butterfly48

You can use a sheet of sand paper and it wont move like plastic when you mark or cut around it.

evelyn5269

If you are like me and like templates rather than using just rulers I have bought a lot on Missouri Star Quilt Co. in fact probably have 75% of hers and have used every one of them. If you google quilt templates lots of stuff will come up. I have the entire set of half hexie templates and the set of apple core and have done both in 2 diffrerent sizes.

notmorecraft

I sometimes use the heavy plastic that is on the outside of binder type notebooks, or if I'm really lucky my next door neighbour sometimes cuts them from plexi glass for me.

kindleaddict63

You might want to check out youtube - to start you off this might help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDMQyerht9E or


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E84zpv478ZE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWLGFzxj7Gc

crafty pat

You have been given a lot of good ideas. I use the plastic from Hobby Lobby and other places I buy quilting supplies. I still use some that was handed down from my DM that were cut from boxes from her kitchen and brown paper bags. She even had some cut from wax paper. I guess back in the 30's, 40's and 50's you had to use what was on hand.

QuiltnNan

great idea!

ManiacQuilter2

I try to stay away from any pattern that uses templates. If you use the Mylar at JAF, you have to be sure to draw and cut out the template accurately. You can't use a rotary cutter unless you are able to tape the template side to an acrylic ruler. Just not worth the effort for me. I don't miss the old days before acrylic rulers and rotary cutters.

isewman

Heres what I do. I have the plastic you can buy anywhere, for templates. I went to a business/ menards-Lowes, etc. I went and ask for a plain sheet of bathroom paneling. It a sheet 4 x 8 white, give or take 1/8'' in thickness. When I make the thin plastic template. I go out to my garage, and cut a peice of that paneling, a little bigger. And trim it down to what I need, when I go back inside. It works great for me. And everyone, else that have mentioned what they do, are great suggestions, also

AliKat

What a lot of great ideas.

I still have lots of old exposed Xray films I use. I also use the template plastic from Joann's.

If it is a template I want to reuse then I go to my local plastics dealer and they cut it out precisely as I give it to them. They also made my extension table tops to my machine sizes. I use my own table feet and the plastics folk drill the set in holes for the feet, again as I want it done.

rebeljane

You can use old x rays, just soak in bleach to remove the black image