watterstide

a friend gets the end rolls from the local newspaper place. she also said you can get thin paper from the "teachers" store.

Deborah12687

You can buy rice paper on Ebay and the prices are really reasonable. Other places you can buy it is Dick Blick or any office supply store such as Office Depot oh and Michaels craft store has it to.

Connie Merritt

How about Sam's or Cosco, or any of that type of store where you live. You can purchase a roll of white paper in the "paper section". This roll is large (and heavy) but you will have a lifetime supply of paper for paper quilting or even wrapping presents (wrap with raffia for a country look) or whatever one can use ALL this paper for.

mar32428

I came across a ream of typewriter second sheets left over from the caveman days and very happiliy decided to try it for PP. It printed fine but was TOO thin to hold the fabric. If you had to unsew, forget it. I finally settled on the cheapest I could find anywhere.

Moon Holiday

I live about 20 miles away from any store selling paper (and I don't drive) so while it's nice to use lighter weight paper, sometimes you make do with what you have. I've used my 20lb printer paper, generic brown wrapping paper used for sending packages, and even inexpensive gift wrapping paper (I draw pattern on backside). No matter what paper I ended up using, I had very little trouble tearing the paper away as long as I used very short stitches (1.5 setting). I also run my wooden point turner down along the stitches and that helped split the paper between stitches and it tears away easily. Have fun!

KITCHEN WITCH

I USE TISSUE PAPER. I TRACE MY PATTERN ON. YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW STRONG IT IS.

ledraj

I buy newsprint at a teachers store. It comes in a 500 sheet pac, it is 9x12 so I have to cut it. I find it worth the effort because it tears very easily and is much cheaper.

feline fanatic

I was in Michaels craft store about a month ago looking for newsprint pads for PP. They were closing out the pads that were the larger size, I think 14"x 17". The pad of 50 sheets was marked down to $1.94. But I can get 2 81/2 x 11 per page. I bought 6 of them and cut it down. Works good. Appears to be the same as Carol Doak weight wise but maybe a slightly rougher finish. I am set for paper for a while now. I also have some vellum for the really intricate PP patterns with tiny little pieces.

UCHSCPSYCH

This is pretty ancient but recently I used some old onionskin paper and it worked perfectly. He is the type that keeps everything but this time it really worked out. Do you have an office supply or store that sells only paper? You may be able to find it there.

mom-6

You might also see if you can find some of the old tractor-feed computer paper in a lighter weight...like at a thrift store or somewhere...it's not as readily available anymore.