So, I taped together two big sheets of freezer paper and drew out my design. I know the pencil marks are light but can you see them? It is a big v-shape full of flying geese.
Then the next step was to make my pattern to paper piece. I didn't want to cut my whole drawing apart because then I would lose the original. I needed a light table to trace the pattern onto smaller pieces of paper. Do you know what those cost? like $50 on Amazon. So, I MacGyver'ed up an awesome solution.
I removed my sewing machine from my sewing table and lowered the shelf that it sits on. Then I positioned my light inside of my table and put my "Sew steady" plexiglass table that came with my sewing machine on top of the hole, like below.
Then I laid my freezer paper on top, turned on the light, and I was easily able to trace my design!
My big mistake is that I forgot to turn over my freezer paper, so my actual design is going to be flipped right to left from what I intended, but it is almost symmetric so I will make it work.
This could work with any sewing table- instead of a stand light like I used you could use a flashlight or a lantern or any other light source. It would be nice if I had a piece of plexiglass without a cutout in it, but for now this free solution works great!
