Abstract Color and Design for Embroidery
Transferring Your Design
A course by Jen Smith , Fiber Artist
About the video: Transferring Your Design
Overview
“Now I'll share with you different techniques for transferring a finished design to fabric. ”
In this video lesson Jen Smith addresses the topic: Transferring Your Design, which is part of the Domestika online course: Abstract Color and Design for Embroidery. Learn how to design and stitch a vibrant piece with striking color combinations to create a unique decoration for your home.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Transferring Your Design Now, I'll walk you through the process of transferring my design to fabric and give you some additional ways to do it yourself. For this part of the process, you'll need your pen or pencil. For my purposes, I'll use a heat erasable pen as I mentioned earlier. Scissors, your fabric, your hoop, and whatever transfer method you're using. I use an iPad for my transfers, but you can do different things. If you have a lightbox at home, you can make a copy of your design, tape it to the lightbox and trace it. You can do something as simple as putting your design on a win...”
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Course summary for: Abstract Color and Design for Embroidery
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Embroidery, Fiber Arts

Jen Smith
A course by Jen Smith
Jen Smith is an American fiber artist based in Los Angeles who specializes in embroidery. She grew up in a creative household with a photographer for a father and a maker for a mother. Jen later went on to study marketing at university and worked in the advertising industry for a number of years, before pursuing a career as an artist. She first started experimenting with embroidery in 2017 as a creative outlet, before turning it into a career two years later.
Since then, Jen’s work has been featured in various publications, including on the cover of Love Embroidery Magazine. She also recreated the cover of Morgenstern’s novel The Starless Sea for Doubleday Publishing’s cover reveal. She sells her work online in various forms, from earrings to embroidery patterns, and shares her designs with over 110K followers on Instagram.
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