I've been using cheap tissue paper also. It usually comes in 20x30" sheets. that's 10" squares and you also get a lot with about 30 sheets in a package for a couple of bucks. You can see right through it.
Originally Posted by
lindaschipper
I use regular old white tissue paper from the Dollar Stores to mark my patterns on...very light weight and tears away easily. Sometime I have to get the tweezers out for teeny tiny pieces that get stuck under the thread, but not that often. A lady from our local Hancock's Fabric Store told me about this......bless her!!