Originally Posted by BKrenning

I crease all the sewing lines first to help make sure I have the right size fabric and it helps remove the paper later. I leave all the papers on until I start joining the blocks to make rows unless there is going to be too much in the seam allowances to sew over. If that happens, I try to just remove the paper in the seam allowance. Cheap tablet or newsprint type paper works best for me. I had some old fashioned type writer paper when I first started and that stuff was perfect but I can't find it any more.

Originally Posted by TonnieLoree

I think it is now referred to a "copy paper". (Do people still own a typewriter?)

Originally Posted by BKrenning

Copy paper is thicker than the old typewriter paper was. People used to put 2 sheets of typewriter paper in at a time or at least that's how we were taught to do it in business class a few decades ago. I think it was probably thinner because we also used carbon paper to "cc" people or make a file copy so you could load 3 pages plus 2 carbons easily without jamming up the typewriter.

And yes, there are still typewriters in use at many government offices. It's hard to get the workers to turn loose of equipment that they've been using for 40 years even if all they use it for now is to print file folder labels.

Originally Posted by SewExtreme

When I pp, I leave the paper on and sew with small stitches... almost to 0 on my machine. That way when I hold the paper to tear it off, it rips off easily. I was just pp this afternoon and trying to remind myself that next time I sit down to do this I need to grab a pair of tweezers which will help me get a hold of tiny pieces that are sometimes hard to start ripping. Occasionally, if I am having trouble getting paper off, I will spray it lightly with water and let it sit for a bit, then it tears off even easier.

Hope this helps you. :-D

PS: I should add that the flower I was doing today had 3 sections to it. I pp each section, trimmed the outside cutting edge and then even left the paper on when I sewed the sections together. After that is when I tore all of the paper off the sections. Since I sew with very small stitches, I have also begun to stitch back a stitch once I have sewn two stitches at the beginning of a seam. I end my stitching with a back stitch or two. This eliminates the stitches coming loose when I am tearing paper off. :-D

Originally Posted by fuail

I keep the paper on till the top is finished, too. I also have started doing a backstitch or two, especially if the seam is very short, then it doesn't pull out when I do take the paper out.