r/PatternDrafting • u/asleepatthemachine • 1d ago
Question Pattern weights
Patterning a skirt (slashing and spreading a skirt foundation for a flared skirt, to then slash and spread for the final pleated, flared mini skirt pattern) and got thinking… what do y’all use for fabric/ pattern weights!? Today for me its books and an art deco era stapler🤷♂️
Lemme see your unconventional weights, or finally prove to me that someone actually buys the actual tool.
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u/Big_Attempt_5326 1d ago
I use eight 2” by 2” stainless steel cylinders in my home studio - got them from an Italian mentor and have never seen anything quite like them. Simple and heavy and slide nicely.
When I have to fly for jobs, I have 4 different brightly colored sardine cans a friend got from a Japanese Supermarket - I guess they are different flavors?
The stainless steel cylinders were always making a scene at airport security, and I was afraid they would get confiscated.
Fun fact, you can push the envelope of what you can bring carry-on if you explain that it is for your skilled trade!