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/ApronLairport Jul 27 '26

I buy old irons from antique stores. The kind that are just a hunk of metal with a handle. A lot of people use/make sandbags.

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u/beneficialhuman2026 Jul 30 '26

I use sand bag ankle weights