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Comment by Cheryl on August 26, 2011 at 4:13pm

Besides the expensive narrow little sheets of Dritz tracing paper that you can buy at your local fabric store for about $4 (5 individual 3" X 19" sheets in separate colors), check out your local art supply store for what they call "transfer paper".  I found it contains no wax or grease, washes out of fabric, and erases like pencil.  It also comes in 5 colors (graphite, white, blue, yellow, and red) but each color is packaged in a box like waxed paper.  The roll of "transfer paper" is 12 " wide by 12 FEET long.  The box will run you around $10 -- unless you luck out with a store coupon for 40% off like I did.  If you work exclusively with dark colored fabric, you only need light colored transfer paper - like the white or the yellow -- for most of your projects.  If you work exclusively with very light colored fabric, you probably only need the graphite.  Invest in the roll you'll find the most use for; buy ONE pack of the multi-color sheets for the odd occasion when you need the other colors.  Your bases should be covered for YEARS!   By the way, I think the video's recommendation to reinforce the back side of the transfer/tracing paper with packing tape (or anything else that will stick to the tissue and beef up its longevity) is a SUPER idea! 

Comment by Liz on August 24, 2011 at 2:41am

This is GREAT!  Thank you.  Any chance you will do a bodice pattern?  Or have you done that already?  I have only just found you.  If you have done a bodice, I would love to know how to find it.  If not, I hope it will be coming.  I  have struggled with getting a good fit both above and below.  Your calculations make so much sense. And so much can be done with the basic pattern once it is drawn. 

Comment by Candy De Leon on August 23, 2011 at 6:40pm

Love, The double tracing wheel!! Thanks for the Video

Comment by Suzanne Major on August 23, 2011 at 12:03pm

It's realy interesting. That's the first I saw a double tracing wheel. I will buy one