Originally Posted by
kellen46
This is a tried and true technique. I made several of these when I first started quilting and money was tight. The newspaper mostly just dissolves away. If the paper is two weeks old the ink will not run. It smears because it is not dry yet when new. If you are concerned run a hot iron over the paper and it is set. My DMIL said the paper added extra warmth, tongue in cheek wisdom from a wise lady. You can tie or machine quilt the top with no worries. Are we so dainty now we can't even use newspaper with out turning up our noses. Newspaper is mostly wood fiber and comes from trees...what animal does polyester come from? The ink is mostly from vegetable products. If you really need blank paper you can by partial rolls of newsprint from the local newspaper available for one or two dollars. You will get many yards of blank newsprint. If you don't believe me that the newsprint disappears then take a piece of newspaper and sit it in the sun for a bit....it just degrades right away to fragile and brittle.
While I havent had to resort to using newspaper, I have been looking for ways to continue my hobby less expensively... I would hope that if someone is using these techniques, that they are not made to feel horrible because of some of the comments posted here. It is understandable that some would need to find cheaper ways to create... please remember that while some of us may have all the money we could ever need to enjoy our hobbys, some are doing without other items so that they can work on their hobbies. Remember that unemployment is still near 9% over this great nation! Everyone have a GREAT and HAPPY NEW YEAR! and a warm, loving and fruitful one as well!!!