In this month’s minisode, we compare and contrast a bunch of tracing paper options and share a bevy of tracing tips! There are options here for every budget and preference. So if you HAVE to trace (or if you WANT to trace!), you can make it the smoothest possible experience.

Show Notes:

• Swedish Tracing Paper
• Pellon 830
• Pellon 815
• Artists’ Tracing Paper
• Exam Table Paper
• Parchment Paper
• Dressmaker’s Tissue Paper by Burda
• Serrated Tracing Wheel (for use with dressmaker’s carbon paper or chalk paper)
• Needle Point Tracing Wheel (you can use this one to trace onto paper, without using a carbon paper layer)
• Dressmaker’s Carbon Paper
• Clover Chacopy Tracing Paper
• Manila Paper/Oak Tag
• Episode 102: Vintage Sewing and Refashioning with Evelyn Wood
• “5 METHODS TO TRACE A SEWING PATTERN… So you keep your original patterns intact!” by Evelyn Wood on YouTube
• “What’s the Best Paper for Tracing Patterns?” at Seamwork
• “Tracing Sewing Patterns: How I Attack my Least Favorite Sewing Task” by Erin Van Handel at Sie Macht
• “Tips for Tracing Sewing Patterns” on the Tilly and the Buttons blog