it doesn't smear and also didn't seem to transfer into the stitch holes in the fabric. I just has issues with the P&S gumming up my machine.
Hope this helps....
08-17-2010, 08:00 PM
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Thanks for this tip. I did one quilt using tissue paper and traced the pattern onto the tissue paper with pencil and it did look dirty. Never would have thought to use colored tissue paper (duh). I also mark as much as I can with masking or painter tape. Works great for straight lines and comes off without any residue on the quilt top and no marks to get rid of. I have had one bad experience with the blue pen that is suppose to wash away. It didn't. I did not iron it or anything like that, it just wouldn't completely wash out so that's why I use tissue paper.
I use the tissue paper that you get in the gift wrap section of Walgreens, Walmart, KMart, etc - the stuff you put in with holiday gifts. If it's wrinkled or creased, you can press it with the iron to smooth it out a bit.
Trace the image onto the tissue paper and then pin the paper to the quilt and stitch on the lines. I have found that if you are quilting on a light fabric, it's best to use colored tissue paper with the image traced with white pencil as the graphite color will transfer into the stitch holes and the quilting will look "dirty". Darker fabrics work fine with white tissue paper and image in normal pencil. When done stitching, just pull out the paper. For little pieces stuck under stitching, use pointy tweezers to get out.
If you want to try the P&S, it's pretty much the same technique - trace the image onto the "non-sticky" side of the P&S and then pin onto the fabric, stitch on the lines, and peel off when done using tweezers if necessary. The stickiness of the P&S also helps keep it in place. I used a fine point Sharpie to trace the image - it doesn't smear and also didn't seem to transfer into the stitch holes in the fabric. I just has issues with the P&S gumming up my machine.
Hope this helps....
Originally Posted by Boscobd
Originally Posted by annabanana
okay so what kind of tissure paper do you use? like regular toilet paper or the stuff that comes in gift bags or what. can you tell i'm clueless? :)
also what were you gals talking about with the P&S? could you describe your method a bit more??
thanks so much already everyone! :)
a
also what were you gals talking about with the P&S? could you describe your method a bit more??
thanks so much already everyone! :)
a
Trace the image onto the tissue paper and then pin the paper to the quilt and stitch on the lines. I have found that if you are quilting on a light fabric, it's best to use colored tissue paper with the image traced with white pencil as the graphite color will transfer into the stitch holes and the quilting will look "dirty". Darker fabrics work fine with white tissue paper and image in normal pencil. When done stitching, just pull out the paper. For little pieces stuck under stitching, use pointy tweezers to get out.
If you want to try the P&S, it's pretty much the same technique - trace the image onto the "non-sticky" side of the P&S and then pin onto the fabric, stitch on the lines, and peel off when done using tweezers if necessary. The stickiness of the P&S also helps keep it in place. I used a fine point Sharpie to trace the image - it doesn't smear and also didn't seem to transfer into the stitch holes in the fabric. I just has issues with the P&S gumming up my machine.
Hope this helps....
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