Embroidery Kit Patchwork Hand Account Sewing Drawing Tools Quilting Ruler Acrylic Sashiko Design Mould Template 2methods for transferring sashiko designs onto your fabric, the first of which is heads and shoulders above the rest. Try it, youll see. No matter what your craft, there is always the preparation, and getting that right can make such a difference to enjoying the rest of your project and having it turn out well. Ive been meaning to get this information on this site for some time. When I first encountered sashiko stitching I loved the look, but the problem transferring the design onto dark blue fabric almost made me give it up! Directions I found back then amounted to actually graphing and drawing the design onto your fabric directly using a ruler and chalk pencil. Not only was that painfully not fun, the design rubbed away before the stitching was done. Then iron away white pens seemed a solution, but I still couldnt abide the graphing part. Method 1 Begin with your sashiko design, a permanent ink fine tip pen, some white featherweight fusible interfacing (pellon) (non-woven is best), tape and a ruler. Tape the pattern to your table. Tape the interfacing glue side (the rough side) down over the pattern. Tape it to the table. Using the ruler and pen trace the design onto the interfacing. Now lay the interfacing, glue side down, over the back of your fabric and using a medium heat iron, fuse the interfacing to the fabric. (The glue heats, melts and fuses the interfacing to the fabric) Begin in the middle of your design and iron gently toward the edges. I lift and set my iron, rather than sliding it. This helps to keep the interfacing from pulling out of shape. Now your design is securely on your fabric. It wont rub away as you do the stitching, it will stay easy to see, and it will stabilize the fabric a little without changing how it feels. You will leave the interfacing on the fabric when you are done, there is no need to remove it, it will be covered in your finished project. One more detail: you will be stitching from the BACK of the fabric. Try it before you agree with yourself that you cant do it. Its actually just as easy to stitch this way plus you have better control when you are turning corners and crossing over open spaces. Remember to make your long stitches on the finished side tho! Method 2. Okay, say you hate method 1 for some reason I cant imagine (or because you are stitching on a finished garment and cant put interfacing on the back) I think your best method for transferring the design in this case would be to use white sewing carbon. Lay it over your fabric, waxy side down. Position your pattern over it and trace over the design lines. Check at the beginning to make sure the carbon is showing up on your fabric as you trace. This method is quick and good for small area, but rubs away if you are stitching a large area.