For all but black fabric, I use thin-line water-soluble ink pens. For really
fine lines or when the ink just keeps bleeding, I use a soft graphite
pencil; it washes out just fine. For black fabrics, I haven't found
anything I'm really happy with yet, but for my next project (beading rather
than embroidery, but same problem) I plan to try heavy duty solvy--it's a
sort of an interfacing that dissolves in water, but is thick/durable enough
to mark on with pen. (Made by Sulky.) I'll draw the design on that, then
bead through it into the fabric, then dunk & dry it. Hope it goes well!
Other thinks I've tried on black fabric are putting normal iron-on
interfacing on the back, with the design already drawn on, and then just
embroidering from the back side. It works well for simple stuff/stitches,
but it can get tedious really quickly. I've also gone the back interfacing
route, but instead of embroidering from the back, basted the outlines of the
design and then removed the interfacing before embroidering. It works well
enough, but I haven't been able to get as much detail in the basted design
as I'd like. For simple or narrow designs, a colored pencil works well for
me.
-E House
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