dd

Just wondering if anyone has used this Mesh Transfer Canvas for transferring quilt design onto their quilts. I saw it offered at Annie's. I have used tulle before and that worked pretty well. I transferred the design onto the tulle with a permanent marker and used a washable marker to transfer the design onto the quilt. It gets messy after a while and I just wash it out and keep going. You can even turn it over if you want the design reversed. Tulle is a lot cheaper than this canvas. Oh, I use the tulle with the larger holes not the fine netting. Anyone else try this?

feline fanatic

No, in fact it has never occurred to me. If i want to transfer a design like that I usually end up using transfer paper like transdoodle or Saral. But I can definitely see the advantages of canvas or tulle because you can see through it. There is also a product called solvy that some quilters have used. It is a water soluble stabilizer that you can draw your design on, stitch through it. You tear it away after quilting and any little remnants wash away. I've been meaning to order some in to try it.

pocoellie

You can also put Press 'N Seal on your blocks, trace your design, then quilt the design, then tear off the Press 'N Seal. Works for me and it's a WHOLE lot cheaper.

dd

I tried the solvy and it seemed like the needle or thread pushed the black marker off the solvy and into the quilt. I washed it and some came out but not all. I was told to use a permanent marker on the solvy. Don't think I'll be doing that again. Luckily it was only a table runner and not a whole big quilt.

feline fanatic

Thanks for the heads up!! I had this happen with golden threads paper only it seemed the marker transferred to the thread not the quilt. I ended up ripping the stiches and redoing but the needle holes had transferred the design so I didn't need to mark again. It has me shying away from using the product again. The appeal of it to me is being able to transfer a design after the quilt is already loaded on the rack.

SewExtremeSeams

Great ideas to use tulle or press 'n seal. Thanks.

CorgiNole

When I use golden threads I first draw my design on whatever piece of paper I've been doodling on. Then I stack precut/torn squares or strips of the golden threads paper (depends on the shape I'm using) and pin them together with my design on top. I unthread my machine and stitch the design through the stack of papers and then pin those to my quilt where ever I want the design. While quilting, I connect the dots. This way I don't have to redraw the picture numerous times and I don't worry about transferring the pencil/ink to the quilt or the thread.

Cheers, K

feline fanatic

Clever girl! I will try that.

CorgiNole

I can't take full credit for the method as I'm pretty sure I read it somewhere on here...

Cheers, K

Nammie to 7

So many good ideas. Will keep these in mind when I want to quilt another quilt! Thanks for all the info.