I designed this little wool applique door knob hanger last year.
I have made 3 of them so far, and the pattern is available in my Etsy shop.
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| Instant download from my Etsy shop |
This pattern has chain stitch embroidery for the vine, so you have to transfer the pattern onto black wool. Since you can't shine a light through the black fabric (well, you can try...), you can't just trace with a marker. Tissue paper to the rescue!! This is an old technique, and less messy than pouncing technique (don't even go there!).
Here's the way I did mine:
1. Trace design onto tissue paper. You only need to trace the parts that will be embroidered.
2. Trim off excess paper.
3. Pin the tissue paper to the fabric, making sure it's centered.
4. Knot your thread, and stitch over the drawn line with ordinary sewing thread.
Color should be a reasonable match to your embroidery thread.
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| Stitch right through both the paper and fabric. |
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| just do a basic running stitch, and tie it off as usual. |
5. Carefully tear off the paper, pulling to the side, not straight up.
6. Now you are ready to embroider. The chain stitch Perle cotton will easily cover up the green sewing thread.
I hope this is helpful to you. If you have other favorite ways to transfer designs onto dark fabric, feel free to comment. Maybe pouncing isn't as messy as it sounds!
Happy stitching!
-Sue
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