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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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 Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 1:05:18 PM
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Girls,
Just looking at my new COUNTRY MARKETPLACE MAGAZINE, they have lots of patterns, and they say to tranfer them onto things. are they talking about cabon paper or is there some kind of special tranfer paper? They don't say. They just say transfer this to cloth, or to a metal watering can, or to wood.I don't get it.I had some dental surgery this morning, maybe my mind is still in a fog.
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
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Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 12:53:26 AM
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That is pretty vague, Nancy.Maybe becasue there are SO many ways to use patterns these days.
Carbon paper is still a good way to transfer things, I guess it depends on what you want to make. You can get water slide decal paper,paper backed fabric,and iron on vellum transfer paper, all made for computers these days.Those you would SCAN the patterns in the magazine into your computer, and then transfer the pattern onto what ever medium you are using.
Does that help any? |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 06:34:45 AM
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The only way I knew of to do tranfers was the old way of ironing them on with the good old flat iron. I haven't figured out the computor method yet, have to work on that. But in this magazine they were putting them on all kinds of things, and using an Iron would not have been part of the process. Maybe I could go online to the country marketplace website and get more info. I just love this magazine, has way way to many ideas in it, of course I can't do half of them, but great pictures!
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 07:12:09 AM
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THere are pencils put out by aunt Martha that you draw over the lines and then iron on. The only problem would be lettering..you have have to do that from the back so the lettering would transfer the right way...I have done this with good results. Or...I have put a piece of muslin over a "pattern" and taped (or for small peices) held them up to a window or other light source and traced it with a ball point pen. (not an eraseable one!) that works well too.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 07:50:07 AM
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Thanks Jenny, I do have one of those pencils, I'll see if that works. Seems like I tried it once and it didn't print very good. maybe I didn't press hard enough on the lines with the pencil.
Been sitting on my front porch this morning rolling rag balls, that way all the lint can blow away. great weather today!
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 1:55:16 PM
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Where do you purchase the transfer pencils? Those sound just like what I need for a couple of unfinished things I have around here...
XOXO, Libbie
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 2:50:25 PM
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I bet they have them at Walmart in the craft section near the DMC floss. They have them at Ben Franklin in Ephraim. If you come up here I will give ya one of mine. I have two.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 3:50:18 PM
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I got my pencil at at craft store. Let me know if you get one and if it works.
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
1262 Posts
Rhonda
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 11:02:13 PM
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Nany,
Let me know what surface you would like to transfer your pattern onto, and I can probably talk ya through it! 
Rhonda
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2006 : 12:14:18 PM
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Thanks for the transfer pencil sources, gals! I tried the Wally World in Richfield - no luck, but there is another craft/quilting store in town that I'm going to call today and run into town to get one if they have it. This really could make my life easier!!! I've been holding things up to the window and tracing, like Jenny sometimes, but for larger things, this just might be the answer...great thread!
XOXO, Libbie
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2006 : 2:50:47 PM
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I went to the craft store and found the transfer pencil - it's red. Are yours red, gals? Somehow I guess I had just pictured blue... Anyway...I'll give it a try in the next couple of days and let you know my take on the matter.
XOXO, Libbie
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2006 : 3:24:01 PM
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Yep..mine are red too..I think it may be the only color "Aunt Martha" makes. but then Aunt Jenny approves..haha.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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