"Redwork" Embroidery Blocks

Well, I've decided to start some 'red work' blocks so I
will have a neat project to carry around. I will just
make them until I have enough for a project, or until
it makes me nuts (if that happens) ... whichever comes
first. I will be using green floss for these first
blocks which will have a horticultural theme.

Question: what tools do you use to mark the designs on
the fabric? The book mentions fine, hard pencils OR
thin permanent ink. The latter scares me off. I guess
I'll go with the pencils. Any advice is welcome.

Thanks. PAT in Virginia
Go Hokies!!

I always mark on fabric with pencil, and never have the least bit of
trouble washing it out later! Of course, I use a hard graphite
pencil, sharpened so I get a very thin line, and mark as lightly as I
can and still see the line. You might try this out on a piece of
scrap fabric just to be sure it pleases you, though!

I used pencil. And remember the very fine (but not as fine as flour
grade) sandpaper to put underneath the fabric you are marking. It makes
such a huge difference.
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In message , Pat in Virginia
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Well, I've decided to start some 'red work' blocks so I will have a
neat project to carry around. I will just make them until I have enough
for a project, or until it makes me nuts (if that happens) ...
whichever comes first. I will be using green floss for these first
blocks which will have a horticultural theme.

Question: what tools do you use to mark the designs on the fabric? The
book mentions fine, hard pencils OR thin permanent ink. The latter
scares me off. I guess I'll go with the pencils. Any advice is welcome.

Thanks. PAT in Virginia
Go Hokies!!

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pat on the hill

I use thin-line pens in a permanent color to match the floss. Places
like Hobby Lobby have pens of every color in the scrap booking
department.


I marked a lot for Mom to embroider. She would have had trouble
seeing pencil lines.

joan

there is a pencil that you draw on paper, in reverse, then iron the design
onto the fabric.
you can trace with a light table or tape to a window anything you fancy or
sketch your own design. it iron transfers more than once per sketch. the
pencils arent costly either.
jeanne
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"Pat in Virginia" wrote...
Well, I've decided to start some 'red work' blocks so I will have a neat
project to carry around. I will just make them until I have enough for a
project, or until it makes me nuts (if that happens) ... whichever comes
first. I will be using green floss for these first blocks which will have
a horticultural theme.

Question: what tools do you use to mark the designs on the fabric? The
book mentions fine, hard pencils OR thin permanent ink. The latter scares
me off. I guess I'll go with the pencils. Any advice is welcome.

Thanks. PAT in Virginia
Go Hokies!!

On Apr 17, 3:58 pm, Pat in Virginia wrote:
Well, I've decided to start some 'red work' blocks so I
will have a neat project to carry around. I will just
make them until I have enough for a project, or until
it makes me nuts (if that happens) ... whichever comes
first. I will be using green floss for these first
blocks which will have a horticultural theme.

Question: what tools do you use to mark the designs on
the fabric? The book mentions fine, hard pencils OR
thin permanent ink. The latter scares me off. I guess
I'll go with the pencils. Any advice is welcome.

Thanks. PAT in Virginia
Go Hokies!!

Novice here. I thought "Redwork" was red.

I guess I'm wrong about "Blackwork" too.

Jerry in North Alabama
http://community.webshots.com/user/MaleQuilter

I was taught to trace my design in the same color of ink that I was going to
be embroidering with. I did a redwork Valentine quilt & traced everything
in red. The benefit to using the same color is that if you happen to be
wonky with your stitches (I'm sure nobody here is), you can't see it,
because the ink filled in the space! (My redwork quilt "looks" like it has
perfect stitching - now if I could just get it quilted!!)

Pauline
Northern California
"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
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Well, I've decided to start some 'red work' blocks so I will have a neat
project to carry around. I will just make them until I have enough for a
project, or until it makes me nuts (if that happens) ... whichever comes
first. I will be using green floss for these first blocks which will have
a horticultural theme.

Question: what tools do you use to mark the designs on the fabric? The
book mentions fine, hard pencils OR thin permanent ink. The latter scares
me off. I guess I'll go with the pencils. Any advice is welcome.

Thanks. PAT in Virginia
Go Hokies!!

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Pat in Virginia wrote:

Well, I've decided to start some 'red work' blocks so I
will have a neat project to carry around. I will just
make them until I have enough for a project, or until
it makes me nuts (if that happens) ... whichever comes
first. I will be using green floss for these first
blocks which will have a horticultural theme.

Question: what tools do you use to mark the designs on
the fabric? The book mentions fine, hard pencils OR
thin permanent ink. The latter scares me off. I guess
I'll go with the pencils. Any advice is welcome.

Thanks. PAT in Virginia
Go Hokies!!


Pat, I did a bluework quilt some time ago, and I just used a blue
washout marker. Worked fine!

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I used pencil. And remember the very fine (but not as fine as flour grade)
sandpaper to put underneath the fabric you are marking. It makes such a
huge difference.

I've heard this sand paper tip before? where do you buy your sand paper? do
some LQS carry it? or is it definitely a trip to the hard ware store and if
it is, how on earth do you figure out what to buy?

Anne

JoAnns has a board that has a sandpaper side (also converts to a white board
for tracing and a flannel board). But the least expensive way to go is to
stop by the local hardware store and get a fine-grade sandpaper (the higher
the number - -the finer the grit). You might want to get a piece of
cardboard (cut off the back of a cereal box) and glue the sandpaper to the
cardboard -- gives it a little more stability.

It works wonderfully when you want to write on fabric without the fabric
moving under your pencil! (or pen... or whatever)

Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves

PS -- here is what I was talking about that I purchased from JoAnns:

http://www.joanns.com/catalog.jhtml;$sessionid$AWW5M4IAACO0OP4SY5KRHOR50 LD3UEPO?CATID=113057&PRODID=79651

if the link doesn't work -- just go to www.joanns.com and search using the
keyword SANDBOARD.



"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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I used pencil. And remember the very fine (but not as fine as flour
grade) sandpaper to put underneath the fabric you are marking. It makes
such a huge difference.

I've heard this sand paper tip before? where do you buy your sand paper?
do some LQS carry it? or is it definitely a trip to the hard ware store
and if it is, how on earth do you figure out what to buy?

Anne