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Please feel free to make garments from this pattern to sell. If you do, we would love you to include a credit to app.youmakehq.com as the pattern designer, but it is up to you.
The finished product may only be sold by crafters. It may not be mass produced. You can only sell the finished product; you cannot sell the pattern or these instructions.
Best of luck and happy sewing!
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Description
- A full tutorial with step-by-step instructions for fun, easy sewing.
- Full-size, instant-download pattern pieces that you can print at home and get started straight away!
- Beginner friendly instructions you’ll love to use (which means you can make as many weights as you want)
- A pattern that works with almost any woven fabric so you can raid your stash or scraps with ease!
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- +Preparation
- A heavy filling which is physically small such as ball bearings, fish gravel or rice. Make sure to consider health and safety and never leave either the filling or the completed pattern weight with small children.
- Thread to match
- Two x 3.5 inch squares of fabric for each pattern weight.
Project OverviewPattern Weights
Difficulty Level = Beginner
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Please read the full instructions before getting started.
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SizingSize Range
Craft
Finished Measurements (Inches)
Width
Height
One size
2.5
2.5
Materials and ToolsMedium or heavy weight woven fabric (e.g. cotton, quilting cotton) – a fat quarter should be enough to get approximately 15 pattern weights.
You will also need:
Tools needed are sewing machine, ruler, needle. A serger/overlocker is not required.
Printing Your PatternSettings
The pattern is a separate download. Choose either the US letter paper, A4 paper, or A0 paper size based on the printer you wish to use. If you are in the US or Canada then your printer will likely use US letter paper. Other regions normally use A4 paper. Some people prefer to print their patterns at a print shop: A0 is best in this case.
Print at 100%.
On the second page, you will find a 1-inch and a 3-inch square test box. Print this page first, on its own, and measure these squares.
Once you are happy that the test box is accurate, print the rest of the pattern pages.
Please follow this video for information and assistance on assembling this pattern.
Also, please note that some Rebecca Page patterns and projects also come with cut files and a printable design page which you can use to plan your project if you wish. These are provided in a separate section below to avoid any confusion!
+US Print Charts
Here are which pages to print for the US Files
Pattern weights One size 2 +A4 Print Charts
Here are which pages to print for the A4 Files
Pattern weights One size 2 Cutting InstructionsCut each of the pieces according to the directions on the pattern piece. Seam allowances are all included so just cut them as is.
Cutting Charts – All pattern pieces are included, however if you prefer to cut using a ruler, cut two 3.5 inch wide squares of fabric for each pattern weight you are making.
E.g. if you are making eight pattern weights, you will need 16x 3.5 inch square pieces of fabric.
Cutting Checklist:
- + Instructions
- PATTERN MARKING – Transfer the 1-inch square marking.
- ASSEMBLY – Stitch your two squares of fabric, right sides together, leaving a 1-inch gap approximately in the center. Clip all four corners. Turn right side out. Poke the corners out and press.
- FINISHING – Stitch a 1-inch square in the middle of your pattern weight. Fill with your filling. and pin the gap closed.
- STITCH GAP CLOSED – Use a slipstitch to stitch the gap closed.
Quick Glance Cheat Sheet¼ inch seam allowance included
Preparation –
Sewing –
Repeat steps 1 to 3 for each pattern weight you wish to make.
0 . PreparationSeam Allowance
¼ inch seam allowance included
0.1Pattern Marking
Transfer the 1-inch square pattern marking to the fabric using a disappearing ink pen or tailors chalk.
1 . Assembly1.1Place your two squares of fabric right sides together.
If you are using stripes and want to have the pattern weight exactly as per the photograph, place the grainlines at right angles so the stripes go in different directions in the finished pattern weight.
1.2Stitch around all sides using a ¼ inch seam allowance, leaving a 1-inch gap approximately in the center of one of the sides.
1.3Clip all four corners close to the seam to reduce bulk.
