emlee51

I use the paper that's wound in with the Craft Fuse/Wonder Under that I buy(it has the instructions on it)...it is a long piece, some 6" wide and some 4" wide. Tears off easily. This way I'm recycling it!

Judi in Ohio

I use doodle pads from the dollar store. It's very easy to pull out when you finish your block. Phone books not so much. I take my short ends of fabric strips and sew them together to make longer strips, and they are many shapes. Whenever I am cutting strips when I even the ends, those go into the scrap bin. Bonnie Hunter has a new book out on scrappy strip blocks. She incorporates them in her regular quilt blocks and they are gorgeous. She does blocks and then cuts them down. One of her quilts is Jamestown Landing and the strip blocks were done in all neutrals. It added so much to the quilt, I love it.

chefbwarner

Please don't ever use newspaper for a base. It can be 20 minutes or 20 years old, it will rub off. I worked for the local newspaper for 20 years and it took me three months to get all the ink off when I retired. Can't help with the phone book idea but it looks like it would tear off easier. Try it first. A very thin muslin sounds good to me or a piece of "what was I thinking fabric" ?? lol have fun Retta

psailer

i bought a box of wax coated paper strips ( i think like to wrap hamburgers in) anyway i used them they were cheap and ripped off easy i got them at costco and cut them into 10" squares and made a darling halloween top for my dil now i have to quilt it and bind it...