What foundation paper do you like to use?

Susan,

The thing I found when I was doing the music quilt is something called FunDation, sold by Joann's. It is EXCELLENT, and not too expensive, either. It's not paper, but a very lightweight fabric sort of like non-woven interfacing. It goes right through the printer with no distortion at all. You will LOVE it. :) Best of all, it stays in the quilt, no tearing out.

Lisa

"Susan Laity Price" wrote

wondering what paper quilters have found the best. In the past I have usually used cheap printer paper or vellum. This time I thought I would use some of the specialty papers sold especially for foundation piecing.

I use the cheapest vellum sold at Office Depot and have them make the copies. Works for me.

joan

I've started using Carol Doak's paper. I can see the lines through it, and it tears off easily. My second favorite is the paper from That Patchwork Place. It's a little stiffer than Carol's paper. Both papers go through my printer beautifully.

I have used the HTC Fun-dation stuff from JoAnn's. You CAN'T tear it out. That means there is already an extra layer in the quilt top. I would be concerned about the different weights of the blocks if all the blocks are not paper-pieced. I have only used it to make blocks in a swap, and then I didn't realize it wouldn't tear out.

I haven't done alot of PP, but what I have done so far has been with the paper they make children's writing tables out of. Mine has the lines for them to write on because I couldn't find any that didn't at the time, so far they have just been an annoyance and not a problem. You can get the same stuff by buy drawing tablets. You just have to cut them down to size a bit to get them to work in your printer. It tears off easily, and runs through the printer really well.

At one point in time I saw a tips board on what people used for PP and one gal had responded that she got a ream of newsprint paper and used that in her printer (no cutting to size) . She said she got it at Staples but it was posted 2002 or something like that. I checked with my Staples and they didn't have any in the store, nor could they order it for me. If anyone knows of a source for it I'd love to hear it!!!

I like the one put out by C&T Publishing, Carol Doak's Foundation Paper. 100 sheets in package, about $8.95 at most of the shops here. It has a nice 11" long, just over 4" wide card in it that works really well as a folding the paper on the lines help. The one from That Patchwork Place is very similar.

Pati, > I am starting a large foundation project and was wondering what paper

I'll echo what Pati says about Carol Doak's paper. It really is good. It's easy to print on, easy to sew through, and it rips off easily, too.

I have some That Patchwork Place Paper and my HP printer hates it. It is quite thin and just jams up every time.

I like the Carol Doak paper best - it is a little thicker and, more to the point, the printer likes it. Easy to tear out too.

The Carol Doak paper was £1 cheaper (about $2 cheaper) and yes, its on her website

at $8.50

Think you have the answer!

I use Carol Doak's paper. The ink from printing doesn't run, it's easy to see thru, it tears away easily, and it's reasonably priced at $8.50/100 sheets.

This site has newsprint. You can get it in reams or in hug package, different sizes. I believe Staples will order it in for you, their label.

I have used newspr> I am starting a large foundation project and was wondering what paper

Thanks for your responses. Both this group and my other news group like Carol Doak's paper the best for "store bought" variety. Many people use light weight copy paper or velum but for this project I want to try a "store bought" variety.

Susan Price

I don't want to throw a monkey wrench into the works, but......would an onionskin paper work? It used to be inexpensive, nearly transparent, and is both tough enough to print on and easy to tear.

Of course, it's been so many years since anyone used a typewriter, perhaps onionskin isn't available any more.

Carolyn-

I tried to find onionskin and also the stuff we used to call 'second sheets' for use when typing carbon copies. Our office supply stores- two of them- in my very small town have both told me that neither is available since computers and copiers have taken over the offices. Maybe in a bigger city???

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I took a paper piecing class and the teacher gave us the last sheets of onion skin paper that she had been using for years. It was the best I ever used for paperpiecing. Tore cleanly, went through the printer great.

I have looked everywhere and cannot find it. My next best thing is the water soluble.

Cindy

This got me curious. NAYY but I did find onion skin paper available here:

Rita L.

Carolyn McCarty wrote:

Hi Susan,

Also as Batik Freak replied, here's another vote for "Fun-Dation" at Jo-Ann's. As she/he mentioned, you don't need to tear it out and can leave it in the finished project. After I started using that, I had a larger project and JoAnn's was out of "Fun-Dation", so tried the lightweight interfacing. Worked fine also.

Good luck, Donna Here's a copy of that earlier post:

Susan,

The thing I found when I was doing the music quilt is something called FunDation, sold by Joann's. It is EXCELLENT, and not too expensive, either. It's not paper, but a very lightweight fabric sort of like non-woven interfacing. It goes right through the printer with no distortion at all. You will LOVE it. :) Best of all, it stays in the quilt, no tearing out.

I decided on the Carol Doak foundation paper and bought two packages today. I printed several blocks tonight and then returned to some household chores. Just now I printed a class schedule from a local quilt shop and you guessed it---the Carol Doak paper was still in the printer.

I will report back as to how I like the paper. This is a little tricky since Carol reads this group but we need to be honest.

Susan

Been there, done that. It was actually a copy of a newspaper article I printed, so it looked really authentic!