What is your favorite type of paper for paper piecing?
 

I have found my favorite paper to use for foundation piecing: Garden Catalogs! I'm a long time, avid gardener, so I get tons of them this time of year. Many of them are made from a lightweight newsprint, perfect for tearing later. Plus, I get to see lots of pretty fruits and veggies while I quilt, inspiring me to get out there and prepare for the upcoming gardening season!

~ Cindy

I have two reams of onion skin paper. My printer doesn't like it but it's transparent enough to see thru easily to trace thru. It's getting *very* hard to find though and it's not exactly cheap when you do find it.

I use regular white bond paper in the ream. Try to get the cheapest so it is easier to tear apart when pp.

You can buy newsprint, which is thinner than copy paper and it can be bought in white, by the ream of 500 sheets at Amazon for under 5.00. I think it was 3.50 but of course there will be shipping. I've bought pads of the regular newsprint at Staples but it was too wide for the printer. I took it to the printshop at staples and had them trim it. Still using that stuff. Runs through the printer just fine. If there is a Dick Blick store close to you they also carry it, and you can order on line. Hope this helps.

I use the legal pads, white or yellow. They fit in the computer.

For foundation paper I use any type of thin paper. For paper piecing I use lightweight translucent vellum.

I get the ends of rolls of the paper used in doctor's offices to cover the exam tables. It doesn't go through the printer, but is thin, easy to use, and free.

I don't know the name of the paper, but it is almost as thin as tissue paper, but more durable. Of all things, I haven't paper pieced in a long time, and the other day, I started a project using PP. It took me a while to get "back into the groove" but, it is coming back to me. Take care and keep quilting.!!

I use greaseproof paper on the roll.

So far, I've only used regular printing paper. I need to look into if there's something else available locally. I hate tracing... :)

I use regular copy paper - but I also don't sew through the paper. It has saved me tons of frustration and time. I love not sewing through the paper. I won't go back to any other way if I can help it!

Please explain this technique..

How about a video? I have not used regular washable glue stick instead of the lapel stick but I'm sure it will work. Just make sure it's the kind of glue stick that washes out :)

The block I used to demo this was really simple but I used the same method to make the tiny bagpipe quilt I made and it worked perfectly so it's good for any size paper piecing project. Here's a link to my mini bagpipe. You can tell it has a lot of really really tiny piecing. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t236873.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW9kN2hDzEQ&feature=c4-overview&list=UUN-LXJdXmWqELzH5svT-EYA

I'm working on a scrape flying geese that is done on 2 1/2 in. adding machine tape. and for the my string quilt I'm using a roll of brown paper towels. and for my fan quilt I have 10 in.sq.parchment paper, and my light box.[a good-well finded].

Don't remember what it costs, but I buy newsprint paper, 500 sheets at a arts and teachers supply store. I do have to trim 1/2" of the side so that it fits my printer, as its 9x12".

Yarn or Fabric, thanks for the youtube link. That is so cool, gonna try it. I'm making the BOW 50 Fabulous paper-pieced stars, and removing all the paper is a pain!

At my office we receive tons of faxes every day and most people use a cover sheet. I keep a folder near the machine and if there's no personal patient info on the cover sheet, the staff saves all the cover sheets for me. I also use the exam table paper if I'm tracing large pp blocks that won't print on my printer.

To illustrate how much paper is wasted: we were off for a long 5 day week-end. When we came back to the office there were hundreds of faxes on the machine. At the end of that just one day, I had over an inch of cover sheets!

I use Ricky Timm's Poly Stable Stuff- I know it is a bit more expensive (I don't do a lot of PP) but I hate tearing paper out. I have used other types of paper & swear I'll never rip again. With the Stable Stuff it is a tear out or leave in product.

Do you mean "foundation" piecing, or "paper" piecing? There is a huge difference in them. You can use just about anything from comic books to deli-paper for foundation piecing. However, paper piecing requires you to print or trace a pattern onto paper, most usually done on your printer, so if you used phone book pages, you are going to have a hard time seeing your pattern lines to sew on.

For string quilts I take the pages from old phone books & cut them to the size of the block I am making. The paper is easy to tear away & its free. For more tedious paper piecing projects I like to use white tissue paper. I buy it at the Dollar Store from the gift wrap section. Its time consuming to trace onto the paper.....but so easy to see through so that you aren't guessing at or missing sewing lines. It is sturdier than you would think. When it's time to tear the paper away there is very little tugging on your stitches it comes off easily.

I ordered a couple patterns from the Designers' Workshop and they came with freezer paper patterns.never thought that I would like working with it but it has definitely changed my mind. Absolutely love the finished project……...

I buy Carol Doak's ream of paper to do my paper piecing

I use paper from dickblick.com. It is soooo cheap, tons of it & it will last f-o-r-e-v-e-r…. Goes thru printer really well.
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I am using my "MEDICARE" mailing. Nice soft paper.

I like vellum also.

Ditto. Vellum and the fold-and-stitch method. I am so over tearing the paper off.

I use A4 sheets of tracing paper. My printer likes it as long as I don't use fast draft setting and it means that the underside is visible for fabric placing.

I love lightweight vellum, goes thru printer, easy to see through, if you make a mistake it holds up but tears away easily. I have tried everything and this works the best for me

Being a smarty I wanted to say none because I am not very fond of paper piecing. It has always been very hard for me. Apparently there is a newer method where you fold back at the seam so you don't tear off the paper. Does anyone know if this was in a book or was a tutorial? I have tried stitching the block out through a pile of paper with out thread so the paper comes off more easily instead of using a copier to make your patterns.

I use tissue paper for gift wrapping! I have an old paper cutter so it doesn't take long for me to cut the size I need. For a couple bucks I can get 30, 20"x20" sheets. That's 120 layer cake size cuts all for about $2.00. I can also use my rotary cutter (assigned to paper) and cut to size.

Take it from those of us that have lived and learned about paper piecing. LOL
After doing the required time of paper tearing with the cheapest or free paper that I could find (also seems to be a requirement) I gave myself permission to use the best paper and the easier methods. Foundation piecing doesn't require much effort so any paper will work for that.

I use use the same printer paper for paper piecing that I use everyday. I used it for my quilting fairy godmother and had no trouble removing it from the back. Any tricky spots were easy with tweezers or just folding a couple times, easy peasy.

Tracing paper is my favorite.

I just went to the Dollar Tree store and purchased Scribble tablets, 60 sheets for $1.00 and they are 9x12. I think I got 5 tablets. They also carry larger sizes, I think they are 18x?. They run through the printer exceptionally well - no tracing needed. I also have tissue paper and end rolls of newsprint if I need larger pieces that I might want to trace.

I use Velum paper you can by 8.5 x 11 inch sheets or you can get it on a roll. Since I like to do things quickly I unthread my machine and use an old needle, long stitches, and than sew along the fold lines and of course include the 1/4 inch stitch lines. Works like a snap. It fold really nice and comes off really clean.

Doodle pads from the dollar store.

Kids craft paper pads.

I think Michael's sells newsprint in pads of about 8 1/2 x 11.

freezer paper. I've bought online from a scrapbook company, cjenkinscompany.com It's heavier weight than what you get in the grocery store. Press to ironing surface a couple times before you iron to your fabric. Otherwise, you'll never get it off your fabric. I send it through my printer, one page at a time. It works great!