Where to find patterns?

[phlegmaticdog]

If you know a nurse or some other medical professional who works in a hospital, they may be able to scrounge some blank x-ray film. The x-ray process produces a lot of wasted blanks and they just throw them away. The film itself is a little stiffer than cardboard file folders, and being plastic, is durable enough to make virtually permanent patterns. They measure 14½ x 17 inches, so are large enough for a good-sized project.

[UKRay]

I use vinyl flooring too, Barra. I find that I can cut it really easily and it has enough 'substance' that patterns hang together for years. I have also used it to 'mock up' a couple of bigger projects. The softer stuff actually handles, stitches and hole punches much like leather and can be used to create a dummy of a finished article without much expense or hard work. I have even thonged and rivetted stuff together to get a better idea of shape and dimensions. Best of all, it is free if you ask the flooring guys for their out of date pattern books!

I find Off cut vinyl flooring like lino useful for making patterns/templates. You can pick up off cuts from flooring stores very cheaply if not free. It is stiffer than thin and flimsy stretch vinyl sold in most fabric stores.

Barra

[WVTriker]

After reading through this thread I decided to purchase the 30-pack. My only complaint this far is that the templates (that I printed so far) were not already to scale. I wish there had been info about that in the e-book segment that they needed to be sized before printing.

[Pip]

There are instructions i the FAQ section on the site, I have recently downloaded a couple but not had time to size them up etc yet.

[WVTriker]

There are instructions i the FAQ section on the site, I have recently downloaded a couple but not had time to size them up etc yet.

I read through pretty much everything and unless I just totally missed it (possible) there wasn't anything about resizing the pattern. After I realized it wasn't right I increased it by 200% and it was fine, just wish it would've said that maybe in the special instructions section for the project.

[wildrose]

As to what to put the patterns on pre-leather, several of the folks I know used butchers paper. It's like a thick brown paper. I don't know if it was really what butchers used or not, that's just what we called it.

[tonyc1]

As to what to put the patterns on pre-leather, several of the folks I know used butchers paper. It's like a thick brown paper. I don't know if it was really what butchers used or not, that's just what we called it.

Lino is good for patterns.

[wintermte]

I read through pretty much everything and unless I just totally missed it (possible) there wasn't anything about resizing the pattern. After I realized it wasn't right I increased it by 200% and it was fine, just wish it would've said that maybe in the special instructions section for the project.

It would have been nice if he had put a ruler or scale on the pattern page, so we know how big to print them. Another alternative would have been to use PDF for the images, as that has the paper size in the document itself, so when you print it, it will be the correct size.

Otherwise the pack isn't too bad.

Dan

[Trauma]

It would have been nice if he had put a ruler or scale on the pattern page, so we know how big to print them. Another alternative would have been to use PDF for the images, as that has the paper size in the document itself, so when you print it, it will be the correct size.

Otherwise the pack isn't too bad.

Dan

I've found most apps, if you print 1:1 will print it to the right size.

I typically use paint or Windows Image and Fax viewer if i'm at work.

If in doubt, go File> Print preview and eyeball it for size, then use scale to adjust to what you want to make.

The fat bag or belt bag scales nicely.