Using a Vinyl Tape Measure

If I am working on a pysanky, and putting so much time into it, I want the measurements to be exact.  I  exclusively use a flexible vinyl tape measure.   I buy them in bulk because I give one to each of my students to keep.   I have seen it in Walmart,  also the Dollar Tree, that has one retractable measure, sold as a kit with needle/thread. You need it to be narrow, like in the picture below, not a wide vinyl. The benefit of vinyl is  you can mark up your measurements  with pencil or pen and erase the markings later!  Gently remove the plastic tab, I use an xacto blade to lift off the vinyl and throw the tab away.  
​I always leave that white lead before the "0" in tact, don't cut it off.  It is a good grip when measuring large eggs for circumference, etc.  
I cut off  the tape at 30 cm mark-just my preference. Cut a second tape for detail measurements, like when I make 2mm markings along a side band-I use the small tape!  
I love to measure!