The Pattern Maker’s Kit

The Pattern Maker’s Kit takes a pattern all the way from paper to fabric. You get the 4 piece pattern drafting tool set to trace, mark, and notch your pattern, heat erasable marking pens to transfer your lines onto fabric, and the seam guide ruler with its magnetic seam guide to add an even seam allowance and sew it true. It suits a first traced pattern and the seasoned maker copying a wardrobe favourite.

Trace with the wheel, mark darts with the awl, notch the edges, and add your seam allowance with the seam guide ruler. Draw the lines onto your fabric with the pens, sew along them with the magnetic guide keeping you straight, then press the marks away.

Copy it. Mark it. Sew it true.

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.
• 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.
• Seam Allowance Made Simple: The seam guide ruler has 16 needle holes from one-eighth inch to 2 inches, so adding an even seam allowance (the margin you sew along) to a traced pattern is quick.
• 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.
• Seams That Stay Even: Set your needle in the matching hole, then place the magnetic seam guide to keep your fabric the same distance from the needle all the way along.

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

3. Seam Guide Ruler with Magnetic Seam Guide

• Ruler size: 5.5 by 2.5 inches, in sturdy, see-through fluorescent yellow green plastic
• Needle holes: 16 holes for seam allowances from one-eighth inch to 2 inches. Lower your needle into the hole you want to set your seam
• Extra markings: One-eighth, one-quarter, and 1 inch markings, a 45 degree line, quarter and half inch lines, and a quarter inch pivot cross for marking corners
• Magnetic seam guide: Steel with a strong magnet, about half an inch by 2 inches. It sits on most needle plates or metal machines to guide your fabric
• Good to know: For quarter inch seams, place the magnetic guide in front of the presser foot or move your needle to the right. For seams narrower than a quarter inch, use washi tape instead

• 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.
• Add your seam allowance around the traced lines using the seam guide ruler.
• 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.
• When you sew, set your needle in the matching seam guide hole and place the magnetic guide to keep your seam even.
• After sewing, press with your iron to make the pen marks disappear.