I felt like the stylus was also a very important tool to use with this process. It held pressure to transfer the image without tearing or puncturing the paper.

I saw a big improvement in the visibility in the transfer process with the Clover transfer paper. I did spend more time marking each dot and dash with this final process. The more time I spent marking on top of each dot, the clearer it was to see the pattern transferred.

Portability:

I love working on hand embroidery during the summer. Although I always enjoy sitting at a sewing machine, it is quite fun to have a travel sewing project to bring outdoors (and to sew around other people). I have a purple bin that I used to carry around this project. It kept all of the supplies together, was handy to quickly pick up and put down, and later I used this same bin to soak the finished project in soap and water.

Stitching the pattern:

I used three threads for the embroidery (as suggested in the pattern). This pattern calls for a French knot to be used for the embroidery stitches. I have found that I enjoy stitching the Colonial knot more than a French knot. I like how pronounced a Colonial knot is above the fabric and I find it easier to keep the tension of the knot before finishing the stitch. The following is a link to a Colonial knot, for reference. I also like to apply beeswax along the thread before embroidering knots.

I wanted to note that I used two full skeins of embroidery floss for this project. I did have to cut off stitches that I made on top of the solvy paper. You should be fine with two skeins of embroidery thread (but if you want to experiment more with the stitches, you may want to purchase three skeins).

Continued in my next post...

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