Hi everyone. I hope someone can help. I have a hot fix applicator wand and numerous hot fix rhinestones. Trouble is, I can't seem to make a nice design on the fabric before applying the rhinestones. I printed off some neat designs from the internet but don't know how to transfer/mark them onto the fabric before I apply the stones. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Make a stencil from the pattern and use a little dot of marking pen on the fabric for each stone. Remember to mark and fix with the fabric stretched as it woill be on the body or your design will be distorted in use.
Thanks so much for taking the time to help, Kate! I made a stencil by tracing the pattern onto velum paper then paper punching the dots using a 1/8" paper puncher. Next I taped the stencil onto the fabric, exactly where I wanted the design to be, and marked the holes using a Crayola wash away marker. It worked wonderfully! I made a dolphin - looks great! I wouldn't have been able to do it free hand. Happy sewing!
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
You're wlcome! I saw this method demo'd somewhere, and it worked a treat when I tried it, but I've never yet had to do it on a garment! :)
A flatbed scanner is a perfect light box for projects such as this!! For many years (pre-scanner days) I had a contemporary lounge suite with big, soft cushions in the family room, and used to remove the cushions, lay a sheet of glass over the arms of the chair and place a table or bedside lamp underneath. To trace patterns I just used windows, as the lounge room had windows that were 15ft wide by 8 feet high......a PERFECT light table for pattern tracing.
The dolphin in rhinestones sounds nice!!
Br> Fabric Addict wrote:
Table lamp under a glass table is good, too. And if you have the right windows, a piece of paper up against the window works too. :) But the image projector means you can size the design just by moving the projector! Neat. :)
Years ago, I knew a painter who used a projector like that. She projected photos of "muscle men" onto her canvases, then painted them in bright colors - sort of an Andy Warhol treatment.
I've used the technique to turn a drawing I dd into a mural. Summat 6" square ended up 10' wide!
Also 10' high? It's a good technique. Brings many things into the realm of possibilities.
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