Premium On Demand ... in my hand!!

This is one of my golden oldie patterns that Simplicity is now offering in their Premium Print on Demand program.

I have been SO EAGER to get my hands on one of them to see what they are like ...

AND ...

Look what the UPS man delivered today!

I can finally show you all what expect if you order one.

It comes in a sturdy corrugated box that is designed to be opened and closed. 

And everything that would be in a tiny envelope is printed on a LARGE and LONG piece of paper.

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The paper much heavier that standard pattern paper but still somewhat transparent. It reminds me a bit of thin butcher paper because one side is coated with something that seems water proof. I just wet a piece of it that I cut off from the edge and it IS somewhat water proof, so not to worry if you spill your coffee on it ... well, maybe just a little bit of coffee.
And it is 60" wide.

All the information that would be on the back of the envelope and the guide sheet is all on the same long paper.

​The printing is bigger but it is in English only.

I had to cut it up in sections as I was unfolding it because it is so long, 2 inches shy of 15 feet long.

It is an exact print out of the large sheets that would be in a regular envelope, only all in one piece. These words show where the sheets would have been divided ... "Simplicity" plus the pattern number, size and the numbers 0 6 6 6 tell how many sheets. A 6 stands for a full sized sheet. So for the size 10 - 14 there were three full size sheets. The maximum that one pattern can have is 4 full size sheets. Since the size pattern I have is not the largest it is good it didn't reach the maximum number of sheets. The next size group up may have required three full size sheets and one half size.  

Even though this pattern is printed on really long paper you still have to join parts of some the larger pattern pieces by matching the circles with x's and tape together.

So to be able to just look at this pattern I cut it up into the 3 large sheets that it would have been printed on if sold in a regular envelope.

If sewing it, of course, it would be cut into separate pattern pieces.

And here is one of the nicest things about these ON DEMAND patterns. It's EASY to fit the piece all back into this nice box.

Ready to use the next time.

And this is one of my favorite patterns!