Originally Posted by
chuckbere15
I just had a brain fart. I mean a light bulb turned on when I read the post about using newspapers or phone books for the paper piecing. I worked for U-Haul before I became disabled and they sell wrapping paper. It is made out of newsprint, paper that is used for newspapers but does not have ink on it. It's clean white paper. Although, you would have to cut it down as it is the size of a newspaper and the best part is that you would not have to worry about ink getting on your fabric allowing you to use light colors. They sell this in a ten pound box for approximately nine bucks, this was the price a couple of years ago. Just an idea.
Check with you local newspaper. They cannot use partial rolls of paper for a run and will sell them for a few dollars...like one or two dollars. You get many many yards of newsprint, great for kids drawing paper or paper piecing. How ever if your newspaper is over a week old the ink is dry and will not smear. Or you can iron it and the heat will dry the ink.