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Tracing paper suggestions?
in Crafts
Ok, so I am a HUGE fan of freezer paper, but it is too thick to see through on for some of my Japanese pattern books. Putting it up to the light makes it nearly impossible since the patterns are printed on both sides of the sheet...and unlike Ottobre...all the lines are the same gray color.
So...what tracing paper do you like? I don't need anything that will stand the test of multiple uses. I am usually a "one and done" with a pattern (until she moves up in size).
CHEAP is preferred 
Re: Tracing paper suggestions?
Considering how often you'll be needing it, I'd go with a roll of Swedish tracing paper.
I bought mine from www.clotilde.com about two years ago and still have plenty. I think it was like $6 but it might have been as much as $11. Either way, I thought it was worth it. I use the pieces as a makeshift pressing cloth while I'm sewing and I save the bigger pieces to use for the next project's smaller pieces. I also like that I can use the stuff to stitch up a quick muslin without having to cut out extras.
I also use it to add seam allowances by cutting it larger than the pattern and then lining up the traced lines with the right spaced marker on my sewing machine.
Also, it's pretty wide so I don't have to tape pieces of paper together.
And here's an extra tip I read on Burdastyle today about copying patterns that for some reason never occured to me. They suggest using marking paper and a tracing wheel with your tracing paper on the bottom. Why did that not occur to me sooner?
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