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[eggies_red_dres]

I've always complained both to myself and anyone who'll listen that the flimsiness of patterns has always bothered me, that they are made for a one time use. I've avoided them and therefore made many of my own patterns with brown heavy duty masking paper from the painting section at Lowes. I'd link to the product, but their site is down ATM. I

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[katexxxxxx]

If you are using smallish craft patterns, iron them directly onto freezer paper. If the pattern piece is too large, you can always iron the freezer paper on in sections. It's a mite expensive, but worth it for patterns you like and will use frequently.

Iron the pattern pieces flat first and rough cut them, Then iron them to the freezer paper. They are stiff enough to trace round carefully, and bits you think you'll trace round a lot can always be ironed to more layers of freezer paper.

I have Bondawebbed pattern pieces to stiff card and pelmet interfacing before now. Great for patterns for mittens and the like I was using with kids. I just photocopied the patterns I drew a few times and ironed them down! It was much better than using glue. Half a dozen of each bit did a whole class of 9-10 YO's for several weeks!

[eggies_red_dres]

I agree that fusing to an under layer with a real bonding solid would be more durable than glue. I had someone in advanced sewing also put the idea in my head that for pattern matching this may not be best. It did put wax paper in my mind. I've managed to sort of 'laminate' small cards with wax paper, and if you were pattern matching something that would be a real advantage.

[katexxxxxx]

Trace the pattern matches on greaseproof paper, baking parchment, tissue, or dot&cross, and then laminate that to the pattern...

[isiswardrobe]

Great idea!