I paid $6 at a medical supply store for a roll. I had to ask, it wasn't out on the shelf. I did not use it for paper piecing (yet), but to make a scalloped border pattern and for FMQ patterns. It will last me a long time!

I use regular copy paper and set my stitch length to 1.0. The paper will tear off easily without pulling stitches. Just be aware that at that stitch length it's harder to rip out mistakes! :? :shock:

I learned this from Brenda Henning, who has written several books on paper piecing mariner's compass'.

I use translucent vellum from the craft store. (Of course I use a coupon.) Sometimes I sew through several layers of paper paterns with my machine and no thread to perforate it. After paper piecing, it tears off beautifully.

I generally buy the sandwich wrap in boxes of 1000 in 12"sq or 14"sq sizes at Smart & Final in California..........not sure if those stores are in other states.
I love using it...........so easy to remove and CHEAP!!!!!

Hi Peggy:
The BEST paper I've used is the thin paper that we get in the mail from our stocks and bonds company...we don't read the BOOKS but I save them and use the paper. It's thin as onionskin and works so well for paperpiecing. Use extra small stitches and it tears right off when you are ready to remove the paper. Works great and it doesn't cost a thing. If you don't get these books in the mail you might just go to one of the financial folks in your town (stock broker) and ask if they have one you can have for quilting. They'll probably be really glad to get rid of them or at least save them for you.

I bought C. Doak's paper at our LQS. I'm a beginner at PP and like the paper, but it's just newprint. Next time, I'll look for doodle pads at the dollar store.
Mary Ellen

If you are wanting newsprint for paper piecing, go to your local newspaper office and buy end rolls of newsprint paper. They sell for $5-6 here and have a lot of paper on them.
When my children were in school, I got it for them to color on, etc. We had friends over one evening, and the other kids started to tear the paper in hand size piece. Of course my children followed suit. Soon they had a pile of paper (not making a dent in the amount of the roll) and were tossing it up and playing in it like they would have played in leaves. A lot cleaner than the leaves and they had a lot of fun. They also picked it up when finished. Wvwey fall when I see the leaves turing color and getting ready to fall, I am reminded of their 'inside leaves'. :)

Don't iron your paper and fabric as you go (just thumb nail press) until you are ready to trim it down to the correct size. Paper shrinks when heated. Some papers will shrink more than others. Use a dry iron and be quick on the pressing. A shrinkage of 1/16 of an inch can add up quickly if you are trying to be accurate.

I use to get the roll ends from our newspaper office, too but they went to some other kind of paper so now they don't have the roll ends anymore. :cry: :cry: I used that paper for everything from making a pattern to helping create fun art projects. Our neices and nephews would come over and we'd do BODY pictures where the kids would lay on the paper and we'd outline their bodies then they'd "dress" the picture with color crayons. For a couple years their parents got these Body Pictures as Christmas gifts from each of their children. The kids loved doing it and my sister and brother enjoyed having life sized "refrigerator" art of their child's likeness. Fun times.

If you are hand drawing your pattern, instead of sending it thru your printer, I've found tracing paper works better. It tears away very easily. I don't know if you can buy it in a size that would fit in your printer without trimming it.