transferring designs

Meggers_018 · 09-12-2006, 12:52 PM

I was wondering how everyone transfers their designs onto whatever they are beading on. I usually have it drawn out on paper first, and have all the measurements, then get out my handy dandy ruler and pencil and try to do it again on the canvas. Does anyone have any better/easier ways of doing this?

Singing Otter · 09-12-2006, 01:52 PM

They have the transparent quilting template sheets that you can buy from Wally World. You can trace your pattern and cut it out with a razor/knife but afterthat you have a template that you can use a couple of times. They're about two bucks or so and you get about three sheets.

between2worlds · 09-12-2006, 02:16 PM

Depends on what I'm beading and how I'm beading it. I've used tailor's chalk, sharpie markers, dress maker's tracing paper and one of those spikey wheel things (technical term - I can sew but it's my cousin Linda that knows all the proper terms for things) and regular (carbon) tracing paper.

I've stapled the design paper right onto the fabric and beaded it to the fabric, gently pulling it off from around the outer edges when I was done. I've put my fabric over any number of light sources from the top of a lampshade to a well lit window, put the design in back and traced it.

There are iron on transfer sheets you can print out from your computer too. They even got ones that glow in the dark (which I haven't tried yet - but how intriguing is that?)! I do most of my designing on the computer but have only done the transfer sheet thing once. Someone gave me a couple of sheets to try and it worked out good.

**billyjoejimbob** · 09-12-2006, 04:17 PM

i ran the canvas thru the printer! for real!

**chazziff** · 09-12-2006, 04:31 PM

^^^dang and it didnt mess it up?!? i dont think i'd wanna try that one .. lol

me i just make a template and then scan that into my computer .. and then use a photo program to invert it, enlarge/decrease it as needed. print it out, then i use a glue stick to glue it to whatever im beadin on ...

Singing Otter · 09-12-2006, 04:41 PM

lol uhhhh my printer's cheap lmao. I can't even "think" about putting canvas in it without it giving me the finger.

randyinkc · 09-12-2006, 11:43 PM

I do mostly Plains geometric stuff and I dont ever draw out my pattern anymore on the piece. I usually lay out my design on the 'puter, then when beading I draw a center line, then start from the middle and work my way out just by counting beads and stitches. In, my experience, drawing the pattern out on the piece made my stitches get loosey-goosey as I apted to bead to the pattern instead of watching the spacing of my stitches.

BeadMan · 09-13-2006, 12:53 AM

Just about the only thing I do in applique is prairie floral stuff. I draw the design element on file folder then sew it on the cloth where I want it. I use BIG stitches about 1-2", just enough to hold it in place. I then bead the outline right on the edge of the pattern. When the outline is done I cut the big stitches and remove the pattern, then just fill in the design.

I don't do a lot of laxy stitch, but Randyinkc pretty much summed up what I do. Lazy (or lane) stitch patterns are pretty much determined by the technique, same thing with peyote or gourd. Most people don't draw these designs out.

wyo_rose · 09-13-2006, 02:37 PM

Yeah, I just do a pattern for applique. And when I do I just use the paper as my top layer and tack it in place.

To get the design on the paper in the first place: I usually trace it, on the window or by using the TV as a light box.

OA_Dancer05 · 09-13-2006, 04:43 PM

how do you lay out a applique pattern? I have done lazy stitch and bead loom beadwork and want to try applique.

thanks,
OA_Dancer05

Czechy · 09-14-2006, 02:06 PM

For lazy stitch, I put my design elements on graph paper but don't actually mark my leather or canvas with anything except the center line and the base starting line. The rest is just a matter of counting from the center point.

For applique, which I usually do on cloth or Pellon, I draw the design onto a lightweight fusible web and then iron that onto my base fabric. If the thing will be fully beaded then it goes on the top. If I am doing partial beading on velvet, for example, then the design gets fused to the wrong side.

For peyote and brick stitch, I mostly do the designing on the fly.

ndngirl70 · 10-04-2006, 10:23 AM

I photocopy my design, tack it on to canvas and then tear off the remaining paper afterwards.

**Emmy** · 10-04-2006, 02:02 PM

if im beading on velvet i use rip a way stitchpaper and baste it to the velevet and when i get done i tear the unbeaded part away. if im beadeding on crib padding or other stuff that will be fully beaded, i either trace my pattern with carbon paper, or i use spray adhesive(sometimes a kiddes glu stick if im at work) slap it down to the stuff and baste it

Blackbear · 10-04-2006, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyo_rose

Yeah, I just do a pattern for applique. And when I do I just use the paper as my top layer and tack it in place.

To get the design on the paper in the first place: I usually trace it, on the window or by using the TV as a light box.

My kid's got a light brite that is also made to be an easel.. i've taken it over for a light box.

wyo_rose · 10-06-2006, 04:12 PM

ACK!! How many Lite brites have I seen at yard sales this summer???!!!!??

09-12-2006, 12:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Meggers_018 Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: around Posts: 41	transferring designs I was wondering how everyone transfers their designs onto whatever they are beading on. I usually have it drawn out on paper first, and have all the measurements, then get out my handy dandy ruler and pencil and try to do it again on the canvas. Does anyone have any better/easier ways of doing this? __________________ Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and by my friend.

09-12-2006, 01:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Singing Otter Gotz ta be me! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,392 Blog Entries: 1	They have the transparent quilting template sheets that you can buy from Wally World. You can trace your pattern and cut it out with a razor/knife but afterthat you have a template that you can use a couple of times. They're about two bucks or so and you get about three sheets. __________________ Cowboy wisdom: A thong is like a barb wire fence, it protects the property without blocking the view.

