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Re: Scrapy quilts paper piecing

Darlene — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:32:48 GMT

I have used old phone book pages for paper piecing. Great way to reuse something which our local paper market discourages from being recycled.

Only thing I would add is that you really need to turn off the steam. I don't always turn off my steam [I know that it is important, I just don't always think about it. If not doing soemthing printed on an inkjet, not critical] when paper piecing but pages from phone books do not hold up to steam and it is really important.

Re: Scrapy quilts paper piecing

Jacy — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:28:58 GMT

Pat M.:
I also have stacks of old telephone books I've been saving for paper piecing.

I used paper from an old phone book for string pieced squares. It worked really well and tore off very easily.

Re: Scrapy quilts paper piecing

Pat M. — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:54:09 GMT

I also have stacks of old telephone books I've been saving for paper piecing. Can't beat free paper!

Pat--"Keep Calm and Carry On"

Re: Scrapy quilts paper piecing

Annie — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:38:27 GMT

I have started to save the Yellow Pages that I would usually put directly into the recycle bin. Haven't used them yet but will one of these days...

Scrapy quilts paper piecing

Dale — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:34:51 GMT

I'm just now making a scrapy quilt and I have used old magazine pages cut into 6 1/2" sqaures for the foundation piece to sew the scraps to. It's cheap and I'm recycling.