this ? is for garment sewers
10-28-2011, 12:48 PM
#31
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http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...RODID=prd56255
tracing paper would work. you could trace teh size you want to use on the paper and keep your pattern for another time.
tracing paper would work. you could trace teh size you want to use on the paper and keep your pattern for another time.
10-28-2011, 08:12 PM
#33
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Originally Posted by scowlkat
I made my own pattern weights by making fabric tubes then filling them with rice. They are bendable so they lay nicely along curves.
Originally Posted by slk350
I've also backed patterns that I really like with iron on interfacing, that way they don't tear if you just fold over the pattern.
Thanx to you gals for posting these!
10-29-2011, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by dd
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.
10-29-2011, 03:09 PM
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When my children were young I would trace the size I needed at the time on tissue paper. Wrote the size on that and used it several times with now problem and still had the original one for the next size. Good luck. Hope this helped.
11-18-2011, 02:20 PM
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I have a roll of what they call vellum for the large printers that are used for printing engineering drawings. It is 36inches wide, and is fairly easy to see through to trace the pattern. It saves a lot of time rather than having to tape pieces of tissue paper together and it holds up better if you want to use it again. I have always hated the tissue paper patterns because I like to use a pattern more than once (with modifications,) and either I am too rough on the patterns for the paper is too wimpy.
11-18-2011, 02:34 PM
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Since this seems to be a place that the garment sewers are, I have a question. I need to downsize my stash which is half quilting and half garment fabric. Any ideas on where I could sell the garment fabric? Is there any sort of forum like this for garment sewers? Eventually, when I get it sorted, (I am embarrassed to say that my two sewing/craft rooms just have paths through them right now,) I will need to part with a whole lot of fabric that includes wool, corduroy, knits, cottons, polar fleece, and just about any sort of fabric I could manage to carry home in addition to all the quilting fabric. Any ideas would be appreciated.
11-23-2011, 07:32 AM
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I use pattern tracing paper to make copies of the size I need and then the original is not destroyed for later use. I also use fusable interfacing ironed to the wrong side of pattern pieces so the pattern dosent tear with multiple uses.
Last edited by Kathy Osterby; 11-23-2011 at 07:37 AM. Reason: added info
11-23-2011, 07:36 AM
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I use old sheets bought 2nd hand just for this purpose. When I buy children's patterns, I frequently buy multiples of the same pattern for 99¢, when Joann's or Hancocks has them. It's worth it to me to spend the extra dollars. (Time was I had no extra dollars, so I do understand being there.)
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