Fabric weights

Make your own pattern or fabric weights with this 10 minutes tutorial! Perfect for skipping pins but cute enough to use as home decor too!

Amazingly adorable pattern weights. The only catch is I am going to have to purchase a "yo-yo maker." Am I sad about this...absolutely not! (yo-yo = swirly, flower-esque shape made from fabric)

All sewists need a set of pattern weights. If they’re gorgeous as well as practical, well then, all the better. Pattern weights are not going to replace pins but there are times when pins do not do the trick.

Sew easy DIY pattern weights to use instead of pins when cutting out sewing projects.

What do huge hunks of metal need more than anything else in the world? Cozies. (Obviously.) Solution: My crocheted metal washer pattern weights tutorial!

Let's get to the fun part of sewing faster! Use pattern weights instead of pinning! 9 tutorials to help speed you along.

I'm getting so tired of pinning. And using scissors. Cutting out patterns with a small rotary blade is so much faster and easier, and can definitely be more

Let's get to the fun part of sewing faster! Use pattern weights instead of pinning! 9 tutorials to help speed you along.

How great are these otedamas - they seem like the Japanese version of beanbags! Great idea!

Let's get to the fun part of sewing faster! Use pattern weights instead of pinning! 9 tutorials to help speed you along.

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