Trying a Projector for Sewing Patterns in my Sewing Room - Vankyo Leisure 470 Review 

Can you use your own projector patterns with Ditto? That was my biggest reason not to try it.

@@HeatherHandmade yes. Now you can. That is the other thing that swayed me. Their You Tube channel has tutorials on it, too.

wow that's awesome! this makes me more interested in buying one!@@gerriebell2128

Yes, I can point my projector in any angled direction. I can't angle it in an extreme way, but it's a ball connector so it's very flexible to angle.

@@HeatherHandmade Thank you so much for responding, so happy to hear this. Are you using the same set up now? Is the projector worth it? Thank you

I do still have the same set up and use it from time to time, but I am old school and just prefer paper patterns. It's nothing against projectors or this set up; I just don't use it as much as I thought I would.@@tammie7504

that is a really interesting idea that I never thought of. instead of printing and taping you can trace onto a paper and then do the alterations. I think this is a good idea and actually might work really well!

@@HeatherHandmade Since you already have the projector, go for it ... I renewed my subscription to Tailornova and am thinking about a projector. Very much on the fence. I'm not easy to fit, and I'd have to do some flat-pattern work on any printout. However, I'd be interested to hear if tracing the full-size (A0) pattern works. Please let me know if you do this and what you think. Have a great day.

@@kcastillo0319 I will!

@@HeatherHandmade Hi, Heather. I thought I would follow up with you. I did decide on a projector - got a low-end model on Amazon, and it seems to be working fine. If you haven't done any projector work as yet on a real pattern, a couple of tips I found out very quickly on my first effort today. 1) Check calibration grid every time. 2) Use a large cutting mat and secure your paper to the mat with tape or weights or something so it's flat against the mat and won't shift. 3) With paper secured to mat, move the entire mat if you have to adjust for a pattern piece larger than your projection area. 4) Mark interior landmarks, like dart points and notches, but use a rotary cutter to cut on the outside/cutting line. (I traced the cutting line on a bodice front and realized that was a big waste of time.) 5) I bought some packing paper on Amazon which is a generous size sheet - I can piece a half-sheet to the bottom of one (1.5 length) and have plenty of room for the pattern. I have seen the packing paper at Dollar Tree here in my area. I think this is cheaper and more earth-friendly than pattern tracing paper. If you're like me, though, you have rolls of all kinds of pattern paper. Hope this makes sense and helps. I still am using paper right now because it's new to me and I'm at the toile stage, so I want paper on which to mark my notes. I used a Tailornova top pattern which can serve as a master pattern down the road. When I feel pretty sure about Tailornova, I may just go straight to fabric which will be awesome. Have a good holiday.

This is so helpful! Thank you so much for sharing!