This beautiful linen is going to be made into a pillow cover.  First, I am embroidering some beach theme motifs on each side.  This “Beach” text inside an arrow and the line of starfish are both from my Beach House embroidery set.  

To transfer these motifs to my fabric, I would usually put them under the fabric and trace on top of the fabric with my water soluble marker.  However, since I can’t see through this thick linen, I need to use another method:

Tracing paper {or carbon transfer paper} works perfectly for this application.  

To transfer, I put the tracing paper on my fabric {notice the shiny side is against the fabric and the dull side is facing up.  Then I put the motif on top and start tracing.  I have this stylus for tracing, but I have also used a ball point pen and it works just fine.

I tape the layers of fabric, tracing paper, motif down with removable tape.  This washi tape works perfectly:

The image transferred clearly and now I can start stitching! 

I haven’t chosen my floss colors yet, I am thinking a combination of these blues: