tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post3778440815953257196..comments2023-10-20T08:27:40.314-04:00Comments on male pattern boldness: Yellow Tracing Paper, Bill Cunningham et al.Peter Lappinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-61357482236826318522011-02-01T22:11:29.249-05:002011-02-01T22:11:29.249-05:00Thanks Jan! I think that's more-or-less what a...Thanks Jan! I think that's more-or-less what an online translator gadget said too, but I wanted an opinion from an actual human :-) Thought I might embroider it up and frame it or something. Altho' usquequaque would be a heck of a word to embroider.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255370960186659884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-63134705393901672102011-02-01T08:09:24.930-05:002011-02-01T08:09:24.930-05:00Jane, I'm no Latin scholar (studied it briefly...Jane, I'm no Latin scholar (studied it briefly on my own), and this may be a rough translation, but try: fructus est usquequaque an bene.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18066758660094361427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-48984426266023358732011-02-01T06:01:22.881-05:002011-02-01T06:01:22.881-05:00I still trace if its Jalie...just traced off 12 si...I still trace if its Jalie...just traced off 12 sizes for 55 dance costumes.phyllishttp://coudremode.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-80152083332067246362011-02-01T03:00:30.484-05:002011-02-01T03:00:30.484-05:00I usually use greaseproof paper to trace patterns ...I usually use greaseproof paper to trace patterns - not ideal, but it gets the job done! I only do this for scaled patterns, or patterns that I use constantly and begin to fall apart. <br /><br />For paper patterns, I cut the largest size out and then fold the paper over to my size. I'm far too lazy to trace everything :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05800539093646250554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-83523806999262373282011-02-01T00:23:04.239-05:002011-02-01T00:23:04.239-05:00I bought the cheapest no adhesive interfacing I co...I bought the cheapest no adhesive interfacing I could find at 50 cents a yard. Should be sturdy enough for several uses and won't tear like tissue.<br />Just started mandatory 56 hr weeks for a few so I will be one of the slow ones, but I will work along and I will finish!Debra B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-53251497301628678302011-01-31T18:39:15.875-05:002011-01-31T18:39:15.875-05:00Ooh, ooh, two Latin scholars, Peter and Jan? This ...Ooh, ooh, two Latin scholars, Peter and Jan? This is totally off-shirt-topic but I am wanting an accurate translation of our family food motto, "fruit is always an option". Anyone, anyone? Pretty please?<br />Meantime, I'm glad the USA is in a later time-zone, since it's already Feb 1st here, but I have a few details to finish on a dress I started in order to prevent myself from premature Negroni-ing. Have been getting in some good edge-stitching practice :-)Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255370960186659884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-33148835447253609452011-01-31T18:07:16.799-05:002011-01-31T18:07:16.799-05:00TMI, Laura! ;)TMI, Laura! ;)Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-9704062726005251622011-01-31T17:50:14.637-05:002011-01-31T17:50:14.637-05:00Oh yes! One more request--I, too, wish to have th...Oh yes! One more request--I, too, wish to have the lid as well as the seat down to prevent small children *looks pointedly at Evie* from deciding that toilet water is perfectly acceptable water for bath toys, like rubber duckie, to take swims in.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717835382469677601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-13851647916414301582011-01-31T17:44:28.687-05:002011-01-31T17:44:28.687-05:00I'm a sometimes tracer. I used to do it more ...I'm a sometimes tracer. I used to do it more often than I do now. On vintage multi-sized patterns, I trace. And I will be tracing on the Jalie patterns I'm getting in the next little while--none of the 32 sizes will go to waste; I fully intend to get my $15 worth out of those patterns. On modern big 4, not so much. Frankly, it costs more for me to buy tracing supplies than it costs to buy a new pattern... at least, the way I buy patterns. I have a running list of patterns big 4 I want, and when they go on sale for $1 each at Joanns, I'm there and I stock up. At a dollar a pattern, it would cost me more most of the time to buy the tracing paper and pencils and it's less effort. I'm a lazy sewist!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717835382469677601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-54606888254683168052011-01-31T17:07:15.272-05:002011-01-31T17:07:15.272-05:00I'm a tracer (Burda paper - I'm happy for ...I'm a tracer (Burda paper - I'm happy for those suggestions for cheaper options), on the advice of the first sewing book i read. I don't enjoy it, but we don't have those 99cent pattern sales in Canada that I read about on the American blogs. I'm also losing weight, and tracing means I don't have to buy the pattern again when I go down a size. <br /><br />and I am *ready* and super excited for the sew-along. took muh sweetie to the fabric store yesterday and now got *three* shirt fabrics to work with!aliesjenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-52099877637335474012011-01-31T16:56:06.364-05:002011-01-31T16:56:06.364-05:00Had to do a search on Swedish tracing paper... fun...Had to do a search on Swedish tracing paper... funny, that's what I'm using!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-15164240820381480912011-01-31T16:15:36.998-05:002011-01-31T16:15:36.998-05:00Duane, just to be clear: Jean Nate bath splash IS ...Duane, just to be clear: Jean Nate bath splash IS permissible. Hai Karate, an aftershave, is not. It MIGHT be allowed in solid deodorant form, however, provided there are no complaints.<br /><br />Sofi, yes, I trace by placing the tracing paper on top of the pattern (and securing it with weights)and copying, with the help of a French curve, ruler, and magic marker, the pattern size I want.Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-21305861666119416272011-01-31T16:11:40.426-05:002011-01-31T16:11:40.426-05:00I'm with Steph, it's hot here and I sew in...I'm with Steph, it's hot here and I sew in my underwear. Will cut my muslin tonight!!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274649006496918800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-87999679484522738412011-01-31T15:55:40.303-05:002011-01-31T15:55:40.303-05:00Loved the video clip! Thanks for posting it. I&#...Loved the video clip! Thanks for posting it. I've become a huge fan of the Swedish tracing paper. It's super durable and alterations are easily made by either folding it to make things smaller or slashing it and taping on some scraps to make it bigger. Oh, thanks for the "code of conduct". I promise to go easy on the Hai Karate if the ladies restrain themselves with the Jean Nate.Mainelydadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05718855427399616514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-19197207006188311292011-01-31T15:12:24.651-05:002011-01-31T15:12:24.651-05:00By tracing I'm guessing that you outline the p...By tracing I'm guessing that you outline the pattern when it is underneath the paper?okaysofihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763169836274772051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-32249690479097151152011-01-31T15:04:23.460-05:002011-01-31T15:04:23.460-05:00I am so ready for the sew-along to begin!
I like t...I am so ready for the sew-along to begin!<br />I like those $1 Simplicity patterns you got, and that book is awesome, too.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09205715496897001672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-89220687527974987012011-01-31T14:04:47.566-05:002011-01-31T14:04:47.566-05:00My mother taught me to always trace patterns becau...My mother taught me to always trace patterns because "YOU NEVER KNOW, maybe you will want to make another version of it and by then you will be fatter and need another size". (thanks for the confidence, mum)<br />I wish I could find a paper roll like (and cheap too) here in Italy...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257107220239855862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-90534230183632555772011-01-31T13:43:38.618-05:002011-01-31T13:43:38.618-05:00(This is a tough crowd...)(This is a tough crowd...)Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-8539896454725385432011-01-31T13:21:13.879-05:002011-01-31T13:21:13.879-05:00When is Cathy going to observe the no smoking rule...When is Cathy going to observe the no smoking rule? Is there not a pipe in your avatar photo?BrusselsSprout_Katharinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519588924579208409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-73260026671886853702011-01-31T13:14:14.169-05:002011-01-31T13:14:14.169-05:00waiting for the pattern, got the fabric, no idea a...waiting for the pattern, got the fabric, no idea about the muslim, using cooking paper to trace (yep, no yellow paper here in guyana), thank you for reminding everyone for the position of the toilet (fighting my sons about that !!!!) Otherwise : caaaaaaaaaannnnnn't wait to start !!!!!!Tiphainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18428996829445657237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-60579664542538890772011-01-31T12:24:36.376-05:002011-01-31T12:24:36.376-05:00I brought my yellow tracing paper in my suitcase a...I brought my yellow tracing paper in my suitcase along with a bolt of muslin (I was literally ounces away from the suitcase weight limit!). I am ready!!!! YAAAAYYYY!!!Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028414273977350224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-61214825447471764992011-01-31T11:56:52.684-05:002011-01-31T11:56:52.684-05:00Human proportions on a sewing pattern can be very ...Human proportions on a sewing pattern can be very strange. Looking the the Simplicty 9727, I couldn't help think that any real human being with such long legs compared to her head and torso would be a freak of nature. I am also amused by pattern drawings in which the neck and waist sizes are the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-52862230835871018322011-01-31T11:41:16.694-05:002011-01-31T11:41:16.694-05:00With Jalie patterns I *know* what I need to change...With Jalie patterns I *know* what I need to change, (from experience...lol) so I just skip the muslin. If I do one, I'll trace the size I think it needs to be,(according to pattern size charts) do a muslin, then make my alterations on the traced pattern. Because the Swedish tracing paper is so flexible and baste-able, I really can do a lot of fitting on it(with no ripping). Thank goodness for my dressform!Jackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17901749358228265651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-70074039147556007672011-01-31T11:33:45.387-05:002011-01-31T11:33:45.387-05:00Sub sole nihil novi est, indeed. Gotta love a blog...Sub sole nihil novi est, indeed. Gotta love a blog that makes jokes in Latin. (Have you seen Coldplay's "christmas lights" video with the marquee that reads: "Credo Elvem Etiam Vivere"? hilarious.) <br /><br />Greaseproof paper = waxed paper. But I use the cheap pattern-ease from JoAnn's, and trace any pattern that I can't adjust on the fly by adding a bit to the center front, or side seams, or shortening sleeves and pants legs.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18066758660094361427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-87613526743746411232011-01-31T11:21:34.925-05:002011-01-31T11:21:34.925-05:00I use kitchen greaseproof paper (= waxed paper in ...I use kitchen greaseproof paper (= waxed paper in American?) and I ALWAYS trace my patterns, as I have to do alterations of the kind that involve putting quite a bit of stuff in (e.g. added length, bust room), not taking stuff out.<br /><br />There's also the chance that I'll want to use the pattern again in a different size, and I don't like the thought of having to buy things twice.<br /><br />But just as it's clearly never occured to you to trace, it's never occured to me *not* to trace!Lucyhttp://patchworkdreams.wordpress.com/category/sewingnoreply@blogger.com