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I've done it this way and it doesn't. Not like newspaper ink. I've gotten the pages wet and no ink/dye run.

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Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2 (Post 7591009)

I would be worried if any of the ink would rub off onto the fabric.

It all depends on what I'm working on. Fabric foundation for crazy quilts, paper for scrap. I also have leftover tissue paper (white). I have all that stuff but my favorite is the no tear paper piecing from quiltingbee. the freezer paper technique. http://www.quiltnbee.biz/shop/Block-...5-x7562107.htm

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Originally Posted by qltgrose (Post 7590901)

I know this is an old thread, but I am hoping someone will share their thoughts. I want to do a spiderweb strip pieced quilt. I have looked at Bonnie Hunters method and she says to piece on a white square of fabric. Is there some special reason to use paper first? Just to avoid the weight of the backing fabric? I just shudder at the work of tearing all the paper off :)

The paper or muslin is used for stablizing your scraps. No need to use both. If you don't want the weight of muslin, try the paper. It seems like it would take forever, but actually if you do a couple at a time as you go along, its not too bad. Got any kids hanging around? You could enlist their help!

I use tissue paper for string quilts. No need to remove it because it dissolves when the quilt is washed.

Cari

BellaBoo, doesn't that have a wax coating on it?

I have never used the phone book for just the reason you mention, but know several who do and have never had problems. Bonnie Hunter of quiltville.com uses them all the time! At the school I work in we get a large pack of them every year; most of them end up in recycling. The ones here no longer have residential listings, only business. Most folks don't want them sitting around but would rather look info up on line. Some of them are now smaller than standard sized (8-1/2" x 11"), too.

I used to buy children's drawing pads from the dollar store, but they are too large to put through the printer, so had to be cut down. Now I buy reams of ruled newsprint from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/School-Smart-R...=1&*entries*=0), School Specialty (http://www.store.schoolspecialty.com...06&item=466169) or Staples (http://www.staples.com/Pacon-Ruled-N...product_730131). Sheets of 500 for under $10; it's the paper that primary school children use to learn to write. No problems running through printer; the blue and/or red lines are not distracting enough to interfere with pattern printing, or can be printed on back.

I am so glad AlienQuilter asked this question because I have often wondered the same thing.

I also purchased piecing paper from M* and I also saw piles of thin plain craft paper, etching pads etc at the dollar store.