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Question for the week of January 25, 1999:
Our question this week comes from R Harmon
What is the best paper for this method of quilting, where do you
purchase this paper?
Tracy from Pittsburgh :
I am really enjoying my recent experiments with paper peicing. I really like this paper from Office Depot. It is called recycled paper and looks like the paper that my 2nd grader uses for handwriting without the blue lines. It is more stable while sewing than tissue but comes offf easier than printer paper. It is also pretty cheap compared to fancier paper. It comes as continuous feed paper but I just tear the sides off and it feeds through my printer no problem.
the only real problem is that you have to buy a huge box of the stuff --I wonder it I will ever run out???
Bev from Iowa :
For applique, use anything--freezer paper, sandpaper, anything. For paper piecing, be careful. Rememberm when you are stitching, you are sewing three layers and one must go. The absence will leave a teensy space which can cause some slack in the seam. /therefore, use nothing heavier that graph or typing paper. The lughter the better. I have already read some great suggestions for tissue types of paper.
Deanna in Michigan :
I watched a program this week, Sewing With Nancy" as she was doing 3 segments on paperpiecing. She was doing the larger blocks, and she used freezer paper. The first piece she pressed to the paper so it wouldn't slip around. Each time the added the next piece, she would press it in place. Sounds good to me. But I am currently doing a miniature quilt, and I feel the freezer paper would be too much. I saved some tissue paper that came from one of the department stores when I bought some clothes last month. I pressed it smooth, traced the blocks I wanted, and it is perfect for those little blocks. I couldn't find any tracing paper anywhere nearby, but I'll keep looking.
Lynda :
I use typing paper for applique on the machine. it tears away very easily. be sure to decrease your stitch length
Welanda in Indonesia :
What is the best paper for this method of quilting. I hope that it refers to paper piecing. I use regular tracing paper found at any stationery,K-Mart orWal-Mart. I live in Indonesia and since it's hard for our quilt grup to get supplies we sometimes buy in Singapore. We use the local tracing paper and it works well in my printer when I'm printing from the computer. I am able to see through it when I trace from a book. I have purchased foundation paper for my computer from different catalogs in the states but the tracing paper in a pad form works just as well.
Barbara Masden :
I get my paper from the Dr. office that he uses on his table. I ask and he gives me enough for a table. Works great. A friend told me about this.
Joan :
For English paper piecing, i.e. hexagons, I use the heavier weight paper that comes as a protector to magazines such as Threads, Fine Gardening, etc and then run the design off on the computer..
Julie :
I've used tissue paper and copier paper for foundation piecing, obtained from office supply (tissue paper was gift wrap).
Paper Pieces (Washington state, I think) sells heavier precut paper shapes such as hexagons for patterns like Grandmother's Flower Garden.
I use graph paper (office supply, art supply, etc.) a lot for designing blocks or quilt layouts.
Our group had a challenge several years ago -- one of the requirements was that you had to use paper in some way in producing the quilt (in addition to specified fabrics, etc.) Someone has already mentioned freezer paper for applique -- I've also used it for foundation piecing recently, although I wasn't really trying to take advantage of its properties.
Julie325 from Colorado :
I've used tissue paper and copier paper for foundation piecing, obtained from office supply (tissue paper was gift wrap).
Paper Pieces (Washington state, I think) sells heavier precut paper shapes such as hexagons for patterns like Grandmother's Flower Garden.
I use graph paper (office supply, art supply, etc.) a lot for designing blocks or quilt layouts.
Our group had a challenge several years ago -- one of the requirements was that you had to use paper in some way in producing the quilt (in addition to specified fabrics, etc.) Someone has already mentioned freezer paper for applique -- I've also used it for foundation piecing recently, although I wasn't really trying to take advantage of its properties.
diana@shoal.net.au :
freezer paper is excellent for most type of applique
Felicia :
What method of quilting are you referring to? It seems as though there is a part of the question missing.
Are you referring to last week's question regarding the type of paper to use in a printer to print on fabric/paper?
Bilnlin199 :
i have used freezer paper which you can find at the supermarket with the foil and glad bags. it is white with a plain side and a waxy side. you can transfer your designs to the plain side and iron the paper waxy side down onto your fabric. it sticks and can be removed and used several times. hope this helps. happy quilting.
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