fireworkslover

Are you printing your pattern on your printer or hand drawing them? I used tracing paper for 12" blocks that I used from a book that were full size. It worked great and tore off easier than regular paper I put thru my printer. Others have said to buy kids drawing tablets at the Dollar Store. I personally have not used those. And as others have said, remember to shorten your stitch length to 1.5. That will perforate your paper and make it much easier to remove the paper, but makes for more icky ripping if you make a mistake.

M.I.Late

I have used that brown packing paper that you move with. Hobby Lobby packs their breakables in it. U-Haul stores sell it in boxes of like 300 sheets. Its about 25 x 30. I use it as a stabilizer too. It's a little thinner than typing paper but not as thin as a phone book page. Hope that helps

vjengels

tissue paper is easy to tear, sometimes too easy, for a smaller block I could suggest those wax papers you see in the bakery dept .... the ones you grab a donut with....I beleive you can buy those at Sams of Costco.

vjengels

Oh, I forgot, ... if you're using it as 'foundation' you should use muslin. that makes a wonderful foundation

purrfectquilts

Just learned recently from another member here that I am what could be called a frugal quilter. I make a lot of things over 12" paper pieced and use saved up junk mail, newsprint ends, repurposed printer paper, old phone book pages, etc. Keep your stitch length to at least 1.5, use a larger needle and tape together as much paper as you need for your design. It is actually easily to work with the smaller pieces than it is with one big sheet. So I divide mine up and work with a section at a time being very careful to match up the design. Good luck!

Pickle

I myself am wondering just what is foundation piecing! It is something I have never done , although there are a lot of things I have never done? :lol:
Pickle

pocoellie

thseabreze-the reason for shortening not lengthening your stitch is that it perforates the paper more, so that it's easier to tear off when you're done.

nativetexan

or rolls of tracing paper from Clotilde.com perhaps. i used to buy it to trace dress making patterns. it is much like the examinating table paper at your Doctor's office. good luck

redpurselady

I use regular copy paper, small stitches and a larger needle.

mmlctnp

Me too.