paper piercing what weight paper do you use?
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I use newsprint. It's really easy to get off after you're through piecing. I look around on the web for the cheapest prices. I also have some vellum (spelling???). I bought a ream of it at the Papermill.com. It's super easy to remove. Since I've started doing Judy Niemeyer patterns I haven't had to do any printing or use any other paper, but her patterns expensive.
#33
If I'm doing regular paper piecing, I use blank newsprint that I buy at Michaels on a pad with a coupon.
My favorite method is freezer-paper piecing. You fold the seam back and sew next to it so there is no paper to tear off and the freezer-paper pattern can be reused several times.
This is where I learned the method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqMiC1_JdqQ
My favorite method is freezer-paper piecing. You fold the seam back and sew next to it so there is no paper to tear off and the freezer-paper pattern can be reused several times.
This is where I learned the method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqMiC1_JdqQ
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I took a piece of the Carol Doak paper, which I love (but it's too expensive) to a paper factory, where they identified it as newsprint, plain old newsprint, and sold me a gigantic 12" wide roll for about $9, if I remember right. It should last me the rest of my days, and I calculated that each sheet I cut off of the roll costs me less than a penny.
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That's good for foundation piecing but not paper piecing. PP is having the pattern printed or drawn on the paper.
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