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Old 01-27-2010, 04:43 PM
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I've used typing paper. Much thinner than regular paper and tore well when I was done. I just make sure I fold the paper at the stitch line, then rip it off.
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Old 01-27-2010, 05:08 PM
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I ordered some paper from Golden Threads and the Quilting Designs book and CD from Electronic Quilting--Vol 1.
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Old 01-27-2010, 05:17 PM
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try using newspaper.
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Old 01-27-2010, 05:22 PM
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Thin (cheap) copy/typing paper is what I use. I think that the secret is to use small stitches. It makes paper removal much muchly easier, regardless of paper used.
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Old 01-27-2010, 06:11 PM
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I think the tiny stitches must be the answer. I did the February BOM as my first real PP project. I planned to hate doing it, so I didn't buy special paper. I used whatever the kids have in the printer. I'd read many posts that said use tiny stitches. The first line I stitched with stitches so tiny the paper just fell off. After that I lengthened them a bit, but the paper was very easy to remove.
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Old 01-27-2010, 06:14 PM
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Head to the grocery store and get a roll of parchment paper! (for baking) That's what I'm using, it tears easily and is pretty easy to see thru! It's also WAY cheaper than vellum!
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Old 01-27-2010, 09:49 PM
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I use just regular copy paper and shorten up my stitches :wink:
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Old 01-28-2010, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by barnbum
I ordered some paper from Golden Threads and the Quilting Designs book and CD from Electronic Quilting--Vol 1.

You'll love the CDs from Electronic Quilting! I have a couple of them and will probably get a few more. They are easy to use and I like that the motif size can be adjusted to fit any size block. I'll have to look into the paper from Golden Threads.
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I've used waxed paper and was pleased with the result. Maybe someone can tell me if that's good or bad.
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I don't like tracing patterns by hand on to paper so the paper has to go in the printer for me. Any paper that that you can sew through and you like is fine for paper piecing. It's all a matter of choice and budget. Foundation piecing is not paper piecing, two different things. I use any paper for foundation piecing, old phone books to gift tissue paper to used dryer sheets.
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