Must-see for embroidery beginners! Complete Guide to Transferring Designs: Tips to Avoid Mistakes and Useful Tools

First, use tracing paper to copy the original design. At this stage, you can work while looking at the design underneath, so mistakes are less likely and it’s fairly easy.

Staff Y uses a mechanical pencil, especially when copying detailed designs, because the line thickness stays consistent.

This depends on personal preference, so if you like thicker lines, you can use a pencil or pen too.

💡Don’t use old carbon paper

If you try to use carbon paper that’s been sitting at home for years, you might find it doesn’t transfer cleanly.

Over time, carbon paper dries out and loses its transfer ability. (Except unopened ones)

If it’s been a while, it’s best to just buy new carbon paper.

💡Place a clear film between the tracer and the tracing paper

A common mistake is that while tracing, the tip of the tracer catches on the paper, tearing it and causing the design to shift.

By placing a clear film in between, the tracer moves more smoothly, making the process easier.

The clear film can be anything, like product packaging.

Staff Y used a clear wrapping bag cut open with scissors.

💡Fix the design, carbon paper, and fabric in place

Even if it seems to be going well, it’s common to feel disappointed when the final result is slightly misaligned.

In that case, try fixing the design and carbon paper to the fabric with masking tape. This greatly reduces accidental shifting.

If you don’t want to tape the carbon paper, you can use sewing weights instead.

💡Don’t check too many times

It’s easy to worry and keep lifting the carbon paper to check if the design is transferring well… but it might shift when you put it back. It’s best to avoid moving the carbon paper and finish transferring the design in one go.

💡Use slightly stronger pressure than you think

When using a tracer, applying a bit more pressure than you think helps the design transfer clearly.

However, it’s important to keep the pressure consistent.

This is the item I recommends the most.

It’s a semi-transparent sheet, so you can see the design through it and trace it neatly.

Once you trace the design, attach or fix the sheet onto the fabric as it is. You can embroider directly on top of the sheet!

You only need to trace once, so it saves time 🙂

After finishing, soak the fabric in lukewarm water to dissolve the sheet.

Moon Veil & transfer marker

This is a special sheet that lets you transfer designs onto fabric using a special pen.

The drawn design can be erased with water, so you can use it again and again.

This is a bit different from transferring designs, but here’s another useful item.

By fixing it onto regular fabric, you can do cross-stitch even without a grid 👀

After stitching, you pull out the threads one by one, leaving only the stitches in the end.

Worried about ink being too dark and not coming off?

When using dark carbon paper, even after washing with water, faint marks can sometimes remain.

To prevent this, there is carbon paper with lighter ink from the start 🙌

This is the design transfer paper (Product No.: EMCP-W/GR)

Since the ink color is light, it won’t stand out after embroidery.

This series is also popular with embroidery teachers.

The white type is also recommended for dark fabrics 🌷

Ultra-fine tracer for detailed designs

With regular tracers, the tip can be too thick to transfer fine designs.

We often hear this concern.

This tracer is recommended for that.

There is a 0.9 mm fine tip for delicate lines, and a 1.3 mm tip for bold, clear lines. It can also be used as an awl for undoing or adjusting stitches🙂

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