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Hey All!!! For today's Monday Minute I've got a brand spanking new video that I made just for you!!!   This is my favorite method for transferring patterns. Why transfer patterns, you ask?  Why not just cut them out like you're supposed to, you wonder? Well, there's nothing wrong with doing it the way you're supposed to.  But if you do, you're limiting your options. If you cut out a pattern on a certain s ize, then the pattern will only be good for making that siz e forever.  Al so, on ce you separate the pieces, it's a lot easier to lose them.   By using this technique, you'll get a lot more use out of your patterns. You'll be able to use ALL of the sizes and it'll be much harder to lose any of those little pieces. In the video, it takes me about 12 minutes to trace one p iece, but I'm stop ping to explain the step s.  In ac t ual ity , I can usually trace all my needed pieces a lot faster ... A piece usually take s a bout 5 mi...

Okay not really a Duchess... actually the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. (even though there IS a duchess in the story). Anyway, I started working on the pattern for the Queen. And here's a picture of my favorite place to work... .... sitting on my bed with a big work desk (aka piece of cardboard). Yay for stocking feet in the pic. I have an area set up in my den, but it's by a window and it gets cold in there. Plus on my bed I can stick pins through the cardboard and into the bed to hold down patterns and stuff. By the way, I use Husky 3.5 Plastic sheeting (the clear kind) to transfer my patterns onto. It's less than $10 at Wal-Mart for 250 square feet and makes perfect, indestructible pattern pieces. Just lay the plastic over your pattern piece and pin (this is where pinnable surfaces come in super handy) and trace away. Here are all the bodice pieces traced and cut out. I'm using Simplicity 3782 as my base. I'll need to alter the col...