How to digitize paper patterns on inkscape

Tutorial on how to digitize paper patterns on Inkscape. This is to digitize your own self-drafted paper patterns, or for personal use.
Pattern I used is from Sunny Mountain Patterns: Etsy.com/shop/sunnymountainpattern

[@Ananikaike]

this is so so helpful. thank you!!!

[@sjhgfihgbg]

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks a lot!

[@SunnyMountainPatterns]

you're welcome!

[@AnEditedLife]

This is SO helpful! Thank you! 🙏

[@SunnyMountainPatterns]

You're welcome!

[@alterramoda5821]

If you have a projector, you can draw a rectangle of known dimension on a piece of dotted paper and hang it on a wall. Then draw a rectangle of the same dimension in illustrator, autocad, gerber etc.. Project your workspace matching the rectangle on your computer to the one on the wall via zooming, keying until they match exactly. now any patterns placed on the wall within your rectangle will be 1:1. Simply tape patterns within the rectangle and trace the patterns out in your application of choice! I use the rectangle's straight lines for CF, CB GRAIN etc... instead of tracing them so my pieces are automatically square in the computer. This method gives you the benefit of comparing the patterns with your digitized pieces and lets you edit/alter your 'digitized' patterns more accurately.

[@ErinGoober]

After you trace a pattern, do you just save it as a PDF then project it? Sizing will stay accurate?

[@SunnyMountainPatterns]

essentially, yes. I usually recommend also drawing (with the square feature) a 1" square for you to double check sizing.

[@kerricaine]

question; how do you scale and divide them up for printing the pattern on standard sized paper?

[@SunnyMountainPatterns]

if you're using inkscape, you would need to select the paper size to be 8 1/2x11 (US) or A4, and move each part over the paper outline in inkscape and print a separate pdf per each. This might have changed with the newest version of inkscape.