For my "Starts Among Bees" quilt I hand drew and traced some of the patterns directly from a book by Karen K. Stone "Quilts". I used tracing paper which is much easier to tear off than regular paper, you put through your printer. I used many of her pattern arcs but did make up many of my own too. All these blocks are mix and match, so it's easy to make up your own design and not be copying what someone else has done, therefore making an original. That's what I prefer to do. I used a thin Sharpie marker and a short ruler.