Whenever I am fortunate enough to have vintage transfers and a nice piece of fabric, I don't want to take risks of ruining the fabric or the transfer by using a hot iron. So I hand trace my transfers on. 
I am sure most of you are already familiar with taping the transfer onto a sunny window,
and then standing and tracing it onto the fabric. For me, this works well, however, I do a lot of my work at night.....no sunny window to trace from, plus with the load of work I do, this technique is hard on my arms and shoulders. So I found a much better way......
I have a beautiful antique wood table. It has served many purposes,.... to feed family on, to serve as my kitchen island, now that I have a dining room table..... and it is wonderful to trace my designs on. If you have any table that splits into to add another leaf.... it will work fine.
I use the frame and clear glass of an 11x14 picture frame as my "window".
A small desk reading lamp with a bendable neck is also important.
Pull the table apart, just wide enough to support the picture frame. Lay the picture frame over the space of the open table. Tape the picture frame in place.
Turn the neck of the lamp upside down to where the lamp is shining up. Place the lamp underneath the table, right under the picture frame.
Tape the transfer in place on the glass of the frame, position the light to shine up through the transfer.
Place fabric over transfer and trace your image.
It turns out well, and if you like, you can also sit and trace the design instead of standing over it.
I hope this might be an easier method for all of you who trace your transfers. It really helped me to get my work done at night. Hopefully I will now have this stitched to show at a later post. Have a blessed weekend!
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Whenever I am fortunate enough to have vintage transfers and a nice piece of fabric, I don't want to take risks of ruining the fabric or the transfer by using a hot iron. So I hand trace my transfers on. 
I am sure most of you are already familiar with taping the transfer onto a sunny window,
and then standing and tracing it onto the fabric. For me, this works well, however, I do a lot of my work at night.....no sunny window to trace from, plus with the load of work I do, this technique is hard on my arms and shoulders. So I found a much better way......
I have a beautiful antique wood table. It has served many purposes,.... to feed family on, to serve as my kitchen island, now that I have a dining room table..... and it is wonderful to trace my designs on. If you have any table that splits into to add another leaf.... it will work fine.
I use the frame and clear glass of an 11x14 picture frame as my "window".
A small desk reading lamp with a bendable neck is also important.
Pull the table apart, just wide enough to support the picture frame. Lay the picture frame over the space of the open table. Tape the picture frame in place. 
Turn the neck of the lamp upside down to where the lamp is shining up. Place the lamp underneath the table, right under the picture frame. 
Tape the transfer in place on the glass of the frame, position the light to shine up through the transfer.
Place fabric over transfer and trace your image.
It turns out well, and if you like, you can also sit and trace the design instead of standing over it. 
I hope this might be an easier method for all of you who trace your transfers. It really helped me to get my work done at night. Hopefully I will now have this stitched to show at a later post. Have a blessed weekend!
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