All the Pattern Prep!

One of the things I tend to avoid, but that is very necessary to new projects, is all the pattern prep! I have a lot of projects in the queue that need to be traced out, either from my Burda magazines or from pdf format (as well as a couple of tissue patterns that I need to cut out).

I decided to specialize this week and just focus on all this tracing and cutting, to get a handful of projects ready for the next step - all the flat pattern measuring and fitting before finally cutting out my fabrics. 

I was able to trace out three Burda patterns and one pdf before I lost energy for more ;) But that's four projects now in the actual queue, and that will keep me going for a while, especially considering how much (or little) I've been sewing so far this year. 

Two of my traced projects are items from my #MakeNine2025 -- they are winter dresses so I would like to get to those right away, while I can still wear them. Although since the snowbanks are now as tall as I am, I'm not expecting winter to vanish soon! 

Tracing takes time and can be tiring, which is why I like to do it in short spurts. But I do have one trick to share when it comes to Burda pattern sheets -- when they are super confusing, I just trace over the pattern piece with a Frixion highlighter. It makes it easier to trace, and when you're done just iron them off and start on the next one! I do find that the Frixion leaves a bit of a white mark on the paper once you iron it off but it's almost unnoticeable. And it makes tracing much easier. But four is enough for me on this recent weekend. On to the next steps.