What a good idea, wildyard. I love using the good parts of worn-out, 100% cotton, sheets. They are silky-soft but not flimsy. Quality muslin left-overs are good, too.

I use used dryer sheets. I always try to buy unscented sheets and save them from dryer loads. They work great.

Actually, this can cause real problems. Dryer sheets are highly scented and cause some really bad allergic reactions for some people. They give me asthma attacks.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...ng-t93940.html Pat G found them to also be highly flammable.

Please re-think using dryer sheets in your quilts.

I am with those that say use muslin - I hate tearing off the paper. I have made two spiderweb quilts with muslin.

Love the bedskirt idea and the sheets. idea - thanks for sharing.

I use old phone bookpaper too...no problems and it tears right off. Be sure to use a tighter stitch.

so many good ideas...like the old sheets and tissue paper...why didn't I think of that... LOL...love this board!

Haha, you got a lot of answers here, I guess you don't really need mine....I wouldn't worry about the ink from the phone book. It doesn't rub off the way ink rubs off newsprint...and the ink is against the wrong side of the fabric so it won't have a lot of contact with the visible fabric anyhow. Bonnie Hunter is pretty much the queen of scraps in the quilting world and she uses phone book paper. ;)

Hi, Diane K M-
I bought it at my local Lowe's, and it was very inexpensive. I can't remember exactly how much now, because I started this a couple of years ago, but it seems to me it was around $10-17 (?) and it'll last me my lifetime, for sure. Someone posted that ironing can melt it, and I believe it does with a direct hit of the iron (I think I remember doing that once), but it is fine when you flip and iron down the fabric strips with the foundation underneath. So far I'm lovin' it! If you'd like to try some, pm me your address, and I'll cut some off and send to you to try. :cool:

On the Craftsy Class Free BOM she uses fabric underneath JUST for guidance, but doesn't sew on it. She uses it to square up the block in the end. No need for paper or anything permanent.