I recently sent my sister my Kenmore after recently getting a new machine. She hasn't sewn in a while and asked me how I transfer markings to fabric from a pattern, she has used a little rotary tracer with tracing paper. I told her I go hippy style and stick a pin through the top and bottom of lines, mark them, and then redraw the lines with a ruler. I also mark dots like this. She laughed at me.
A couple patterns where my style was a bit difficult was the hopscotch skirt pocket and now the jump rope dress placket that I am working on. Anyone have any other hippy or cool tips for transferring markings, I am afraid my sister is going to send me some transfer paper and a rotary thing-er-ma-bob.