So I was at an antique store a couple of weeks ago and came across a package of antique iron-on transfers that they used to use for dish towels, pillow cases, etc. They were cheap enough and I thought I could probably do something with them. I took them out last night and started messing with them. The problem is, they are so old that they fall apart when you barely touch them. I had a time unfolding them and scanning them. I then had to import them into Photoshop and clean them up and extract the faded drawings from the brown paper backgrounds. Some filter work, smoothing, etc. and I finally have a finished .png of the drawing. I have a bunch more and will get them out in the next few posts. The others include some farm animals, kittens, cowboys etc. See the preview and example below:
Download the CU OK Antique Transfer Set 1 HERE (SafeSync DL)
or HERE (SkyDrive)
Ok, I hate the new Skydrive format. I can’t link to a single .zip file anymore and the entire shared folder appears when you click on the link. Hopefully you see the download option on the right pane when you click on the link. I will be searching for yet another file sharing service. UGH! Anyone use Google Docs to share files? I could use Pogoplug again but that uses my internet bandwidth and won’t work of the hard drive crashes. Anyway, here’s an example of how I used one of the .png files:
Oh, and they are resized for the preview but the actual .pngs are very large. The square one in the bottom left corner takes up a whole 12 x 12 page (for overlays, etc.)







35 comments:
Oh thanks! These are great. I remember sitting down with my grandma and using these to embroider things when I was little. Nice memory. :)
Thank you very much! My mom used to embroider things like this a lot when I was young. :)
Love the way you used these digitally! I've come across several recently online. All remind me of me and my grandma when I was younger, too. Thanks for finding and sharing!
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Joy
Thanks so much for sharng!
So gorgeous - thank you!
Pretty! Thank you very much.
oh these are awesome and what fantastic extractions...you rock!! thank you
Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave in the DigiFree category today [28 Jun 01:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria
Thank you so much - so pretty!Can't wait to try making something with them!!
Just adore these. Remember them well.
Numbbumm Sue
They're so pretty! thank you for all the work you did on them!
Thank you so much for spending time on these, they are lovely!
Deb these are awesome!!! Thanks so much for sharing. :) I remember embroidering and painting with these when I was a girl....yes I am dating myself. LOL oh well :) Maybe I will get mine out and use them for my scrapbooking...hmmmmmmmmm
Thanks so much for sharing!
You might look into dropbox as a way of sharing your files. I'm not sure if or what their restrictions are on having people download from your public folder but I've seen a lot of designers go to that option lately.
Thanks again for the freebie!
Thank you for going to so much work to share these with us! They're fabulous and I can't wait to see the others.
Those are just awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!
they look great Deb, thank you. And your example is so pretty
I too remember these from embroidering! Thanks for sharing...btw the Skydrive was easy to use as the correct folder was highlighted in the listing. No need to hunt for it at all (it was also listed in the right hand panel btw)
Thank you, love 'em!
Fabulous - thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
these are awesome! thank you for your hard work and sharing with us!
Thanks, Deb!
I love these!
juno
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These are great. Thank you so much for the great work you did on them.
Thankyou for all the wonderful freebies!
Donna
I remember using these for embroidery too. I hated sewing as I was left handed and the teacher always started off my work right handed and got angry when I turned it upside down to work!!!!!
Thanks for these. I wasn't going to grab them until I saw what you had done with a flower! That persuaded me I had to have them! Thanks! That first download was easy enough - for us at least.
So cute! Thank you! :)
Gorgeous work, as always. I can tell you took so much time! Thank you, so generous!
Wow! You have so much more patience than I do. I'm still working on extracting a crocheted edging that I made -- I'll just be thankful that you did all this work for us!
Thank you so much!
Hugs Kirsten.
Have you thought about using Amazon s3 storage? They have a free option to get started with - you can also set it up so links have to be clicked from your site to prevent hotlinking. If you end up trying it and need help with the bucket permissions just let me know & I will send you the directions.
Thanks again for all the beautiful items, I think these will be a lot of fun to color and use for making papers :)
Hello and Thank you for this download...
Thank you for sharing! gorgeous :)
Love what yo did with the transfer! Very Cute.
Amberpony Creates
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I am fairly certain you can use the site to share a single folder, not everything in the folder.
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