09-12-2006, 04:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
billyjoejimbob Fat Singer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: white guy land Posts: 1,526	i ran the canvas thru the printer! for real! __________________ There are 2 types of people in the world... Really stupid people who think they are smart and Really smart people who think they are smart.

09-12-2006, 04:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Singing Otter Gotz ta be me! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,392 Blog Entries: 1	lol uhhhh my printer's cheap lmao. I can't even "think" about putting canvas in it without it giving me the finger. __________________ Cowboy wisdom: A thong is like a barb wire fence, it protects the property without blocking the view.

09-12-2006, 11:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
randyinkc Junior Dancer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: KC, Missouri Posts: 143	I do mostly Plains geometric stuff and I dont ever draw out my pattern anymore on the piece. I usually lay out my design on the 'puter, then when beading I draw a center line, then start from the middle and work my way out just by counting beads and stitches. In, my experience, drawing the pattern out on the piece made my stitches get loosey-goosey as I apted to bead to the pattern instead of watching the spacing of my stitches. __________________ Randy

09-12-2006, 02:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
between2worlds Patrick Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Riverdale, MD Posts: 2,739	Depends on what I'm beading and how I'm beading it. I've used tailor's chalk, sharpie markers, dress maker's tracing paper and one of those spikey wheel things (technical term - I can sew but it's my cousin Linda that knows all the proper terms for things) and regular (carbon) tracing paper. I've stapled the design paper right onto the fabric and beaded it to the fabric, gently pulling it off from around the outer edges when I was done. I've put my fabric over any number of light sources from the top of a lampshade to a well lit window, put the design in back and traced it. There are iron on transfer sheets you can print out from your computer too. They even got ones that glow in the dark (which I haven't tried yet - but how intriguing is that?)! I do most of my designing on the computer but have only done the transfer sheet thing once. Someone gave me a couple of sheets to try and it worked out good.

09-12-2006, 04:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
chazziff YO!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in a big sleigh bed Posts: 6,517	^^^dang and it didnt mess it up?!? i dont think i'd wanna try that one .. lol me i just make a template and then scan that into my computer .. and then use a photo program to invert it, enlarge/decrease it as needed. print it out, then i use a glue stick to glue it to whatever im beadin on ...

09-13-2006, 12:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
BeadMan Beadworker Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Northeast Iowa Posts: 410	Just about the only thing I do in applique is prairie floral stuff. I draw the design element on file folder then sew it on the cloth where I want it. I use BIG stitches about 1-2", just enough to hold it in place. I then bead the outline right on the edge of the pattern. When the outline is done I cut the big stitches and remove the pattern, then just fill in the design. I don't do a lot of laxy stitch, but Randyinkc pretty much summed up what I do. Lazy (or lane) stitch patterns are pretty much determined by the technique, same thing with peyote or gourd. Most people don't draw these designs out.

09-13-2006, 02:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
wyo_rose Teenah's Too Cool Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Washakie Posts: 8,037 Blog Entries: 2	Yeah, I just do a pattern for applique. And when I do I just use the paper as my top layer and tack it in place. To get the design on the paper in the first place: I usually trace it, on the window or by using the TV as a light box.

09-13-2006, 04:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
OA_Dancer05 Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Deep woods of Va. Posts: 35	how do you lay out a applique pattern? I have done lazy stitch and bead loom beadwork and want to try applique. thanks, OA_Dancer05 __________________ "You can't leave footprints in the sands of time by sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?" Dance On.

09-14-2006, 02:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
Czechy wrapped in ribbonwork! Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Here....for now Posts: 784	For lazy stitch, I put my design elements on graph paper but don't actually mark my leather or canvas with anything except the center line and the base starting line. The rest is just a matter of counting from the center point. For applique, which I usually do on cloth or Pellon, I draw the design onto a lightweight fusible web and then iron that onto my base fabric. If the thing will be fully beaded then it goes on the top. If I am doing partial beading on velvet, for example, then the design gets fused to the wrong side. For peyote and brick stitch, I mostly do the designing on the fly.

10-04-2006, 10:23 AM	#12 (permalink)
ndngirl70 powwow bum Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In your dreams Posts: 1,291	I photocopy my design, tack it on to canvas and then tear off the remaining paper afterwards. __________________ Once upon a time Everything was fine You were beside me- you were mine Why did you have to walk out my door? Now you want me back again I am sorry You're just an old song I don't sing anymore http://www.mytribalspace.com/tribal/...ame_ndngirl70/ http://www.myspace.com/ndngirl70

10-04-2006, 02:02 PM	#13 (permalink)
Emmy Flat E! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Silver Spring Posts: 3,359	if im beading on velvet i use rip a way stitchpaper and baste it to the velevet and when i get done i tear the unbeaded part away. if im beadeding on crib padding or other stuff that will be fully beaded, i either trace my pattern with carbon paper, or i use spray adhesive(sometimes a kiddes glu stick if im at work) slap it down to the stuff and baste it __________________ Oh yeah, I used to know Quentin...He's a real...He's a real Jerky ~Flat Beat~

10-06-2006, 04:12 PM	#15 (permalink)
wyo_rose Teenah's Too Cool Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Washakie Posts: 8,037 Blog Entries: 2	ACK!! How many Lite brites have I seen at yard sales this summer???!!!!??