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Giveaway: PrintWorks Vanishing Fabric Transfers

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Last week I told you about my experience trying out the new PrintWorks Vanishing Fabric Transfers, which are great for adding personalized embroidery or other touches to projects.

I have a package to give away this week.

What you’ll get is one (opened but unused) pack of Vanishing Fabric Transfers, which is five sheets of 8.5×11 inches each. They come with all the instructions you need to successfully print and transfer a project (I promise it’s really easy!).

This giveaway is open to United States residents only. To enter, leave a comment on what you would do with this transfer paper!

Comment before the end of the day on Friday, June 19 for a chance to win.

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  2. I’d love to use this transfer paper to add designs and words to cloth for hand embroidery. Transferring designs is always so tricky for me!
    duchick at gmail dot com

  5. This would make it easy to
    try some applique on my
    fabric bags! Thanks for the
    chance to win.
    Carla from Utah

  7. I would like to win the fabric transfers to make some quilts/blankets for women/children in shelters.

  8. I usually use a light box to transfer a pattern, but would love to try this to get my designs on the tea towels I stitch. Thanks for this giveaway!

  11. I’ve embroidered prestamped table runners, pillowcases
    , placemats, etc over the years..this is a real game changer..thank you!

  12. I would love to personalize masks so that there are no mixups especially for my team at work.

  13. I do a lot of hand embroidery and I’m always looking for new techniques. I would love to try this.

  14. I would like to make some Friend themed birthday gifts for friends. I have a drawing of what I want to stitch but I can’t figure out how to transfer it to the fabric. This would be a Big help. I’d love to try them.

  23. I would use this for making vintage pillows and doilies. Would also be great for making personalized baby gifts.

  24. I would use it to make a LG project bag for my Mom, who is a knitter & sewer, and starting to quilt more since retiring.

  27. I would give this to my daughter-in-law since she loves to do embroidery. It would be a great gift for her. Thanks for the chance to win. 😀

  28. Just what i have been looking for. New to embroidery and doing a lot of experimenting

  33. I would love to win. I would
    use it to make a garden flag a design on nurses backpack

  35. I’d use them to create embroidery embellishments on Dress-A-Girl projects with my local Soroptomist club. The dresses are sent all over the world to meet girls needs for clothing and help them nurture self-esteem despite the structural/cultural challenges in which they are mired.

Have you read?

Everything You Need to Know About Embroidery Hoops

One of the most common supplies for cross stitch, aside from fabric, needles and floss, is an embroidery hoop. A hoop isn’t needed for every project, and indeed there are some stitchers who prefer not to use them at all. I generally don’t use a hoop when I’m working on a small cross stitch project, especially something that’s shape isn’t conducive to using a hoop (like a bookmark). 

But embroidery hoops can be really helpful for cross stitch because they hold your fabric at an even tension, which allows you to stitch more evenly without any more work on your part. It’s great for beginners to use hoops because the tension on the fabric can both help make your stitches more even and make the holes in the fabric a little easier to see. 

I’ll admit to always just buying whatever hoop is available in the right size when I’m ready to start a project without giving it much more thought than that. But there are things you should consider when choosing among the different kinds of hoops, which Caterpillar Cross Stitch covers in their great guide to embroidery hoops. 

The post walks you through wooden, plastic, spring tension and flexi hoops (which I’ll admit to having never heard of; they’re made of vinyl and plastic apparently), as well as Q-Snap frames, which aren’t really hoops because they’re made of plastic tubes that you snap together in the size and shape you need. 

It also covers what size hoop you should use for the project you’re working on and how to actually use a hoop in the right way. 

Whether you’re new to cross stitch or more seasoned, you’re sure to pick up a tip or a product to try in this post, so go check it out over at Caterpillar Cross Stitch. 

Do you have a favorite kind of embroidery hoop to use for cross stitch, or do you go without? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

[Photo: Caterpillar Cross Stitch]