The Pattern Keeper: Pattern Drafting Tool Set, Seam Guide Ruler & Carry-All Organizer

The Pattern Keeper is for sewists who trace and keep a growing library of patterns. You get the 4 piece pattern drafting tool set, the seam guide ruler with its magnetic seam guide, and our red Carry-All Organizer, a binder bag with a built in 3-ring binder for patterns and seven clear zip pockets for tools. It works for your first traced pattern and for a well loved collection.

Trace and mark your pattern, add the seam allowance, then file it in the binder with your notes. Your tracing wheel, awl, notcher, blade, and seam guide each get a clear zip pocket, so the whole kit is ready when you are.

Trace it. Keep it. Find it again.

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.
• A Home for Your Patterns: The built in 1 inch, 3-ring binder holds traced patterns, instructions, and notes, so your pattern library stays flat and easy to flip through.
• Every Tool in Its Pocket: Seven clear zip pockets keep each drafting tool and the seam guide sorted and easy to spot, and the bag stacks, carries, or hangs.

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. 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

3. Carry-All Binder Bag, Red

• Colour: Red
• Size: 13.25 by 4.5 by 11 inches, with 10 inch handles
• Material: Durable polyester, polyurethane, and stainless steel
• Binder: A built in 1 inch, 3-ring binder for patterns, instructions, and any hole punched pages
• Pockets: 7 built in clear zip pockets for tools and notions
• Good to know: Easy to carry, stack, or hang. The extra binder pockets for the ring binder are not included

• 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.
• Hole punch your traced pattern pages and notes and file them in the binder.
• Store each drafting tool and the seam guide in its own clear zip pocket.
• When you sew, set your needle in the matching seam guide hole and place the magnetic guide to keep your seam even.