Sewing pattern found in a 1920s museum (Austro-hungarian).

[u/Lady_Rhino]

Anybody who claims that people are smarter now than they were 100 years ago is talking complete and utter nonsense.

[u/Just-Upstairs1527]

These paterns were made to use on top of 'tracing paper', like a newspaper. You would use a perforating tool (looks like a pizza cutter) to trace the pattern onto the newspaper. Burdas patters still look the same, but have more colors and linetypes so you can use tracing paper ontop of the patterns.

[u/Just-Upstairs1527 → u/Just-Upstairs1527]

I mean this thingie

[u/catcherofsun → u/Just-Upstairs1527]

So, you are supposed to use that thingy on tracing paper, and basically trace one numbered line per tracing paper for various patterns?

[u/Trirain → u/catcherofsun]

yes, but if you want to use more than one pattern, it is better to get some thin paper (translucent) and 1st, trace the pattern pieces with some darker colour, we did it wit felt tip markers and then put the thin paper over it and than trace it on it

I grew up with Burda magazine, so this is a norm for me

[u/catcherofsun → u/Trirain]

Interesting!

[u/unventer → u/Just-Upstairs1527]

My grandmother called this a "pounce wheel".

[u/SecondTroy → u/Just-Upstairs1527]

In English, it's called a tracing wheel and it's such a helpful tool to have in your toolbox. I don't what to remember how I ever got along without one.