Thread: for those of you that paper piece..

what kind of paper do you use? I was taught to use freezer paper and find thats the only way I can do it now. I found a pattern and printed out the template on regular paper and now Im tracing that pattern onto freezer paper...very tedious...there are 4 blocks to make one block, and you need 20 blocks, so I need to trace that template..80 times!!! It is taking me forever..is there a better way to do this? I also got a brainstorm..figured Id just print it onto freezer paper...well, my copier didnt like that, chewed up the paper and broke off a little roller...now nothing will print...geez..I think I can fix it with super glue, keeping my fingers crossed. So if you have a better way to do this without all the tracing Id love to hear it, cause Im stumped!!

I am new to paper piecing and tried J Tailor sheets. They are supposed to work with copiers and printers, but I have had no luck with copiers or printers. Does anyone have any ideas to get it to work?

Ditto the cheap copy paper. I have the Carol Doak paper, it does tear easier, but the cheap copy paper doesn't really present any challenge in removing it.

I cut my freezer paper to the size of copy paper MINUS about 1/4 inch around . Then I attach it onto a sheet of copy paper with hot iron about 1/4 " at the bottom edge, ant just touch the sides and top here
and there to keep it in place. Now my printer will accept this combination and it will go through nicely and print thr template on the freezer paper. Paper piece the Thimbleberry way mentioned in an earlier post regarding PP today and you can use your pattern templates over again as long as they stick to your fabric. Sometimes - as in log cabin blocks- I extend their life time with a glue stick for the first piece.
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