After a week of tedious tracing and taping, the pattern has been transferred to the chuppah cover and it is ready for wax. At this stage it is always easy to overestimate my ability to wax very precisely and I get impatient with the methods I have devised to keep the wax where I want it. Every time I think of having to re-do this through sloppy waxing though, I buckle down and keep going. The paper tape I use is too wide to follow the curves of the spirals, so I cut it in half length-wise and slash one edge with little cuts that allow the straight tape to bend. This provides a pretty neat edge as long as the wax doesn't wick under the tape. The lettering I cut out of freezer paper and iron onto the fabric. It never matches the pre-traced pattern exactly, but is close and prevents hand wobbles that destroy the clarity of the words. I am confident enough to attempt the tight inner circles of the spirals and the leaves without tape and paper safeguards. Its the long, smooth curves that always get out of control. In fairness to myself, I have a much steadier hand than I did when I first attempted waxing with a tjanting tool, but every bit of wax that hits the cloth marks it and I want this one to be as clean as possible. That said, there is no such thing as perfection with this process and my skill level. So...safety tape it is.