How NOT to Embroider

So.. A friend of mine is coming back from a mission soon and I thought a temple handkerchief would be a nice gift (thanks Melissa for reminding and setting it up!). Remember my problems with embroidery before and the black ink bleeding into my material? Well, I talked to a lady at the sewing store and ended up buying some powder to use in transferring my design to the fabric.

I made my template (poking holes with a needle over a design I printed from of the Internet). This is the back.

Then i "pounced" it with "Quilt Pounce" (after prepping the pad with the powder)

And what do you get when u put white powder on a white handkerchief?

This:Hmm... kinda hard to follow the design, eh? So I just winged it with her initials in the corner.

I made them small so it would be harder to tell that I winged it.

I'm pretty disappointed. I'm sure she'll like it, it was just going to be ten times as awesome! The lady at the sewing store told me that this pounce stuff was SO MUCH BETTER than a fabric maker.

Ya right.

I'm going to Joans tomorrow to pick up a fabric marker (and a whole bunch of patterns cuz they are only 2 dollars!).

PS.. It's looking way positive that my company will get this big government design job. Looks like I will probably still have a job next week! YA!

PPS. Anybody need a "Quilt Pounce"? I'd give u a great deal on it :-).