There are many different ways of doing it - each way seems to have its plus and minus points. I thought I'd share a few here with you over the coming weeks.
The first method - using the Hot Iron Transfer Pencil.
The one I bought was from Hemline and was £2.89 from my local sewing shop but you can buy it on Amazon here.
First thing to do is find the image you want to transfer onto fabric. I chose a robin design taken from a photograph of a gorgeous little chap who comes into our house (and kitchen!) every day.
You then need to get some tracing paper and trace over the original image. I used regular tracing paper that I had already but you can buy heat transfer tracing paper - not sure what the difference is. You need to remember at this point that the image you transfer will be mirror image so remember to flip any writing you might be adding.
Robin is now traced and ready to transfer. Try not to make your lines too thick (like I have here in a couple of places) as your thread might not cover thick transfer lines.
Now take your tracing paper and place it image side down onto your fabric and iron. Make sure your steam is switched off. Hold the iron on the image for a few seconds and...
.. hey presto - there is your image ready to stitch!
Pros - really quick and simple. You can transfer any image onto fabric really easily with this method and it's cheap.
Cons - I find the line that you get can be quite thick. It's permanent so you have to be really accurate with your tracing.
I'll show you Robbie when he's all stitched up!
I've also in the past carved a lino print from this image and printed him onto fabric - I just can't get enough of him :)
This is him printed onto fabric -
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