More Doodle Ribbons and Lace

Continuing from the last post - If you want ribbons with a more delicate pattern use transfer paints instead of crayons. These can be applied to the paper with a very fine brush. If you want text remember to paint the words on in reverse.

Besides ribbons you could also use other items to print on such as nylon lace or elastic. For the samples below I used transfer crayons and I did them very quickly, they could be better if more time was spent on them.

Transfer Printed Doodle Ribbons

A friend gave me a roll of paper a while ago, looks a bit like a till roll but I don't know if it was one. Anyway  I thought I would use it to transfer print some ribbon. I have a few different kinds of transfer crayons such as the ones shown in the above photograph. Most ribbons are ideal for transfer printing as they are made from man made fibres which is the kind of fabric you need for the most successful transfer prints. The colours always look different to the actual crayons. I used the roll of paper for the wide ribbon but for the narrow I just used a slice cut from a sheet of inket printer paper [don't use thick paper, the thinner the better]. After drawing your doodle on the paper, iron it onto the ribbon.

Crayons being quite fat, you'll not get delicate looking patterns, but you would not find any like these in a shop!