AliKat

Gads, there are so man y options here. Drawing paper like the kids use, any thin paper, parchment paper. Just keep thinking out of the box. If $ is no problem then even wash away stabilizer.

My first crazy quilt I did a foundation piecing using muslin and found it was way to heavy for my liking.

Nammie to 7

I use light colored fabric but I also leave some of that fabric exposed in the block to create a secondary design.

DebraK

that's a neat idea, Nannnie to 7.

lakekids

I use pages from old phone books and remove them once the blocks are sewn together.

jcrow

I'm glad I read this. I made a string block on a BOM quilt. I really enjoyed making it. I think we used paper, I'm not sure. But I'd like to make a string quilt and all these ideas are wonderful. Thanks for sharing. What a great group of people here.

Sheri.a

I tried a light weight stabilizer for a lap quilt. When I finished, I decided the quilt was too stiff. I removed the stabilizer with a sharp seam ripper (cutting only the stabilizer). The pulling (I didn't mean to) was hard on my quilt and I had to go back and repair a few places.

I will stay away from stabilizer for my next string quilt.

lynnie

I've heard of people saving grocery receipts too.
I used cheapo muslin 99/cents a yard.
dollar store paper note books too

Onebyone

I use batting on top of a backing fabric. When I'm done sewing the strips I'm done. No quilting needed.

bjchad

I have used The very cheapest flat sheets from IKEA (used to be $3 a sheet). And I also use deli style paper sheets (the white "wax" paper kind that gyros are wrapped in) that I got at SAMs club. It rips off very easily.

Kyiav10

I used old telephone book paper for my foundation on mine. It worked but had to remove it afterward. I did a tute on it, it's in the tute section.

Kyia