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Wax paper for quilt templates/stencils??

Old 03-12-2013, 06:09 AM
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Can any one tell me what you pay for a roll of freezer paper in the States?
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Old 03-12-2013, 06:24 AM
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I DO use waxed paper to audition designs. I don't iron them, but I can fold them up and save them. Since deciding WHAT to quilt is the hardest part of the process for me, I like to keep the good ones!
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Old 03-12-2013, 06:35 AM
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The only thing I've used waxed paper for in relation to quilting is ironing over it to set crayon coloring on blocks. Works great!

The crayon colored blocks lasted for years until the background muslin gave up of old age and hard usage. Some of it had been done by my mother and her sister before my mom got married in the 30s and I finished it as a home ec project in the 60s. Retired to display only in the 90s and destroyed by fire when our house burned in 2000. Colors were still pretty even after 30 years of washing.
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Old 03-12-2013, 09:46 AM
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Yes it can be cut down. In fact there is a company that sells it in letter size. If you do cut down I would suggest using a rotary cutter to assure straight edges and lay them all flat with heavy books on top to flatten them out before putting thru copier.
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Old 03-12-2013, 11:03 AM
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I've used tissue paper and wax paper, but I did not iron the wax paper to the quilt - just an occasional pin. They both tear away so much easier than freezer paper.
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Old 03-12-2013, 11:18 AM
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I like the tissue paper, or exam table paper rolls for quilt stencils to FMQ on.
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Old 03-13-2013, 02:48 AM
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I use was paper ALL the time for repeats.
Take one copy of you pattern and put it on top of a nest of paper piece. Then run it through your sewing machine with no thread.
I pin my paper pieces in place on the quilt and then tear the paper away.

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Old 03-13-2013, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Pollytink View Post
I got a tablet of tracing paper, tore the sheets out and trimmed them to 8.5 size (length doesn't matter, just width to fit in the feeder tray), made a copy of the pattern I wanted and printed it onto the tracing paper. Trimmed the design to fit, pinned it to the quilt and quilted over it, then tore off paper. Worked pretty well!
Using tracing paper is a good thing, since I found some in my cleaning. It feels like it would tear away ok.
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Old 03-13-2013, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by mom-6 View Post
The only thing I've used waxed paper for in relation to quilting is ironing over it to set crayon coloring on blocks. Works great!

The crayon colored blocks lasted for years until the background muslin gave up of old age and hard usage. Some of it had been done by my mother and her sister before my mom got married in the 30s and I finished it as a home ec project in the 60s. Retired to display only in the 90s and destroyed by fire when our house burned in 2000. Colors were still pretty even after 30 years of washing.
Now that is a good thing to do, the wax paper sets the coloring better? Hey I am going to try that one, never really washed any of the coloring on doll quilts to see if it will stay there.
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Old 03-13-2013, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by MaryKatherine View Post
I use was paper ALL the time for repeats.
Take one copy of you pattern and put it on top of a nest of paper piece. Then run it through your sewing machine with no thread.
I pin my paper pieces in place on the quilt and then tear the paper away.

MaryKatherine
I have used this method many times and mostly I do it with tissue paper, just make a pile of sheets and sew away after making your tracing of the pattern choice. The tissue tears away easily.
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