Transferring Patterns To Leather

[eatbeef88]

Would anyone have any advice on a good way to transfer a pattern onto leather? I have been drawing the pattern out on regular paper, transfer it onto tracing paper, then using a stylus to go over the tracing paper onto the leather. The problem I am having is that the tracing paper tends to tear and wad up when I go over the lines with my stylus and as it gets wet from the leather under it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Bruno Rock]

Trace the pattern with a pensil on poster board, then transfer it with tandy scratch awl! It's the method I've learned reading a few tutorials here in this forum!

Hope it helps

[howie696]

don't use tracing paper, get draftsmans tracing film any good stationers should stock it, it is much thicker and heavier than tracing paper

[Nuttish]

Laser cut acrylic

[AndyL1]

I print designs out onto velum that holds up well on damp leather. It does tend to curl if the leather is too wet so I normally wait until it is almost dry. Doesn't take much pressure to get a good line. I print my art out at like 30-50% opacity so they're just light gray lines. This way I can see which ones I've traced already.

[Nuttish]

Oh duh. You're talking about tooling. I should read more closely. I'm sorry about that.

[dscott]

if you are printing patterns

Hobby Lobby has clear acrylic that can be printed on with ink jet