If you trace patterns off the original paper pattern...

[lucysmam]

What sort of paper do you use?

I'm bored of stapling/sewing greaseproof together to get a big enough piece of paper.

[ClapAlongIfYouLike]

Tracing paper, like this

[ClapAlongIfYouLike]

I know what you mean about getting bored: i just got a pdf pattern, and printing the 50 odd pages and then cutting out the parts and sticking them together actually took longer than sewing the actual dress

[lucysmam]

Thanks Clap, will bung that in my basket for when I'm feeling rich!

[sarah1711]

I use gift wrap tissue paper :)

[lucysmam]

I'll pick some of that up in town tomorrow to try, thank you

[sarah1711]

No problem, I like it because its cheap and a lot wider than greaseproof paper

[FelixFelix]

I use a huge roll of proper pattern paper. I buy it from Amazon. It's definitely worth the extra money as its so easy to use.

[lucysmam]

It sticks together too! I'm sick of sticking myself with staples when I'm cutting out

[Ishouldbeweaving]

Do you have to use a tracing wheel and carbon paper with the proper tracing paper? I am also ready to move on from greaseproof and sticky tape but am not ready to part with my pencil just yet (if I have a specialist tool I will use it once and then lose it forever)

[WhatAHooHa]

The financial times!

[lucysmam]

I just trace onto the greaseproof with a pencil/ruler/french curve for curvy bits, don't think you have to use a wheel and carbon paper so long as the paper's weighted down enough not to move about

[lavendersun]

I am generally too lazy to trace tbh, but when I do I use the same sort of paper as ClapAlong and a serrated wheel, works a treat. I traced a recent pattern because it was on lovely paper and I didn't want to cut it.

Other things I should trace are children's patterns ... but I often just cut.

[FelixFelix]

I just use a pencil. I buy the sort of paper with dots printed on which makes it easier to line things up.

[ClapAlongIfYouLike]

I don't use a wheel (only because i don't have one ). And i like tracing...

[Superexcited]

I buy burda pattern tracing paper - only £2.65 for a packet of 5 huge sheets. Most haberdasheries, fabric stores or market stalls sell it.

[Halsall]

I use Swedish sewable tracing paper. It's like a thin fabric, almost like interlining, so semi-transparent. I just lie it over the pattern and drawn round with a Sharpie. And you can actually sew it if you want to use it to make a muslin, though I've never done so.

[lucysmam]

That sounds worth a play with Hal, will have a look on amazon later on. It'd save me tracing and then making a toile separately for Elsa for dd1.

[Halsall]

It's here lucysmam. It's good stuff! you might be able to get it cheaper, possibly, if you have a hunt around.

[lucysmam]

Thankyou! I'll have a mooch & see if I can find it cheaper.

[PigeonPie]

I use the Burda paper too. The perfect weight and can also be used for putting between / behind seams etc when machining too.

[poppyinstitches]

I use the Burda pattern paper too and if I run out have use greeseproof paper - have tried the Prym plastic sheets, work well but farm more slippery to trace and a sharpy is so much better on it than the pen provided.