How I transfer a pattern

 Note; This is how I do it. 

I learned these methods by first what I was taught by my mother auntie and grandmother,

Then my own trial and error over 50 some-odd years of Embroidery, beading and sewing.

I am not THE expert but I am a competent sewist in many forms of needle and thread.

I don't know hwy I felt the need to qualify my skills but I did, so there you go.

I start off with a sketch and tissue paper.

I like to use leftover tissue from dress patterns

there are packages you can buy with sheets of plain tissue though they are thicker than the stuff that comes in dress patterns.

Trace and pin to your project

next step it to sew the outline with 1 strand of whatever thread is going to show up on your fabric

Then fill as you prefer

this works difficult fabrics like velvets, dark fabrics and a myriad of  techniques from gold work to simple embroidery

then there's my favorite pen the dritz or clover brand water souluable blue pen

I mark both sides of all my seams, it looks ugly 

but it washes out with a bit of water so go for it!

I also use a ruler or any handy straight edge or curve for marking as I like my stitches to be as straight as I can manage.

They are wonky enough already!

Pink Jacobean box

 No I haven't a better name for it right now.

And as usual I forgot to take pictures until I was mostly done

so here's a picture of the back!

I used a pink silk satin scrap from my stash 

which should have been bigger but whateves

we'll figure out the how when were done right?

So the jumping off point were a bundle of specialty threads

in greens and oranges that caught my eye which have been languishing in my stash for eVer

It's a skein of multiple kinds of silk thread called Oliver twists one offs by Jean oliver

Which I supplemented with PatinaRG brand rayon cording,

some random Chinese silk cording and  watercolors by Caron, Threadworks, DMC etc. bits and peices

I then covered a cigar box with paper inside and most of a fat 1/4 outside

and some cute washitape to finish the ratty ends

And as you probably guessed my scrap was too small so I had to add a 2" border of the bottom fabric around it to get it to fit

after mounting it on a backer board, a piece of card board cut to fit the top, I noticed that the edges were wonky!

Aghhhh!

A bit of 1/4" Velvet ribbon to the rescue!

I hand sewed that around the wonkiness to hide the transition from silk to cotton because it was really, really wobbly!

I got it as straight as I could but you will notice

once I point it out.........o0

That when you look at it straight on it 

bows out in the middle

Which goes to demonstrate, if you stand back far enough no one will notice!

Except you

Because you are your worst critic!

Stop that! 

It's beautiful!

And done!

Oh, yes, there are a few beads thrown on there for sparkly

You knew I couldn't get away without a bit of  added pop right?

It's not worth doing unless it unnecessarily complicated

and fussy

I might be getting the hang of this