kellyer21

The pattern I want to try is 4 4" finished squares that make a block. How do I print the pattern on my home printer without wasting so much paper? The paper should fit 4 pattern pieces, but how do I get 4 on there? I hope that makes sense. And is regular computer paper light-weight enough to not rip out stitches when it's removed?
Kelly~

Vistacruise

You may have to adjust your print margins. Most use a 1" margin the whole way around, which would mean it would only print in a 6.5 x 9" area. If you drop that down to 0.25", you would be able to print in an 8 x 10.5" area. You may have a hard time ripping regular printer paper. You can buy newsprint (really cheap) in printer paper reams. That would probably work better.

Onebyone

Print out four and cut the pattern out and glue four on one page then copy or scan.

sewingitalltogether

I use regular computer paper. But there is some fancy paper piecing paper out there. Always make your stitching smaller, more number of stitches per inch. It ensures that you don't take out your stitching when you take the paper off.

Macybaby

I do the same as OnebyOne - I use newsprint for paper piecing, and it isn't expensive, but not easy for me to get so I don't want to waste it.

Onebyone

I have used every paper known and posted about and with all those experiences my choice is translucent lightweight vellum.

NJ Quilter

I don't have issues with regular copy paper but it does help greatly to use smaller stitches. As to putting 4 images on the same sheet, that's a bit trickier. If you print; cut/paste; copy - be careful that you have 'scaling' turned off when you print. Also make sure that each time you print/copy that you check the measurement. Home printer/copiers are not necessarily as precise as commercial printers/copiers.

jmoore

Like NJ Quilter, I use regular copy paper but sew with a smaller stitch length. When I was printing patterns from the Farmer's Wife CD I had to make sure to turn off the default setting in my print option so that it wouldn't shrink to fit.

tessagin

http://www.quiltnbee.biz/shop/Block-...5-x7562107.htm This is how I like to do it.

ckcowl

I've been using regular cheap printer paper for paper piecing for years- works fine. I do shorten my stitch length to about 18 stitches per inch- paper removes easily. If you need multiple copies of your pattern (. Making multiple blocks) save the blocks to a program that lets you manipulate them, format them to put 4 on a page, adjusting margins-- just make sure they copy to the correct size. Or, make 4 copies, cut them out, tape the 4 to a sheet of paper and use it as your master to make multiples.