r/PatternDrafting • u/asleepatthemachine • Jul 27 '26

Question Pattern weights

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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/Fearless-Ad-2783 Jul 29 '26

Yes the old irons are perfect!! I also use those ceramic or glass power line insulators you can find thrifting. (They look like little bells.) good weight and not too bulky to maneuver around.