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I want to thank you for the answer to my qestion. It was a big help. It is just that the regular paper is a little pricey. It is called vellum,it is .50 a sheet. Do either of you have any suggestions of what I could use instead? Thank you Rose Marie Smith from Newcastle,Ca
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Originally Posted by rm6914_sm
I want to thank you for the answer to my qestion. It was a big help. It is just that the regular paper is a little pricey. It is called vellum,it is .50 a sheet. Do either of you have any suggestions of what I could use instead? Thank you Rose Marie Smith from Newcastle,Ca
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Hi Rose Marie,
Greetings from down the hill. You can use any paper for paper piecing. I think most people use the basic printer paper. The thinner and cheaper the better. One thing to remember is to set your stitch length shorter so the seam won't distort when you tear the paper AND a shorter stitch makes more perforations so it is easier to rip the paper.
Some people use newsprint which is very thin as well but I don't know where to get it. If you have butcher paper, I would simply try a piece to see how it works. With butcher paper, you may have to trace the pattern - with regular print, you can run it through the printer.
Greetings from down the hill. You can use any paper for paper piecing. I think most people use the basic printer paper. The thinner and cheaper the better. One thing to remember is to set your stitch length shorter so the seam won't distort when you tear the paper AND a shorter stitch makes more perforations so it is easier to rip the paper.
Some people use newsprint which is very thin as well but I don't know where to get it. If you have butcher paper, I would simply try a piece to see how it works. With butcher paper, you may have to trace the pattern - with regular print, you can run it through the printer.
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