anniep

Have any of you ever used plain old copy paper for foundation paper piecing? I'm tempted to try it, but afraid I may be sorry.

sewingsuz

Yes that is what I used and make your stitch smaller and crease the paper on the seam lines first and it was ok.

SHELTIE'SMAMA

I have in a pinch - shorten your stitch to pierce the paper more like a tear off stub.

Peckish

Tried it, hated it. Tried a bunch of different papers, finally found vellum, which works very well for me. It's easy to print on, I can see through it, and it tears away easily, especially if you iron it. Ironing seems to make it kind of brittle.

Having said that, I will also say that I no longer sew through the paper. I use the folding technique where you fold on the sewing line and stitch right next to it. Since the vellum is semi-opaque, I can see the line and exactly where I'm folding. I use a dab of glue stick to hold the paper to the fabric.

feline fanatic

The fold technique works really well with freezer paper. Ironing it makes it stick to the fabric.

QuiltnNan

I use it all of the time. I receive a monthly notice on colored copy paper. I reuse the back of that and i find that easier to use/see with the fold back PP method that I prefer

Cari-in-Oly

I use white dollar store tissue paper. No need to remove it, it completely dissolves when the quilt is washed.

Cari

MarionsQuilts

I use it all the time ... just do like everyone suggested and shorten you stitch length! And don't forget to "fix" your seam at the beginning and end LOL I forgot a couple of times ... pain in the butt when your stitches come out when you tear off the paper!

bj

That's all I ever use. Instead of folding on the stitch lines, I lightly score then with a the tip of my seam ripper using a ruler to keep my scoring straight. The paper pulls away very nicely.

NJ Quilter

I use it all the time as well. I do shorten the stitch length but don't both with scoring or folding or anything else. So far, no problems.