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For my Jane Eyre slow stitch project I needed to figure out a way to transfer an image onto cloth without using chalk, pencils or any sort marking. My solution was to laser print the image onto gift tissue paper and sew through it. To see if it would work, I made a trial run of the idea using scrap muslin and some silk thread.

It worked. The paper was thin enough to stitch through easily, and following the lines of the image worked well, too. I used a variety of stitches to get a feel for what would happen to them when I tore away the tissue at the end. To my surprise the bigger stitches stayed in place, while the smaller did get yanked up a bit (I was able to tug them back into place by carefully prodding the thread from the back.)

This will save me a lot of time that I'd usually spend tracing, and give me a crisper, more accurate image transfer.

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nightsmusic said…
You know, that's an old, old technique and for the life of me, I can't remember what it's called, nor can I get close enough to it to do an internet search for what it's called. I've been trying since you posted that yesterday. Pretty awesome though!
November 23, 2021 at 6:22 AM
the author said…
I know, I remembered reading about it a long time ago but I couldn't find anything, either. Saving time by using the printer and not tracing was cool, though. There was no transfer of the laser ink to me fingers while I was stitching, too.
November 23, 2021 at 6:26 AM
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