
This is a rose image I wanted to transfer to very dark (almost black) fabric on Hideko's block. I could have use a grey or white transfer paper similar to carbon paper but it smears and disappears as you work. But if you are putting your image on dark fabric or like I often do (felt) there is a technique I use and call "cutaway transfer..."
I did not use a white or colored pencil of any sort.. I used a black 000 permanent marker (albeit very carefully) The black showed up very well on the dark fabric and was going to be stitched over anyway.. (I'm doing this on white paper because it shows up better.)

Step 2: Cut out the next biggest piece of the image and lay it in like a puzzle piece and trace around it.
Step 3: Again cut out the next biggest piece and put it in place and trace around it.
You end up with an image like the last one and it's easy to connect the few missing lines.. So in four easy tracing steps I easily replicated a rather intricate rose design.
It's not perfect but close enough once stitched. You can do this with most any image in 3-5 steps.
