Anyone tried this?
#56
Originally Posted by rb.
I'm wondering... I've watched my SIL trace patterns onto tissue paper, use spray adhesive to attach them to a quilt, then machine quilt. I'm wondering if the spray adhesive could be used to fix the tissue paper to a piece of printer paper, and sent through the printer to print patterns from a computer. If it worked it sure would be faster. Anyone ever try it? If the papers try to split upon entry maybe folding the printer paper over at the leading edge, with a tight crease?
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These are all terrific ideas, does anyone have a similar solution for hand quilting. There are certain colors that are very difficult to see the tracing lines on & have tried so many different markers (at the same time) that I could not wash them out or they rubbed off.
#58
By the time you go through all the trouble of cutting the tissue then getting it "fixed" onto printer paper or spend the time also cutting the freezer paper just to send it though your printer you have in fact wasted more time than you would have spent by just tracing the pattern onto a full size piece of tissue paper.
Plus if by chance you get even a tiny little drop on the printed paper you are going to ruin your quilt. The printer ink will RUN all over the place if it gets wet.
I think you sister in law has the right idea, although it seems time consuming I think it is the best way in the end. However I too would be wondering if there were an easier way to do it. I just don't think there is.
Plus if by chance you get even a tiny little drop on the printed paper you are going to ruin your quilt. The printer ink will RUN all over the place if it gets wet.
I think you sister in law has the right idea, although it seems time consuming I think it is the best way in the end. However I too would be wondering if there were an easier way to do it. I just don't think there is.
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I use the deli papers that come in a box, the kind used to wrap lunch meats at the deli counter. Trace the design on the paper, run it through your sewing machine (no thread) making holes when following the pattern, then use the chalk pounce to transfer design to your fabric.
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