Optional: a knitting needle or empty biro to mark dots and ends of stitching lines. 1.Place a sheet of tracing paper over a drawing or image you want to trace. Its also available in different colours, commonly blue, orange and white, and so can be used with both dark and light fabrics.Optional: a ruler to assist with tracing straight lines.Optional: a cutting mat or piece of cardboard to protect your table and ensure your tracing surface is even.Take your design/stencil, and place it over the carbon paper make sure the design fits within the size. If it is heavily wrinkled from pre-washing or storage, best to press this prior to tracing to create an even surface to work with. Place the carbon paper on your fabric, waxy side down. Which side of the tracing paper do I use The really awesome thing about tracing paper is that you can use both sides of the paper effectively. If your tissue is badly wrinkled from being in the packet, try gently pressing with a DRY iron on low heat to flatten it out. Before it was made with graphite, carbon tracing paper was truly made using carbon. This could be an entire sheet or pre-cut pieces.
We stock Burda carbon paper in a yellow/white pack and a red/blue mixed pack which provides you with lots of options. In fact it could have been dried ink or other pigment bound with wax. You’ll need carbon paper in a colour that will stand out against your fabric. Carbon paper was thin paper coated on one side with a layer of black generally known as carbon. Use dressmakers tracing carbon paper with a tracing wheel to transfer pattern markings to the wrong side of the fabric.Wheels may come with either a) pointy serrated teeth - which will pierce small holes on your pattern pieces, b) slightly dull teeth - these will dent your pattern but not pierce it and c) a solid wheel - which will also not pierce the paper but dent it. These can be sourced from your local fabric store or can often be found in second-hand shops. When using carbon tracing paper, you will need a few supplies to get started:
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