I use inexpensive muslin to make patterns. I buy it by the bolt with a coupon and use it for all sorts of things. If the pattern is sheer pattern paper I put my pattern on top of the muslin and draw around the pattern with a permanent marker. The marker bleeds through to the muslin and then I cut the muslin pattern out. I like to use muslin because when placing the muslin pattern on your fabric it doesn't move around much and so minimal pinning is necessary. I mark grain lines and any other information on the muslin. If the pattern is on stiffer paper then I put the muslin on top and trace the pattern.