Cut-away transfers--another option

So far when I've demonstrated doing a cut-away transfer it has always been an image that you could cut around and then cut bits away........such as the frog on Cathy's block or as the perfume bottle on Arlene's block.  But sometimes I want to transfer something that is not a confined area and it works just as well. In this case it's all the swirly fronds going up and over the the perfume bottle.. I love the look but it is all overlapping the not easy to track with your eye... But with cut-away I can quickly and easily transfer the fronds in 3 easy steps... Again I do this because I don't want to mark on the block and I don't want to work through tissue paper.

As usual I did the preparation steps by putting the tricot fusible interfacing on the back of the block.  I clearly defined the 6" square on the back and marked which was the top edge.  The I REVERSED the design and made 3 copies..

When doing this method where an image is not actually cut out you have to leave an area that can always be used for registration so each copy can be placed in the same position.  I always left the lower left corner to line up with the square on the block each time.

Then I cut away the paper along just one of the long fronds.  To make it easy to differentiate  I traced along that line in red...

I repeated the process cutting along the next frond.  I positioned the paper on the square and traced it in green.

Finally I did the last one and traced it in blue... When I baste I will actually use 3 different colors also.

Here are the 3 sheets of paper when I finished.

Then I did the perfume bottle and the leaf cluster in the usual way.  I cut out the images, traced around them and then cut away bits...

Once you get the hang of using this method you will be absolutely amazed at  how quickly and accurately you can transfer a motif or design to your needlework.

I did use three different colors to baste the swirly fronds and as you can see it will now be easy to start couching the cording...