Elise1

What type of paper do you use for foundation paper piecing, it needs to be something I can feed into my printer?

I saw something at Joann Fabrics, but it was pricey, are there cheaper alternatives?

Thanks for your help.

Elise

QuiltedCritterLady

I have been really enjoying paper piecing lately too. After making a couple of Neimeyer patterns, I decided to try one without her pattern and paper. I used the thinnest typing/copier paper I could find at Walmart. It was just okay, but I decided there must be something better because I still had to be very careful not to rip stitches. I researched what others had used, and found that newsprint is supposed to tear much easier. I purchased 500 sheets of white newsprint from Amazon for about $10 and that included shipping! The reviewers said that it was the same as those expensive papers you can buy at the quilt shops and at a fraction of the cost. I have not sewn with it yet, but for $10 I figured it was worth a try. If you want to give me a day or so, I will give this a test run and post my results. :-)

Tartan

How about the large pads of the grey/beige paper from the dollar store? You may have to cut it to fit your printer.

Barb in Louisiana

Hobby Lobby carries the Carol Doak newspaper in a letter size. It's about $10 but with the 40% off coupon, it ends up at $6. It tears just as easy as the Judy Niemeyer paper, which is very easy, but no so easy that it rips as you are working with it. I think there are 100 sheets in each pack.

Some printers like it, I have 2 that don't, and they aren't even the same brand. Go figure! I take it to Office Depot and run 1 sheet at a time. If their big printer starts grabbing the sheets too quickly, it just jams up their machine.

Mdegenhart

I ordered a ream of newsprint from amazon really cheap & it tears easily & feeds through the printer. 8 1/2 x 11.

QuiltE

You don't need anything special.

I have done a LOT of paper piecing.
All I have ever used is the copy paper in my printer.
Yes, just regular copy/printer paper.

If I have it, I prefer to use yellow or pink.
It makes no difference to the PP process.
I just like the way I can "see" it easy enough, amidst any other notes on white papter that might be laying around my work area.

auntpiggylpn

The scribble pads from the Dollar tree are newsprint paper and it is either 60 or 90 sheets for $1.00! This is what I use but I did have to cut the sheets down to fit on my printer. I use the cut off pieces for grocery lists phone messages etc so not a total waste. . .

WandaVA

I love paper piecing, and use cheap copy paper. I decrease the size of the stitches, and that makes the paper very easy to remove.

Zyngawf

I agree about the plain old copy paper. I did the dumb thing first and bought some of the Jo Ann stuff. It's flimsy and got stuck and wadded up going through my printer the first try. I like to use smaller stitches with the copy paper so it perforates better and tears off easier. The only time the pricey stuff come in handy is to reverse a pattern, because it is transparent.

kaelynangelfoot

I use plain newsprint that I buy on Amazon. I bought a stack of 500 sheets for $3.49 + $5 shipping. Its much cheaper than the "foundation" paper and as far as I can tell is exactly the same.

Here is a link

http://smile.amazon.com/Sax-Plain-Wh...ords=newsprint