Extend the life of your commercial patterns!

Problem: You got that awesome pattern that you want to use over and over again but after the second use you noticed is hard to keep the pattern in a reusable state. After pinning and tracing multiple times the patterns paper has become a wreck and you will not be able to reuse it.

Solution: Go to a local medical supplies store and buy an exam table paper roll. What is that? The piece of paper they spread across the exam table at your doctor's office every time a new patient lays down in it. The good thing about this paper is that you can use it for making your own patterns but also for tracing your commercial pattern.

This way you can reuse as many times as you want your commercial pattern without damaging it with all the pinning and tracing. Also if you use the commercial pattern to sew for someone other than you, you can trace individual sets for each pattern size.

I paid about seven dollars for one roll so it is pretty cheap.
Do you have any other ideas? Let me know by posting a comment!