mariatherese

So far, I've only used regular printing paper. I need to look into if there's something else available locally. I hate tracing...

Yarn or Fabric

I use regular copy paper - but I also don't sew through the paper. It has saved me tons of frustration and time. I love not sewing through the paper. I won't go back to any other way if I can help it!

Geri B

Please explain this technique..

Yarn or Fabric

How about a video? I have not used regular washable glue stick instead of the lapel stick but I'm sure it will work. Just make sure it's the kind of glue stick that washes out

The block I used to demo this was really simple but I used the same method to make the tiny bagpipe quilt I made and it worked perfectly so it's good for any size paper piecing project. Here's a link to my mini bagpipe. You can tell it has a lot of really really tiny piecing. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t236873.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW9kN2hDzEQ&feature=c4-overview&list=UUN-LXJdXmWqELzH5svT-EYA

sweetpea

I'm working on a scrape flying geese that is done on 2 1/2 in. adding machine tape. and for the my string quilt I'm using a roll of brown paper towels. and for my fan quilt I have 10 in.sq.parchment paper, and my light box.[a good-well finded].

sandy l

Don't remember what it costs, but I buy newsprint paper, 500 sheets at a arts and teachers supply store. I do have to trim 1/2" of the side so that it fits my printer, as its 9x12".

mudose8

Yarn or Fabric, thanks for the youtube link. That is so cool, gonna try it. I'm making the BOW 50 Fabulous paper-pieced stars, and removing all the paper is a pain!

janRN

At my office we receive tons of faxes every day and most people use a cover sheet. I keep a folder near the machine and if there's no personal patient info on the cover sheet, the staff saves all the cover sheets for me. I also use the exam table paper if I'm tracing large pp blocks that won't print on my printer.

To illustrate how much paper is wasted: we were off for a long 5 day week-end. When we came back to the office there were hundreds of faxes on the machine. At the end of that just one day, I had over an inch of cover sheets!

MamaHen

I use Ricky Timm's Poly Stable Stuff- I know it is a bit more expensive (I don't do a lot of PP) but I hate tearing paper out. I have used other types of paper & swear I'll never rip again. With the Stable Stuff it is a tear out or leave in product.

Yooper32

Do you mean "foundation" piecing, or "paper" piecing? There is a huge difference in them. You can use just about anything from comic books to deli-paper for foundation piecing. However, paper piecing requires you to print or trace a pattern onto paper, most usually done on your printer, so if you used phone book pages, you are going to have a hard time seeing your pattern lines to sew on.