The only advantages I can see to using the sticky film is that you can stick the paper pattern on the card with it, and, arguably, it might be useful to keep the color of the card from transferring to the lace. Many years ago I found myself trying to rehydrate threads by putting a damp cloth over them to make a little vapor tent, and some color from the card transferred to the lace. Also, sometimes a piece may be on a pillow for a long, long time, enduring many humid summers. But, for the most part when I am at home, and I want to do a little sample or something that I anticipate finishing quickly, I print the pattern directly to a 110 lb weight Hammerhill card stock. I bought a 100 sheets of assorted colors several printers ago and I am nowhere close to running out of any of the colors which are unfortunately, pale orange, pale green, gray and buff (not blue). I tend to use the orange and green for white thread, and the buff for colored thread. Previous printers required me to change the setting to print on the card stock, but the current one, an Epson WF7510 seems to handle the stock just fine without having to touch the menu. Printing everything on colored card stock would be best (250 sheets for $15.79 which is 6.3 cents per sheet/pattern, no plastic or additional card required.). But, I concede that some teachers who are traveling with suitcases may not want to carry card with them. Colored paper would not represent any more weight. One teacher told me once that she routinely uses colored card, or colored paper at home, but that she traveled with only one copy of each pattern and then reproduced them at the hotel business center. I don't know if it is routine to be able to copy onto colored paper at a hotel business center, so that may be an issue. However, if the convention organizers were to arrange to have a package or two of colored paper at the hotel... You can buy 500 sheets of blue paper for $9.29, (compared $.7.99 for 500 sheets of white paper) .With a $5 roll of Ace Hardware or Walmart Adhesive, or possibly two, you could outfit 500 patterns for less than $20. or 4 cents a piece versus the cost to the student of $4.50 for one, if they have to purchase a small piece of blue film for a single pattern. The student would still have to travel with a used file folder or other card. If there are 300 participants and each has a pattern that costs $4.50 in blue film, then total pattern costs are $1350 in blue film alone versus total cost of $12.00 if we all use blue paper and clear film. That is a cumulative savings of $1338 that could be spent in the vendor's room on interesting thread and books, supporting authors and thread producers, not the producers of contact paper. Devon
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