I trace all my patterns too. But I make it really easy on myself and use clear plastic sheeting (bought by the roll from the garden centre) and a sharpie - different colours of sharpie if I'm blending sizes so I can see what the original details of each size were. I do the same for any other alterations (lengthen/shorten, dart adjustments etc). The pattern pieces are a lot sturdier than paper ones, can even be pinned together to try on if necessary, but still fold down into ziplock bags for storage alongside the original pattern envelopes.
I honestly don't remember where I picked this trick up. It's definitely one of my go-tos though, especially one time when I accidentally bought paper that was just a little thicker than usual. I couldn't see through it at all so all my traced patterns had to be like this
I started tracing patterns when I started sewing. I was mostly sewing kids clothes and they grow so I wanted all the sizes in the pattern. My tracing wheel is blunt and it was the 90’s so I used carbon paper to mark through. I don’t always trace these days it depends but I’m still using the carbon paper from back then. It lasts a long time when you are only putting a line through a sheet.
Kid clothes are definitely a good reason to trace patterns! I can't believe how much my son has grown in the last year. If you need a new tracing wheel, I put a link in the description :)
@@HattoHem kids are growing machines! Some boy hit a crazy growth spurt around grade 7 or 8. My oldest son did 5 1/8 inches and three boot sizes over a winter! If he’d done it in the summer I could have cut off all his pants and bought him a belt! I could almost see him grow suddenly I had to shift my eyes up to look him in the eyes! I have the other kind of tracing wheel now but don’t use it much cause I’m to used to my old one!
Because of table size, I cut to just past the largest size and trace piece by piece. I also can for those onto a light box so then I can transfer everything no matter the thickness of my paper.
Using a tracing wheel. My added hints. 1. To better see the dots. Hold your paper up to a window. 2. Place a flannel sheet on the table under your paper and pattern. It gives a deeper impression. Also, if you ever pass on or sell the pattern you should also destroy all your copies, as the copyright is for the owners use. You will be breaching the copyright if you kept copies while selling the original.
I too trace my patterns, not least because most of my patterns are on sheets of multiple patterns, so I don't bother changing habits for the rare occasion where there is a single pattern on a sheet.
I trace all my patterns too for all the same reasons. I also have to alter almost every pattern so by tracing I have the original in case I “over”alter it.
Ha, I've got to tell you, no matter how many times I think I've gotten all the information down when tracing a pattern, the second I go to use it the first time, I find that I've missed something.
I trace all my patterns too. But I make it really easy on myself and use clear plastic sheeting (bought by the roll from the garden centre) and a sharpie - different colours of sharpie if I'm blending sizes so I can see what the original details of each size were. I do the same for any other alterations (lengthen/shorten, dart adjustments etc). The pattern pieces are a lot sturdier than paper ones, can even be pinned together to try on if necessary, but still fold down into ziplock bags for storage alongside the original pattern envelopes.
Oh! That's a clever idea! I hadn't thought of using plastic sheeting!
@@HattoHem Just don't use the really thin stuff they sell for dust-sheets and drop-cloths It's all static-cling and too thin to lay flat
I don't know why I never thought to use the tracing wheel for patterns, but I will give this a try!
I honestly don't remember where I picked this trick up. It's definitely one of my go-tos though, especially one time when I accidentally bought paper that was just a little thicker than usual. I couldn't see through it at all so all my traced patterns had to be like this
Thanks for such a good idea. 💖
You're welcome!
I started tracing patterns when I started sewing. I was mostly sewing kids clothes and they grow so I wanted all the sizes in the pattern. My tracing wheel is blunt and it was the 90’s so I used carbon paper to mark through. I don’t always trace these days it depends but I’m still using the carbon paper from back then. It lasts a long time when you are only putting a line through a sheet.
Kid clothes are definitely a good reason to trace patterns! I can't believe how much my son has grown in the last year. If you need a new tracing wheel, I put a link in the description :)
@@HattoHem kids are growing machines! Some boy hit a crazy growth spurt around grade 7 or 8. My oldest son did 5 1/8 inches and three boot sizes over a winter! If he’d done it in the summer I could have cut off all his pants and bought him a belt! I could almost see him grow suddenly I had to shift my eyes up to look him in the eyes!
I have the other kind of tracing wheel now but don’t use it much cause I’m to used to my old one!
Because of table size, I cut to just past the largest size and trace piece by piece. I also can for those onto a light box so then I can transfer everything no matter the thickness of my paper.
I use a light box for moments that involve a lot of lines. I definitely go piece by piece. I've even had moments where I had to go on the floor!
Using a tracing wheel. My added hints.
1. To better see the dots. Hold your paper up to a window.
2. Place a flannel sheet on the table under your paper and pattern. It gives a deeper impression.
Also, if you ever pass on or sell the pattern you should also destroy all your copies, as the copyright is for the owners use. You will be breaching the copyright if you kept copies while selling the original.
Those are wonderful tips! Thank you!
I too trace my patterns, not least because most of my patterns are on sheets of multiple patterns, so I don't bother changing habits for the rare occasion where there is a single pattern on a sheet.
I don't even remember the last time I had a project where the whole pattern was on a single sheet!
I trace all my patterns too for all the same reasons. I also have to alter almost every pattern so by tracing I have the original in case I “over”alter it.
Oh, I've definitely been there before!
Ha, I've got to tell you, no matter how many times I think I've gotten all the information down when tracing a pattern, the second I go to use it the first time, I find that I've missed something.
Same here! Every time!