There are a lot of transfers in this envelope — 3 big sheets filled with small and medium designs.
These are numo transfers — they have raised blue dots and are one use only. Although none of the transfers had been used, they were a little brittle and some of the dots had flaked off, probably from being folded in the package. Rather than try to digitally repair just the missing dots, I decided to re-draw each of the designs in Photoshop. For several weeks, I would lie in bed and work on these patterns before I fell asleep — it was mindless, but enjoyable at the same time. I tried to duplicate the exact dot pattern by creating a new layer and drawing on top of the original scan. I’m pretty happy with the results.
UPDATE: All of the rest of these designs are available in a later post.
Thanks Martha – love these old transfers! I have some too that have the raised dots, but no photoshop – I trace over top of them manually and boy is it tough sometimes, lol. But I do think it’s important to preserve them!
Those flower baskets are really nice and I love the fish! I have never seen ‘dot’ transfers. These are very graceful, I think.
Thanks so much, Martha! The drawings are very sweet! You put so much effort into saving them. They’ll be enjoyed by future crafters too.
I love those women with the umbrellas.