Re: A Piece of Paper

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>   I was fiddling tonight with a sheet of plain ole' notebook paper,
> cutting out a pattern for a couple of flared dart inserts (gussets in
> another langwedge), when I got to thinkin'. (It's a dangerous thing,
> thinkin' is.)
>   What I was thinkin':
>   How easy it is to make a pattern for some things. Take a pillowcase,
> now: you don't need a paper patten, just measure a pillow case, allow
> for one side seam, and add a nice turn under for a top casing. Same
> thing for a sheet--just copy the one off of your bed--all you have to do
> is cut about a 5 inch square out of each corner, then bring the corners
> together and sew them, add elastic, Walla!
>   Free pattern: Want a shopping sack? Take a brown grocery bag apart and
> copy it, adding handles.
>   Fabric gift bags are dead easy; just cut to size, making them like an
> oversized manila envelope sans foldover end, or fancy it up with side
> gussets so it will hold a cardboard gift box.
>   If you are going to complicate things a little bit more, though:
>  A purse: take one sheet of 8 & 1/2 X 11 notebook paper, and cut out two
> pieces of fabric for the sides of your purse. Cut two pieces of lining,
> if you want to gussey it up a bit and line it. For the purse ends, slash
> the 8 & 1/2 X 11 notebook paper in half, and use it as the pattern for
> the purse ends (and lining.) Fold or pleat the fabric end pieces if you
> like.
>    Make a strap the length and width you prefer, and sandwich it between
> the purse fabric and the lining, then sew. Or use a length of fancy
> cording as a strap.
>   Strange how freeing an exercise like this can be. If I was into fancy
> handles, I'd say "Free Your Inner Designer! Be ALL That You Can Be!"
>    What piece of paper (no printed patterns,you silly thing!) have you
> used as an impromptu pattern, and what did you create?
>                             Cea
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I am with you on this although I use old newspaper and free catalogues that
come with the post. Go to make use of all that junk mail some how.
My latest paper pattern was the alien bug for Halloween, which started out
as my sons t-shirt laid down on the paper cut around, added on seam
allowance, then I measured him for the length from t shirt to floor and
swung the measuring tape out to make an angle so that the finished robe
would flare!! et voila. Sleeves also were cut out of this weeks special
offers from the supermarket!
Also made his brothers Death costume in the same way started with a t-shirt
laid down on news paper and went from there.
Love working this way, you can always cut the pattern again and youre hardly
wasting the paper it was going to the recycling bin anyway.
Of course all these precious patterns then get their own plastic wallet and
become filed and loved as much as the expensive " real things"
Claire
link for the bug http://claireowenperso.free.fr click on Halloween