Sewing is difficult, sewing machines are worse

[Terran Terran]

I’ve thought of a couple different scenarios, including rolling over my fingers with the cutter. I can’t see not getting away with a least a little bit of scissor work. I’ll use a plastic guide to hold it while I’m cutting. It’s doing the simple things, when I let my guard down and hurt myself. I think if I was making several of the same thing, I’d make a pattern. I think marking the fabric is a good compromise. Especially at my skill level. I have a couple old sheets that I can practice on. Make some sun shirts.

[Terran Terran]

After cutting out a couple pieces of fabric, I’ve decided making patterns is the better choice. At least for me as a beginner. Cutting on the table, if it moves ever so slightly, my lines shift. Paper is just easier to handle, easier to double check, and I’m not wasting fabric. It goes fairly quickly. Easy enough to trace the lines. I’m using brown wrapping paper. I think I could just make templates using cardboard or something stiffer.  With a few nuances, I still think a projector is a good choice, especially for someone with more refined skills. Trying to learn two things at once can be a bit daunting though not overwhelming.

[Jerry Adams]

“if it moves ever so slightly, my lines shift”

yeah, that’s a problem n matter how you do it

hold down the corners of fabric with tape

put weights on the pattern so it doesn’t shift

half way through tracing for one pattern, when it shifts, realign to the lines you’ve already traced

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