Monday, November 30, 2009

How to "PRINT" patterns with No Printer

Ok, so I'm at home trying to print patterns for cloth diapers or diaper covers and my printer is not working.

I was led to purchase this paper on sale by HELIX called (Oxford).
It's White Sketch and a whole 12" x 50 yards long.
It kind of looks like a long roll of thin (parchment) paper.
-SO it'll be great for your longer patterns.

HERE"S WHAT I DID:
Pulled up the pattern I needed, which was a "Large Longies" pattern by Katrina, of Katrina's Sew Quick Soaker pattern.

Set my Roll of Helix in front of the computer screen, so that I could roll it out as needed.

Set my Acrobat Reader to be viewed at 100%, and I just traced.

You could probably use any very lightweight paper available to you or if there was a transparent one, that you could configure and retrace onto a paper that you'd rather cut out... that's be great, too!

FYI: I tried Freezer Paper to trace with, (my version of "light weight") and it didn't work.
Not thin enough! HAVE FUN!!




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