Fabric Weights - Bees - Pack of 4

Pattern weights are one of those tools that quietly improve everything you cut. Place one on your pattern piece and it stays put, so there’s no shifting paper, no pins to push in and pull out, and no sore fingers. Both hands are free to guide the scissors or the rotary cutter, which makes for smoother, more accurate cutting.

This set of four comes with pretty bee designs, so it’s a tool you’ll be happy to leave out on your cutting table.

These four Sew Easy weights are a good size for the job. At 75g each, they’re heavy enough to hold a pattern firmly, and at 5cm across and just 5mm thick, they sit neatly on the paper and fit close to the edges of small pieces. They’re double sided, so you can pick one up and use it whichever way it lands.

They’re a real help with delicate fabrics. Pins can snag fine weaves and leave small holes and marks, and weights avoid that completely. They also help the fabric lie flat naturally as you cut, so your pieces come out cleaner and more accurate.

The storage tin keeps all four weights together on your cutting table, and it makes them easy to carry to classes, workshops and sewing groups. It’s a small, handy kit that every dressmaker, quilter and bag maker will use again and again.

What you get

• A set of 4 double sided weights with bee designs: designed to secure your pattern to the fabric while you cut
• A flatter lay: they help the fabric settle and lie flat naturally, so your pieces are cut more accurately
• Kind to delicate fabrics: no pins means no snags and no pin marks
• A storage tin: keeps the weights together, and makes them easy to carry to a class, a workshop or a friend’s house

Size and weight

Each weight is 75g, 5cm across and 5mm thick. They’re slim enough to sit neatly on a pattern and heavy enough to hold it in place.

What to use them for

• Dressmaking: pattern pieces on viscose, satin, jersey and other fabrics that mark or slip
• Quilting and patchwork: holding templates steady while you cut
• Bag making and crafts: keeping templates in place on cotton, canvas and other fabrics
• Anything you cut from a paper pattern: where you’d rather not use pins

Tips for using them

• Place the weights close to the edge of the pattern piece, and add more where the pattern is large
• Move them as you cut, so the paper stays flat
• Keep the tin closed when you’re not sewing, so the weights stay together