judykay

I forgot to mention that I leave the batting in when I sew the pieces together then trim off as much as possible after stitched together.

Peckish

Don't sew through the paper. Instead, I use a dab of washable glue stick to hold the fabric to the paper. Fold the paper on the sewing lines and sew right next to the line. No more ripping paper off when you're done!

maviskw

This is called Paper-less paper piecing. You can use the same piece of paper for numerous blocks. A friend made 20 blocks with the same paper. You fold the paper on the lines and crease all the way across. All the lines. Then start with number one and do them in order. Fun, fun, fun. No paper ripping.

maviskw

Instead of cheap, how about free. Surely you have some very thin trash fabric around. I used the very worn parts of on old fitted bed sheet. The edges were still too stiff, but the worn parts worked fine.

QuiltnNan

this is the way I do it... love it

Onebyone

After using Stable Stuff I gave up trying to use free or cheap. It's great. I buy the three yard roll and the 8 1/2 x 11 sheets for the printer. No mess, no hassle, just sewing and done.

sprice

Nobody mentioned not using a foundation. If it's not an intricate pattern, just sew the scraps to the approximate size and square it up. Works well for me. I also hate removing paper.

hobbykat1955

They do sell paper sheets for printer that desolves in water...but I use muslin and also buy very light newspaper paper thru amazon that comes right off.