Substitutes for Pattern Paper
Channel: A. Laura Brody
Date: 2020-07-24

How to find substitutes for pattern paper.
You don't need special paper to make patterns. Here are some alternatives I use all the time!

I've given you a list of items you can buy, but I really want to encourage you to first look around and see what you have on hand! It's harder nowadays to get out and pick up items, and you probably already have something you can use. How about printer paper? The back of an old notebook or a sheet of coupons from your local store? For example, in this video the butcher paper came from a trip to the grocery, and the paper bag was from a delivery.

You have more tools on hand than you think, and you're more capable than you realize. 

Items used in the video:
The Hong Kong mask is downloadable at https://diymask.site/. 

Affiliate and other links:
Craft paper rolls (https://fave.co/38X98P9)
Gridded pattern paper
(https://www.wawak.com/Cutting-Measuring/Patterns-Supplies/dotted-marking-paper-500/?sku=MSC42)
Canson sketchbook  (https://fave.co/2C6VoW9)

Not pictured, but mentioned:
A favorite eraser, because I erase aggressively (https://fave.co/2OpdzZs)

And the very handy  and durable Swingline stapler. I love my staplers and use them all the time. 
(https://fave.co/3fAApcs)

Thanks so much to Pamela Vanderway for the help, and thanks for joining me!
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