Paper piecing foundation paper
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Paper piecing foundation paper
Oh my goodness. I have dipped my toes into paper piecing. Foundations. Anything I look up has its own review. Copy paper, newsprint, freezer paper, foundation paper. Please, what works best for you?
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I now use copy paper too. But before I tried the "Doodle Pad" at Dollar Tree. It is very similar to the foundation paper sold at LQS. It comes larger than printer size, so I cut it down using an old rotary blade. Worked great but I did have to feed it a page at a time thru the printer.
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Newsprint tears off the easiest. There's a paper factory near me, so I went there and bought a gigantic roll of newsprint for about $14. I figured out the cost per standard size copy paper sheet to be less than a penny each. Before that I bought Carol Doak's papers, which worked great but cost about ten cents a page. I took a page to that paper factory for them to identify it for me, and it's newsprint. That's when I bought the roll of newsprint from them. This roll should last me my lifetime, lol.
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I also use regular cheap copy paper. I shorten my stitch line to 16-18 spi, the paper tears away easily. Some projects I use inexpensive thin muslin, then I leave it in instead of having to remove my foundation.
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I have used Carol Doak foundation paper and like it a lot. I have also used copy paper and find that the cheaper, the better for this purpose. I know there are people who like freezer paper but I found that it is not flexible, does not fold as cleanly and hard to tear away and stretches the thread in the stitches. My first consideration is that it go through the printer without hassle. The second is that it tear easily and quickly. I really enjoy paper piecing because of its precision. It is its own 'journey'.
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