You may want to repost your question sometime during the day tomorrow. I think most of the cuties are sleeping at the moment. In the meantime here's some links...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLPqM2KZsuk
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/Reading-a-Sewing-Pattern.id-872.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2041672_read-sewing-pattern.html
Good luck *

You can tack the markings, then carefully pull the pattern away, or pin the markings, then with a water soluble pen mark where you have pinned. You will have to fold the pattern back away from the pins to do this.If this is not clear enough e-mail me and I will try to explain again.My e-mail is in my profile.

The easiest way of obtaining a copy of the pattern and this method can be used for all printed paterns, I have used it for at least 15 years and the patterns are still as good as new. Purchase clear or near clear plasctic on the roll, available from hardware stores, place the plastic over the printed pattern sheet, mark around the pattern pieces and any other details as required using a permanent marker, I use a medium marker, and use a different color ink for each size, when making the item in several sizes. Just remember when cutting out the plastic to have a pair of scissors just for that purpose MARK SCSSORS clearly,as plastic bluntens scissors permanently. The plastic pattern pieces can be pinned to the fabric or place weights [cans from the pantry are useful weights] on top of the plastic & draw around on the cutting lines with a pencil or water based textas.

The Stitching lines can either be marked with a 'wash a way' or 'fade away' pens, or using a tracing wheel it you have one, or you can go through the pattern & the fabric with a large tacking stitch & double thread leaving 1" loops between each stitch, when finished marking, carefully pull the layers of fabric apart so that the threads can be cut between, then cut between the flat loops on top of the pattern. As you are making a tote bag/tissue paper holder all the seams should be either straight lines or curves, all the same size, so you should be able to use our tape measure to measue the seam widths for machining. The seam widths are maked on the pattern pieces and in the pattern directions. If you post the pattern No. I'll look it up so that I can assist you further. If you need help let me know and I'll walk you through making the tote as you are making it etc., I was a dressmaking teacher for many years.

See you got your answer and hope this will help you. Welcome to this CUTE site, hope you enjoy it, good luck and here is a flower for you.

well I see u got your answer, so I would like to Welcome you to cute. flower 4 u

You have you answers so just let me Welcome you to Cute. , Sounds like you have a good project to start with. A flower for you .

Wow Thanks everyone for yr replies. I will slowly read through to digest the information. Really a novice to sewing hehehe :)

and its fun giving flowers!

Welcome to our Cute Embroidery fmly eve, U now have a taste of what we r all about, excellent answers to help U with your problems. some of us may not know the answers but someone will come along that does. We r proud to have U among us. *4U Most of all we care about ea. other all though we have only met on the internet, we laugh & cry with one another like one big family

Looks like you have lots of answers. Welcome to Cute Family.