paper 14 shown in fig2 to provide adequate insulation without the use of insulating material attached to the base portion 11 of plate 10 in fig2 two platens 15 and 16 are shown to represent the heating press it is also possible to attach the embossing plate 10 to platen 15 or to an appropriate heat source to serve as the top platen of the press in operation the fabric covered substrate 20 is placed under the surface 15 or in a continuous process the fabric covered substrate 20 is passed under the surface 15 the special transfer paper 14 is placed with its printed surface in contact with the fabric 18 or in a continuous process passed in contact with the fabric of the fabric covered substrate 20 by lowering the heated embossing plate 10 at a temperature of about 400 u00b0 f for a dwell time of about 15 seconds the image 19 of the projection 12 of the embossing plate 10 with the design and colors of the transfer paper 14 are impressed in the fabric 18 of the fabric covered substrate 17 although the invention has been demonstrated in a 34 batch process 34 in which the embossing plate the transfer plate and the fabric covered structure are placed between the plates of the press to make a.