After 20 years of blogging, I always think I’ve answered just about every question about design transfer, but then someone surprises me and says, “I’ve searched all over your site for an answer to this, and I can’t find it!”

And then I search all over my site looking for an answer, too, because I can’t remember whether I’ve written about it or not.

Such was the case with the topic of transferring embroidery designs with carbon paper (or similar products).

I have touched on this topic before here and there (specifically, a million years ago, I used this method to transfer the design on this project), but I’ve not jumped head-first into it because I don’t often use carbon methods and materials for transferring designs.

Still, I have the tools and materials for this approach for the occasional times I do use it, so let’s talk about the process, the pros and cons, how it’s done, types of transfer mediums out there for this approach, and so forth.

I’m pretty sure this will comprise two (or more) blog posts to cover the topic thoroughly. But at least by then I’ll be able to say, “Oh yes. I’ve written about that, and you can find it here!”