One of my first embroidery projects at age 13 was stitching ducks on pillowcases. I don’t think anyone embroiders on pillowcases anymore (maybe monograms) but all those vintage patterns are sill quite useful to use in quilts and special clothing for children. You can bet the farm that my granddaughter will have lots of cool embroidery on her duds. I like to sew as well but even a cheap t-shirt from Old Navy would look snappy with some ducks on it.
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I’ve been looking for the vintage sheet this particular duck design came off of…it was a sheet of farm animals, I believe? You don’t by any chance know the brand or designer of the original sheet, do you? I’m trying to track it down!
Thanks,
Jess.
Sorry I can’t be of any help. The majority of my transfers came from estate sales, in boxes without the original envelopes. The sheets don’t indicate who the manufacturer is either. Good luck in your quest!
On the contrary! I still embroider pillowcases!
I normally do some fairly complex historical tailoring, but when I’ve overloaded on that, my friends will tell you that “She embroiders kittens on pillowcases”.
I love old transfers, and have some from the 19teens in my personal collection. Would you be interested in sharing them?
Also – what is, in your opinion, the best way to transfer from printouts? A heat transfer pencil works if you don’t mind the image being flipped, but… I can’t find the wax-based dressmakers’ carbon anymore – that worked best for tracing. Any ideas?
Best regards,
Meagn
I use a light box and a blue line quilting pen and transfer directly onto the fabric. A heat transfer pencil would be more efficient and supposedly you’d get more than one imprint from a one time tracing. As for being flipped, you could reverse the image before tracing to give the correct orientation. I’d love to see those lovely 19teens! Can you scan them and email them? Don’t worry about cleaning them up…that’s my job
I’m glad to see the pillowcase tradition continue. Keep up the good work!
This is probably way too late but I just came across this—-to Jess, I have the crib quilt top that is stamped with this duck pond transfer along with the other farm animals and kids. The only marks on it are “145 Made in USA”. Probably doesn’t help much but just in case…