Large sheets of transfer paper that come in three sizes. It doesn't come off in your hands, can be erased with a standard eraser and is very inexpensive. The thing I love about it is you can get super large sizes and do very large products. I got a huge amount of it for $8.
The site says it can be used on fabric itself, but I haven't tested washing it out of fabric. I use it to trace Burda type patterns and the ones I don't want to cut (like Colette Patterns) onto paper.
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The way I use it, is to lay a sheet of paper that I want my pattern to be traced onto down on a flat surface. Then, I put the woodworking transfer, paper face down on that. Next I lay the Burda down on top. Weight everything down with heavy objects so nothing moves. I use a double tracing wheel to add the seam allowance I want, and go over/roll the tracing wheel over, the outline of each pattern piece. When you are finished, cut out your pattern pieces from the paper. I like this method because I don't like squinting through tracing paper to the maze of lines underneath to trace by normal methods. This way, I can clearly see the colored lines and roll the wheel over it directly. It doesn't leave a strong dark mark, but a light erasable one. |
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Thanks, I just ordered some.
10/18/10 5:56 AM
Thank you for this!
10/18/10 8:41 AM
Hello, I don't quite understand. The website makes it sound like you would put the Burda pattern on top of this transfer paper and then outline the pattern. But where do the lines show up? Does it work like carbon paper, where you have a sandwich of Burda/Transfer Paper/Fabric? How do you get the lines onto the transfer paper's top itself, and then do you cut out the transfer paper?
10/18/10 9:21 AM
The way I use it, is to lay a sheet of paper that I want my pattern to be traced onto, down on a flat surface. Then, I put the woodworking transfer, paper face down on that. Next I lay the Burda down on top. Weight everything down with heavy objects so nothing moves. I use a double tracing wheel to add the seam allowance I want, and go over/roll the tracing wheel over, the outline of each pattern piece. When you are finished, cut out your pattern pieces from the paper. I like this method because I don't like squinting through tracing paper to the maze of lines underneath to trace by normal methods. This way, I can clearly see the colored lines and roll the wheel over it directly. It doesn't leave a strong dark mark, but a light erasable one.
10/19/10 2:54 PM
Wonderful suggestion! Would you be kind enough as to share the URL for the website where you purchased your tracing paper?
10/22/10 11:33 PM
Oh yes, the link is the little camera symbol above, where it says website/URL under my name.
10/23/10 12:59 PM