Gloriarty is the UK and European distributor for Swedish Sewing Paper, also known as Swedish Tracing Paper.
This product is an absolute must for dressmakers, quilters and toymakers.
So what is it?
Swedish Sewing paper is a flexible non woven fabric, a lot like interfacing but without the sticky ironable fusing side. The benefit of Sewing Paper is that it is flexible, cuts easily but doesn't tear without significant effort.
What does it do?
Swedish Sewing Paper has a number of uses in a craft setting, you can use it for tracing patterns, making reusable versions of patterns, drafting patterns from scratch and even for making muslins (trial versions of items).
How do you use Swedish Sewing Paper?
One really useful use for Sewing Paper is the tracing of dressmakers patterns, the paper is transparent enough to be able to see your pattern through it clearly enough to be able to trace the lines. As commercial patterns are so expensive making them resuable is financially a smart move.
Using a pencil or a biro (felt tips are not recommended as they tend to spread) trace your pattern lines and markings onto your Sewing Paper.
This will give you a copy of your pattern that you can reuse several times.
What are the benefits over traditional tracing paper?
There are a number of benefits of Sewing Paper over Paper versions. Sewing paper can be pinned many times where paper tears (usually after one use)!
You can also sew this paper, baste it by hand or using a long stitch on your sewing machine to make trial versions of your garment or toy to test out fit. When you are happy, unpick your stitches and the stitch holes act as sew markings to enable you to make a perfectly fitting pattern, then use it to cut out your chosen fabric and make your garment for real.
Swedish Sewing Paper rolls are 29inches wide and have 10 full yards on a roll. Plenty of scope for sewing uses.
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