The Pattern Starter Set

This pair gives you what you need to copy a pattern and mark it on fabric. The 4 piece pattern drafting tool set brings a tracing wheel, a precision blade, an awl, and a pattern notcher, and the heat erasable marking pens let you draw lines, darts, and notches on your fabric, then make them vanish with the heat of your iron. It is a friendly start for beginners and a handy upgrade for anyone who makes their own patterns.

Trace a pattern or favourite garment with the wheel, mark darts with the awl, and notch the edges so pieces line up. Then pin the pattern to your fabric and draw your lines with the pens. Once you have sewn along them, a pass of the iron clears them away.

Trace it. Mark it. Press it clean.

Why You'll Love It

• Copy Any Pattern, Keep the Original: Roll the tracing wheel along your pattern or a favourite garment with paper underneath, then join the dots. You get an exact copy, and the original stays in one piece.
• Clean Curves and Corners: The precision blade follows curves and tight corners more cleanly than scissors, so your paper pattern pieces come out true.
• Marks That Line Up: The awl marks darts and pivot points, and the notcher adds neat alignment notches with one squeeze, so your pieces match up when you sew.
• Lines That Vanish Under the Iron: Draw darts, seam lines, and notches on your fabric with the fine 0.7mm pens. Once you have sewn along them, a pass of the iron makes them disappear, with no washing needed.
• A Colour for Every Fabric: You get white, black, red, and blue pens plus a refill for each, so your lines show up on light or dark fabric. White is the one to reach for on dark colours.

1. Pattern Drafting Tool Set, 4 pieces

• Includes: A tracing wheel, a precision blade, an awl, and a pattern notcher
• Material: Wood and metal
• Tracing wheel: Works like a dot to dot. Layer blank paper under your pattern, roll the wheel along every line, then join the little pin prick dots with a pencil for an exact copy, while your original pattern or garment stays untouched
• Precision blade: Cuts curves, tight corners, and fine detail more cleanly than scissors
• Awl: Marks exact pivot points and dart placement
• Pattern notcher: Adds clean, even alignment marks (notches) with one squeeze, so your pattern pieces line up when you sew

2. Heat Erasable Fabric Marking Pens with Refills

• Contents: 4 pens (white, black, red, and blue) plus 4 refills, one for each colour
• Tip: A fine 0.7mm point that draws a thin 0.35mm line
• How they erase: The marks stay as long as you need, then vanish with the heat of your iron
• Works on: Nearly all fabrics. Use the white pen on dark fabric; white ink can take a few seconds to show up
• Good to know: Test on a scrap of every fabric first, as faint ghost marks can appear on some. Marks can come back in very cold conditions, so skip them on the top of a show quilt. Store capped and tip down, and use within 5 months

• Lay blank paper under your pattern or garment, roll the tracing wheel along every line, and join the dots with a pencil.
• Mark darts and pivot points with the awl, and add notches with the pattern notcher.
• Cut out your paper pattern with the precision blade, taking extra care on curves.
• Pin your paper pattern to the fabric and transfer darts, notches, and seam lines with the marking pens, testing on a scrap first.
• After sewing, press with your iron to make the pen marks disappear.