question for all of you paper piecers
#21
I have used Carol Doak's but found better deal with www.dickblink.com: 500 sheets (newsprint) for $3.86 (shipping costs more than that) total $12.51. Should last a good long time. It goes well in my printer when I scan copies. I always make & keep a master on regular paper. Love pp!!
#22
Also - if you use plain paper with a short stitch, I use a moist Qtip (not dripping wet) - and run the moisten tip down the seam line. After a few minutes, this will soften the paper slightly and easily pulls apart at the seam line without tugging on your stitches.
#24
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I have used Carol Doak's but found better deal with www.dickblink.com: 500 sheets (newsprint) for $3.86 (shipping costs more than that) total $12.51. Should last a good long time. It goes well in my printer when I scan copies. I always make & keep a master on regular paper. Love pp!!
#25
I have always used just regular copy paper..sometimes a little difficult to remove but not that bad...I recently purchased a pattern of Eileen Sullivan at Designers' Workshop and it was printed on freezer paper and I didn't think I would like it...
AT ALL !!!!!!........
but have since decided it is the only way to go and just purchased 3 packages from Connecting Threads, it was on sale, to boot!!!!!!
AT ALL !!!!!!........
but have since decided it is the only way to go and just purchased 3 packages from Connecting Threads, it was on sale, to boot!!!!!!
#26
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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after you print the patterns,you should trim off the seam allowences.this makes removing the paper much easier.it also makes the seams more accurate because they are thin.then as you sew each seam trim it to the seam allowance you want.don't get stuck on 1/4 in.it isn't always necessary.shorten your stitch length.and be careful not to disturb the stitches too much as you pull the paper off.have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#27
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#28
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Location: Freeport, Pennsylvania
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Instead of printing all those pages, I have seen it suggested somewhere to print off a copy of the foundation pattern and then to layer it with a few (maybe 5) pages with the printed copy on top and using an old needle in the sewing machine, stitch on the lines thus creating the pattern on the blank sheets of paper (whether it be old phone book pages, etc.). That way you don't have to spend an arm and a leg on copy fees or using all of your printer ink. Added bonus would be the paper is already perforated for tearing away easily.
#30
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sullivan Ilinois
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for patterns I want to leave the foundation in I use Foundation stuff by George & Virginia Siciliano www.georgesiciliano.com He uses this in his miniatures. I am making Bonnie Hunters pineapple blocks from her new book string fling and uses this it is great and you can see thru it. very light weight and goes thru my printer just fine. It is a little expensive but worth it.
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