Prism99

Pellon's Soft-N-Stay stabilizer or Sulky's Super Solvy? I know I could use paper or muslin for the foundation, but I'd like to skip the step of removing paper and I'd like to avoid the weight that muslin would add to the quilt. I will attach links to these two products below. Both come in 12"-wide rolls but I want my blocks to be smaller than that. Wish there were something that came in squares!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008I68WM6/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00023KJ42/

p.s. The Solvy comes in regular and ultra weights also, but it seems to me the super would be best for foundation piecing.

Edit: Oh!!! Just found this Vilene in 8" width!
http://www.amazon.com/Vilene-Soluble...dp/B003PQTLGU/

Jeanne S

I just finished a string quilt and used Pellon 830 as the foundation. Was great to work with and my long arm pro who quilted it said it was a breeze to quilt through. I bought it by the yard, I think it was about 40" wide, and on sale was just a little over $1.00 per yard. I cut it into 12" squares for my quilt. I will post a photo of it tomorrow. Sorry I don't have any experience with the 2 products you listed though.

dublb

Try Aqua Mesh plus. You will need some Sewer's Aid on your thread & titanium needles as the sticky stuff sticks to your needles. Ya might need to clean your needles even after the above steps. Or ya could use plain Aqua Mesh. No sticky residue but ya will need to use some kind of tool to get a great finger pressed seam as ya shouldn't use an iron on the Aqua Mesh. W/the sticky stuff all ya need to do is lay the fabric on the sticky side & smooth it down. The real nice part is that it washes out in the washing machine.

Prism99

Aqua Mesh seems to be another name for Vilene. Hmmmmm... I didn't realize that Vilene shouldn't be ironed. However, I think finger-pressing the seams would be enough for scrappy blocks -- maybe use one of those wooden things to finger-press.

I did find this website which seems to explain some of the dissolving stabilizers better:
http://www.generations-quilt-pattern...tabilizer.html

And I looked up Paper Solvy on Amazon. That might be the best as I assume it can take some heat, but the size isn't really what I was looking for:
http://www.amazon.com/Sulky-Soluble-...dp/B000WMAMZE/

ManiacQuilter2

There was a post a few weeks ago showing how to do paper piecing without having to remove the paper. Very interesting.

Onebyone

I use Ricky Tim's Stable Stuff. It washes away.

Material Witness

I use all my old tissue patterns, tape them to a sheet of paper and run them through the printer. They tear away really easily!

tessagin

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzW...bktY4JITE8j5BQ Love paper piecing like this. No tear paper piecing.

AngeliaNR

The String Quilt Revival book includes the use of a mesh stabilizer that doesn't need removal: http://www.amazon.com/String-Quilt-R.../dp/1440214034

Prism99

Well, I opted to try the Vilene squares from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o00_s00

Will just have to remember not to take the iron to them! I think any lightweight non-fusible stabilizer would work, but in my old age I am trying to avoid the step of cutting out all the squares myself.