Can someone point me to a reference which describes how to transfer a crewel design to fabric, including brand names of hot-iron transfer paper and copy pencils and possibly using a computer and printer to accomplish the purpose? Any help will be appreciated.
A lot of this depends upon whether you are transferring to a light material or a dark one. Which are you attempting to do?
Dianne
If you Google 'transfer a crewel design to fabric' you will find lots of links. Chose the one that best serves your need.
Mavia
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Quite a few of the iron on transfer papers that're stocked in craft stores leave a waxy coating.
If you're going to work on a light colored cloth, an iron on transfer pencil found in notions or quilting sections might work. Be aware, however, that you'll need to reverse the image on your printout before ironing plus the lines might be wider than expected.
Another option is dressmaker's carbon paper.
Follow the KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle. You don't have to trace all the details, like the lines for a trellis filling or where one color ends and another begins.
I like the dressmakers carbon and also - trace the design, pin to fabric and make giant stitches through tissue paper and carbon, then remove paper.
It also works well to use a piece of tulle - use one of those pens that rinse out - trace the design on the tulle, then retrace over the fabric. You wind up with little dots all over which you could join up
- if in doubt.
It depends a great deal on how complex the design, as Anne said, no need to put every last line in, you can always refer back to the original. Size might also favour one method over another.
Caution - if you use a pen that washes out, don't leave your work lying in the sun or an overly warm place and certainly don't touch it with an iron, it will never wash out after that !
Sigh - that should read 'tissue paper and fabric' not carbon !
What all of them said. I keep a roll of "Saral" which is artist's graphite transfer paper - very thin, not waxed, around. For crewel transfers, I've done them with the material at the bottom, the Saral in the middle, and design on top - just being sure to tape the fabric and top so they don't slide. And, I have a stylus to use (kind of a double ended thing with a thin tip and a fatter one, each of which has little ball on the tip so it doesn't tear thru.
OTOH, often I use a fabric marker if using the light box, and tape the design onto the box, with fabric over it. Depends on how heavy the twill is. This and the Saral will wash out - as long as you DON'T iron over them. Some people use the old pounce and prick method - pricking holes in the paper pattern, and "pouncing" over it with a chalk dust kind of stuff.
For the beginning crewel class I taught last year, I traced using the Saral, and then had to go back over the lines with a marker so it would be clear enough for them.
I agree with Anne, if you're comfortable, it doesn't have to be so completely lined - if you can follow a dotted/dashed pattern.
Good luck, whatever you do.
Ellice
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