Make Your Own Iron on Embroidery Designs With Clipart

Enjoy Creative Freedom by Using Clipart and Other Online Images to Make Your Own Iron on Designs for Embroidery

Hand embroidery is fast becoming a very popular hobby and there are many companies that sell iron on designs, such as Sublime Stitching. These ready-made iron on designs are fun and easy to use, but what if you'd like more freedom in creating your designs. Perhaps you'd like a larger version, or you'd like a completely different design than what is available, or maybe you'd even like to learn to combine designs to form a more complex piece. This is simple to accomplish and you'll discover that there are no limits to the kinds of designs you can make.

If you'd like to use clipart or coloring pages as a basis for making your own embroidery designs, there are a few simple supplies you will need. It will be convenient if you have a program to re-size and edit the picture files, and you'll want a printer. Beyond your computer needs, you'll have to have tracing paper and a iron on transfer pencil. These pencils can be purchased at many sites online, and they can sometimes be found in stores such as JoAnn Fabrics, and Hobby Lobby. There are also iron on transfer markers available, but unless you'd like one that is white to transfer to black fabric, I don't recommend them, as the black markers make transfers that are much too thick and dark and difficult to cover over in the embroidery process. They also aren't removable after your project is finished, while the pencil transfer marks usually wash out of most fabrics.