this ? is for garment sewers
#22
I buy the Swedish tracing paper and trace the sizes I know I'll use onto it. it's kind of expensive but it's really strong. Marker does bleed through it though so if you use it, you need to lay down paper underneath it to catch the bleed. Or you could use those no bleed through pens.
#23
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I cut mine where I want to cut and stick the pieces that are left of the other sizes in the pattern envelope. Works for me. If I have a pattern like a favorite blouse I think I will use over and over, I use that interfacing type pattern stuff.
#24
I've been sewing a long time and I sew for other people. I have tried all these methods. I figured the folding and tracing just wasn't worth the $1 I would spend on a new pattern. Besides styles change and you might not want another blouse made off that same pattern. Kids clothes, that's different.
#25
i have used all of the methods explained before me. it just depends what i have on hand. i have even used the tissue paper used for wrapping gifts. like gale, i mark the pieces with the pattern number, piece letter, size, and how many to cut.... just as on the original pattern.
#27
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I buy a roll of the table paper from a doctor's office and trace my pattern pieces on it, in whatever size I'm looking for. The paper is a whole lot sturdier than the tissue pattern paper. This way, if you change sizes, you don't have to buy another pattern, which in the meanwhile, they've probably discontinued it. LOL
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