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Do you trace your patterns?
If so what do you trace them onto?? Red dot can get kinda expensive especially if I'm gonna be altering and retracing. I bought a HUGE roll of butcher paper at costco (my kids could finger paint everyday for 6 years!! LOL) but it's a bit to thick to be able to see the lines on the tissue paper patterns.
And what kind of pen do you use?? I have a black permenant sharpie that left stains on my table! Right now I am using a gel pen which seems okay.
i use pellon gridded pattern paper and a ballpoint pen. i buy it by the bolt wholesale so it is pretty cheap. works great for creating patterns from scratch since it is gridded.
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I've just been buying tracing paper from the stationary store, but yeah, it's expensive. I use a pencil or ballpoint pen to trace. I do have some stuff I bought from kidalog that's supposed to be good for tracing, but I HATE it. Nothing writes on it but marker, but marker goes right through it too, onto my table. Why can't anyone just make a huge cheap roll of tracing paper?? /rant
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I trace onto this stuff I get at JoAnn that's just like interfacing. I think it's called "pattern ease" or something. I always just ask for "that stuff for tracing patterns".
I find that a colored pencil works best. Sharpies bleed through and pens dry up and start skipping. A nice soft colored pencil gives me a good thick line.
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I have been using parchment paper & a pencil... but I would really like to find something more fabric-like (and wider) to use...
"pattern ease" sounds nice... I'll have to ask a our fabric store
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I went to my doctor's office and begged off a roll of the 'bed' paper. He sells it to me now for $4 a roll.. I think there's about 25 yards or so on each roll. I use the ballpoint sharpies to trace with also. If I linger in one spot to long they do tend to bleed.
At one point I was using paper from an architect place, I think it's called canary yellow paper. It's yellow, sharpies don't bleed through it, and it's not *that* expensive (about $20 for 100 yards). the only reason I didn't care for it is b/c it's slightly more expensive than the dr's office stuff, I have to order it and it's a tad more brittle than the paper I use now.
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Originally posted by arasmama i use pellon gridded pattern paper and a ballpoint pen. i buy it by the bolt wholesale so it is pretty cheap. works great for creating patterns from scratch since it is gridded.
OOH I'd like more info!
The red dot stuff is just like sew in interfacing and I guess at 1.75 a yd it's not too bad, but I'd like to actually save some money sewing my own clothes as opposed to spending more! LOL I'm tired of only buying off the dollar table to save a few bucks!! I feel terribly guilty when I spend 3.99 a yd on fabric!! UGH! (sorry for the rant :P)
The red dot stuff is just like sew in interfacing and I guess at 1.75
It is similiar to the red dot stuff, but easier to write on, little thicker, and doesn't slip around so much when you are trying to cut around it with a rotary cutter. It may be what some people are talking about above - you can buy it at Joanns in the interfacing section, feels like interfacing.
Here is what my book says: PP810 Pellon Tru-Grid: Accurate 1" graph for scaling up, duplicating or altering patterns. 45" by 24 yds $24/bolt
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I buy a big roll of Reynold's freezer paper at walmart and whatever I can find to write with - usually a ball point pen. It works great, and it can be used for appliquing too.
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My seamstress friend IRL taught be to trace my patterns on tissue paper (like the stuff you use for gifts). Until then I had been cutting the patterns out and stressing since I felt that I was "wasting" them kwim?
I use a regular pen or pencil and trace right on my kitchen table.
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I go to OfficeMax and go to the drafting section. Buy the 2 foot by 50foot *posterboard* drafting paper on the roll. I know it says posterboard but I actually can see the pattern in the right light and the kwiksew patterns are no trouble at all. It lasts a long time and is about $8.99 for a 50 foot roll, 2 feet wide
Right now I am using a gel pen which seems okay.
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