Thanks for the replies everyone. I know SS is an excellent quilter and I can't fault her for that. I have just never heard of preshrinking until now. I still think that the shrinkage factor is too minimal to make a significant difference, so I think I will forge ahead with my Walmart brand freezer paper and live life on the risky side!

It's been some years ago that I bought the freezer paper. I did a search for the paper and followed the links. I believe it was a paper company in Ohio. I don't have the info anymore. There was a post on the board some years ago where to buy a ream of vellum at a clearance price then. I believe it was paperplus.com. I use the lightweight translucent white vellum. I ordered 2 reams of that and the order got mixed up and it was sent twice. The company said to keep the extra. I haven't needed anymore freezer or vellum since.

I use the parchment instead of freezer paper for tracing applique and template patterns not for paper piecing. Parchment would work for paper piecing but too much trouble to cut to fit the printer for me. The precut sheets are 12 x 16. I buy them at Walmart.

Or improve our life?

I'm putting this on my list of things to worry about, right beneath the temporary caraway shortage in Smolensk.

Thanks for the giggle!