TIP – Do not clip too close or it will leave a hole. Depending on your fabric, try to reduce the seam allowance at the corner to ⅛ to ¼ inch.
1.4Turn the pattern weight right sides out through the gap.
1.5Poke the corners out using a blunt, pointy object such as a point turner or knitting needle. Make sure the seam allowance at the gap is folded in neatly so the pattern weight is a nice square all the way around.
Press.
2 . Finishing2.1Stitch a 1-inch square in the middle of your pattern weight.
To do this, you can either draw a 1 inch square in the middle of the pattern weight and follow this when stitching.
Alternatively, use a 1 inch seam allowance and follow all the way around the square.
Do not leave a gap in this square. This will form the flat center of the pattern weight.
TIP – If you do not have a ¾ inch seam allowance line marked on the plate on your sewing machine, measure this from your needle out to the side and mark it with some removable sticky tape or craft tape.
2.2Fill the pattern weight with your filling. Fill it all the way around your central square.
TIP – Insert the filling in small amounts, wiggling it around the outside of the pattern weight so you are filling the side opposite the gap first (if you were holding it like in the photo with the gap at the top, fill the bottom first). Then fill the sides, then fill the top at the gap.
Make sure to leave enough room to stitch the square closed in the next step. If you stuff the bottom and sides securely, then leave some room at the top, it will distribute nicely when closed.
2.3Pin the gap closed. If you cannot pin it closed, the weight is too full. Remove a little and pin.
3 . Stitch Gap Closed3.1We will now stitch the gap in the pattern weight securely closed. If you have a favorite hand stitch to use, do this now. If you do not have a favorite stitch, follow along to use a slipstitch (also called a ‘ladder stitch’) to stitch the gap closed. The fabric will be folded under ½ inch, with the stitching along the folded edge.
Thread the needle, tying the thread tail ends together in a knot. This will provide added strength to your finished seam. Push the needle up and through one of the folded seams, from the inside of the pattern weight to the outside, pulling the thread tail completely through.
The knotted end will now be nicely concealed within the seam on the inside.
3.2Directly across from the starting point, push the needle down and then back up through the fold on the opposite seam to create a stitch that is between ⅛ – ¼ inch long. When the thread is pulled through, the stitch is concealed within the seam crease, and there will be a horizontal stitch connecting the left and right sides of the opening.
3.3Repeat step 3.2 to stitch the end of the opening. To tighten the stitches, gently pull the thread. This will conceal the stitches in between the seams.
NOTE – The stitches have been left loose in this picture to show what the ladder stitch looks like. Pull the thread through and taut after each stitch.
3.4To end off, create a loop for your needle to pass through by picking up a tiny section of the opposite seam and passing the needle through the loop.
Tighten to form a knot.
Reinforce the knot as needed by repeating this step.
3.5Poke the needle into the pattern weight next to your stitching and pull it all the way through to the other side.
3.6Pull the thread taut and snip it close to the fabric. Allow the thread tail to slip back inside the pattern weight so that the tail is now hidden inside.
3.7All done! Repeat steps 1 to 3 for each pattern weight you wish to make.
- + Finishing Notes and Congratulations
Finishing Notes and Congratulations
Congratulations, your Pattern Weights are done. Enjoy!
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Sales + Licencing InformationProject OverviewPattern Weights
Difficulty Level = Beginner
Make cutting out your sewing patterns a breeze with our super quick and easy pattern weights. These can be used instead of pins to keep your patterns in place for accurate cutting out.
SizingSize Range
Craft
Finished Measurements (Inches)
Width
Height
One size
2.5
2.5
Materials and ToolsMedium or heavy weight woven fabric (e.g. cotton, quilting cotton) – a fat quarter should be enough to get approximately 15 pattern weights.
You will also need:
- A heavy filling which is physically small such as ball bearings, fish gravel or rice. Make sure to consider health and safety and never leave either the filling or the completed pattern weight with small children.
- Thread to match
Tools needed are sewing machine, ruler, needle. A serger/overlocker is not required.