Types of Pattern Making Paper

• Card – popular for the durability of the pattern pieces you can draft and the ease of tracing around. If you have a favourite paper pattern that you use a lot, trace it onto pattern card and it will last you much longer.
  

• Dash cross guided paper – has a gloss finish to allow magic tape to come off without tearing, dash cross markings make grading and general drafting a dream, light enough to see commercial patterns placed underneath.

• Swedish tracing paper– sewable pattern paper, not unlike a light weight interfacing. Sew it and try it on before cutting your fabric. Use it to make a durable master pattern. Strong, see through & drapably soft.

• Plain pattern paper – usually with a gloss finish to allow magic tape to come off without tearing, light enough to see commercial patterns placed underneath.

WHERE TO BUY:

• Thread Den – 1.2 metre wide pattern making card off the roll, sold by the metre only sold onsite.
• Thread Den – 1.2 metre wide dash cross guided paper off the roll, sold by the metre plus postage.
• Spotlight – 500 x 715mm sheets of plain pattern paper, folded and 3 in a pack.
• Spotlight – 1 metre wide easy trace interfacing off the roll, sold by the metre.
• Spotlight – 1 metre wide trace and toile interfacing off the roll, sold by the metre.
• M. Recht – sell bulk quantities of card, guided paper, bleached paper, white and blue tissue paper, news print, perforated kraft paper. Some products are available in smaller packs but mostly 20kg rolls.

If you buy it somewhere and want to share your secret, let us know with a comment on this post.